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1918 Pictorial Review – Chow puppy on a magazine cover – extremely rare

Circa 1918  July -The Pictorial Review was an American women’s magazine published from 1899 to 1939.  The magazine merged with The Delineator magazine in 1937.  This is one of my favorite magazine covers because the chow chow was just coming into its own in America pre-1920s.   This beautiful magazine cover is 100 years old this year! Not until the mid-1920s […]

The Chow in Russia – A complete timeline of the breed history by Tatiana Zakharova

The history of the Chow in Russia dates back to a relatively  recent era, just following WWII, when a black chow chow female was brought to The USSR from Manchuria. Her name was Lotus-Yu Pai. Below you will find this amazing and in depth compilation of Russia’s Chow history in chronological order,( including photos)  from that […]

Pre 1960’s Chows featured in dog food and grooming advertisements

Chows were a popular breed to be chosen as “spokes models” for ads aimed at the breeder, exhibitor, kennel manager and were most often found in all breed publications tailored to the dog show crowd.  Dog World and Dog News were among the most respected pre 1960’s publications.  I will be adding many more ads […]

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