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1929 Knickerbocker Toys creates 3 versions of stuffed chow toys

This is one incredibly rare find…..a page out of PLAYTHINGS magazine from 1929, featuring  3 chow stuffed toys in a SITTING, STANDING and WHEELED version.  Its interesting to note that the more famous Steiff chows patterned after the real chow puppy Veedol who few in the Graf Zeppelin made its debut in the Steiff catalog […]

1930s Ch. Yang Fu Tang Bronze plaque/trophy

Circa early 1930s. I could not believe my eyes when I saw this huge bronze plaque show up at auction. I immediately recognized the chow as the very famous Ch Yang Fu Tang who was a great ambassador for our breed as well with his charming temperament I have in my records somewhere documentation if this […]

ARTICLE- Mrs Mannooch and her famous Choonam Chows of the 1920s-1940s

CLICK HERE TO READ THIS WONDERFUL ARTICLE IN A PDF ,WRITTEN BY THE KEEPER OF MRS MANNOOCHS ALBUMS AND RECORDS This incredible article is the best I have seen, written about Violet Mannooch and her famous Choonam Chows.  It covers her entire career in chows from the end of WWI up until WWII, written by […]

ARTICLE -1936 Country Life Magazine-Mrs. Mannooch and her famous Choonam Chows – Rare find

    There are few breeders who have made as impressive of an impact on our Chow breed as England’s Mrs. Mannooch of Choonam Kennel fame. The 10,000.00 Chow Ch. Choonam Brilliantine sold to America was one of her most famous. You can read much more about him at the related links below. Many articles […]

1885 – The story of Chinese Gordon and Wang the Chow

    I get so excited when one archive post leads to another…then another, and yet another…but by the time I get all the photos, text, newspapers etc in front of me, my mind is spinning and I forget what I was searching for in the first place.  Granted,  this is a GOOD problem and […]

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