This amazing photograph has been tucked away in my albums for a number of years. Today I rediscovered it and realized I had not scanned this beauty. I turned the photo over and discovered a lengthy caption that opened up a pandora’s box of questions. Of course as these things sometimes go, they have nothing to […]
1925Actress/Singer Madge Saunders with her chow puppy
Madge Saunders was born on August 25, 1894 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Tons of Money (1930) and The Divine Gift (1918). She was married to Leslie Henson. SOURCE IMBD These outstanding photos from 1925 I found in the National Portait Gallery London archive and am so grateful they allow other archives […]
1931 Mrs V.A. Mannooch of Choonam kennels with 5 beautiful chows . Glass plate negative
I could hardly believe my eyes when this glass plate negative arrived and I discovered it was indeed Mrs. Mannooch (Choonam Chows in England) and a string of 5 of her gorgeous homebreds! I hesitate to purchase glass negatives as they have a tendency to break in shipment, but I have lucked out with the last […]
Rare 1890 photo of missionaries returning from China with a Chow dog
This very faded cabinet card photo in my private collection was such a rare find that I wasn’t really concerned as much about the restoration as I was preserving the “moment in time”. Pre 1900’s photos of the Chinese chows brought to Europe or America, from their native land are elusive. The image was identified […]
CIRCA 1920’S -1940’S CHOW SCRAPBOOK AND ALBUM donated by Mike and Ruth Kepner
CLICK HERE FOR THE 134 PAGE ALBUM…….. USE THE + AND – SYMBOLS TO ADJUST TEXT SIZE Feast your eyes on 134 PAGES of fascinating chow history, stud dog cards, clippings, personal photographs with hand written notations, along with some real surprises to this curator…….. compiled years ago by American chow breeder Muriel Knapp, ……years later […]
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