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1907 Photo of Miss Armyne Gordon and chows – Lady’s Realm Magazine

This stellar image with the little article came from a very rare publication called LADY’S REALM 1907 from England.  The beautifully photographed 10 page magazine feature was called “SOCIETY KENNELS…What the owners say about their inmates”  , featuring everyone from Queen Alexandra and her Borzoi, to socialites and royalty with their spaniels and French Bulldogs […]

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 […]

Legacy Breeder -OMAR CHOWS -more family photos!

And the OMAR CHOW family saga continues……see all the photos and articles here at the original post CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY Kate Gemmell, the great-grandaughter of Mrs Bernard Cuthbert of Omar Chows in England got together with her mother recently and they found a number of never before published photos of her great […]

1907 Postcard featuring unique chow depiction

1907 POSTCARD MILTON KENNEL SERIES 594 How could I not add this unusual depiction of a “chow” to my collection? It shows just how varied the descriptions were of the breed back in the late 1800’s-early 1900’s when the “Standard” had only just been written in England. Chows were described by travelers and writers with […]

RESTORATIONS -1920’s NY College woman with Chow Puppy-New Paltz

When I was given the opportunity to purchase 2 photos of this young woman named Kathleen G. Trover with her chow puppy I jumped at the chance!   This is the first of two restorations I did of these tiny 2″ x 3″ snapshots.  The back of the photo says in pen “Kathleen G. Trover – […]

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