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UPDATED – Circa 1915-1917 Eleanor Roosevelt – WWI Nurses and Soldiers pictured with a Chow plus magazine cover

This is by far one of the most unique and amazing photos in my personal collection, I can’t begin to tell you how intriguing this is to me…..the story this tells just screams out for more research. Eleanor Roosevelt is in the center of the photo with her Chow? Was this a Red Cross […]

BOOK – Circa 1906 – THE DOG BOOK by James Watson -Chow pages

I am thrilled to have finally obtained the following 5 Chow pages from this very rare publication entitled “The Dog Book”: A Popular History of the Dog, with Practical Information as to Care and Management of House, Kennel, and Exhibition Dogs; and Descriptions of all the Important Breeds. New York: Doubleday, Page, 1906. Two volumes. […]

RESTORATION – Beautiful early 1900’s gelatin silver photo headstudy of a chow

CIRCA Early 1900’s- This is a very large photo for its time with an unusual editing process used to “cut out” this stunning headstudy of a chow. I’m guessing it may have been an image used for newspapers judging by the high quality and the “white out” looking technique on the coat/mane edges. The original […]

1934 Walt Disney and his wife with Sunnie the Chow – “Mickey Mouse at Home” article

What a treasure this 1934 article is in an antique “Womens World” magazine, featuring an at home visit with Walt Disney , his wife, and Sunnie their chow. I was so lucky to have the opportunity to grab a copy of this entire magazine at auction. The ads alone are gems in themselves!! This charming […]

RESTORATION – 1920s Children with their wet Chow on the beach

This is one of those photos I had big doubts I was going to be able to resurrect or even show there could be a Chow in it. The image was incredibly faded, scratched, filled with grain and ink spatter when it arrived in the mail (I was aware of that when I purchased it) […]