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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 – […]

RESTORATIONS- 1940’S AND 1952 Family moments with Chows

Its been a while since I sat down at my scanner .  I have a habit of going “down the rabbit hole” and not being able to tear myself away from these projects  once I start,  I miss working on restorations and decided it was time to get back to the business of having fun […]

RESTORATION- 1920’s Man with Chow on porch

This wonderful little 2×3″ photo is from the early 1920s and was in pretty bad condition.  I took the restoration to this point and decided any more fussing would be overdoing it.  What a unique image of this fella and his chow.  I love the vest and tie he is wearing and the surprise was […]

1930 RARE Smooth chow trade card

This is such an unusual trade card I simply had to have it for the ChowTales archives .  I was actually surprised no one else was bidding on this unique piece of smooth chow ephemera (my lucky day) !!  The chow in this photo reminds me SO much of the smooth chow pictured below from […]

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