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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 […]

Legacy Breeder -OMAR CHOWS- Mrs Bernard Cuthbert – Photos donated from the family

Mrs. Bernard Cuthbert of Omar Chows (England) in one of her amazing photoshoots around 1930 Its moments like this that take my breath away as a Chowist, historian, and archivist.  To have this rare opportunity to connect with a family member of a legend in Chow history is an absolute honor. To archive these invaluable […]

1932 First Annual Chow Specialty- Hollywood celebrities showing their Chows

This tiny newspaper snippet from April 30, 1932 is the only evidence I’ve found that this show existed.  Surely the press must have been present the following day, May 1st to document this interesting occasion! In the 1930’s anything to do with movie stars was covered at length!  I’m still doing a lot of digging […]

1935 Chow puppies hand tinted Christmas Card

I recently acquired this darling hand-tinted Christmas card dated 1935 inside.  It was printed in England with the text inside  “All lined up to wish you a Merry Christmas”.  The card was signed under the printed text from an Aunt and Uncle.  I had not seen this card previously in all my years of collecting […]

BOOK 1950 MAN MEETS DOG author Konrad Lorenz

ABOVE ORIGINAL ARTWORK by artist Germana Conca ©2004  “Konrad Lorenz con il suo Chow”  Watercolor and Pastel on paper Konrad Lorenz  (1903-1989) was an Austrian zoologist, regarded as one of the founders of modern ethology ..the study of animal behavior.  Thank you to my very helpful ChowTales friend and follower Jeff Austin for showing me […]

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