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1902-1912 Early Kennel Club registered Chows in England-donated by Chris Clucas

Some time ago, one of my favorite chowists in England and breed history buff, Chris Clucas sent me scans of all the earlier Chow studbook records from The Kennel Club in England, beginning in January of 1902.   At the time when I received the scans, I was immersed in some other project and never did […]

1912 – 1914 Early Kennel Club registered Chows in England-donated by Chris Clucas

This page continues, picking up at 1912 from the earlier England Kennel Club  stud book entries 1902-1912 .  Generously donated by Chris Clucas CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FIRST PAGE

1924 Chow mascot “Sing” aboard the U.S.S. West Virginia battleship

Circa 1924 this news clipping was a nice find adding to the growing collection of Chow mascot used aboard ships between the late 1800’s and 1940.  The photo of the chow was even darker than this so I tried to restore some detail in photoshop with little success.  Regardless you can certainly tell its a […]

1924 Article – Chows are the ideal Motor Dog- A sign of the times!

It was the Roaring Twenties and EVERYTHONG seemed to be all the “rage”. Flappers and their beaus were scoffing prohibition laws, consumerism was also a “thing”.   Jazz was the music of the times and silent movies another favorite past time!   It was truly a fascinating decade in our history and the Chow Chow was in […]

1899 Original Stereoview card of Admiral Dewey and his chow “Bob” aboard the USS Olympia

CIRCA 1899 ADMIRAL DEWEY AND “BOB” STEREOGRAPH CARD – Thank you so much Riitta Ropponen for generously sharing this gorgeous and rare piece of Dewey with his chow memorabilia!! I have not seen this one anywhere else before and hope to someday add one to my own collection. Lucky girl!!!! CLICK the RELATED POSTS links […]

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