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1920s ink blotter ad- Lyonore Metal- featuring the Far East Chow Kennel

  This was such a unique find I just had to bid on it and am thrilled I won the auction.  This ink blotter advertisement was for Lyonore Metal, but I was most interested in the wonderful image of the Far East Chow Kennels .   Kennel owner Lothar Zifferer owned a foundry and this may […]

RESTORATION -Early 1900’s Childs Pedal car with a pipe smoking Chow

Just when I think I’ve seen it all, this unusual original photograph lures me in with its anthropomorphic Chow, driving an antique child’s pedal car, smoking a pipe and wearing glasses.   I’ve seen photos of other breeds of dogs in similar poses but this is a first for a chow.  To make it even sweeter, […]

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 […]

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