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RESTORATION- 1920’s Bathing Beauties with chow puppy

This wonderful photo was very blurry,scratched grainy and sepia toned/dark, but how was I supposed to pass this treasure up!  I almost passed it by, not noticing there was a chow in the photo at first glance!   This image is the EPITOME of the Roaring Twenties….from the two women dressed in typical seaside fashion (check […]

1928 Chow modeling a muffler scarf with owner

This large 11x 9″ photo is in my personal collection and I consider it one of my most prized possessions! This is an original press photo from 1928 and as you can see there has been permanent “markup” done on the surface of this photo to show the editors how and where to crop for publication. As much […]

AN INTERVIEW WITH A CHOW …’SONNY BOY’ SPEAKS HIS MIND

An “interview” from the chow “Sonny Boy’s perspective, this  charming 1930’s article touts Ch. Lord Cholmondeley and other  top winning chows  of the day .  What a great little peek into the past through the eyes of a chow and his mum.

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