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King Zog of Albania with his chow

King Zog of Albania posing with 2 dogs including a chow – photo credit and date unknown This photo came to my attention  via Beverley Nilson on Facebook and I tucked it away until I found out more about this man.  The chow looks to be almost a “cream” in color.   There is much written […]

1904 – 1973 Chilean poet – Pablo Neruda and his Chow Chu Tah

  “Joyful, joyful, joyful – as only dogs know how to be happy with only the autonomy of their shameless spirit…” ― Pablo Neruda SOURCE WIKIPEDIA -Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973), better known by his pen name and, later, legal name Pablo Neruda, was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician. Neruda became known as a poet […]

RESTORATION- Early 1900’s little girl with her little ‘Chow’

  Circa early 1900’s . This is such an unusual photo in my personal collection, of a darling girl with her little ‘chow’ on a leash. Perfectly to scale to one another!   This little dog is very typical of the early chows, but in miniature. It does not look to be a puppy judging by […]

1921 Hazel Glab of the high profile California murder case, pictured with one of her prize winning chows.

The above  photo is antique and in my private collection.  I did a bit of restoration work on this 8×10 press photo to remove some scratches and “noise”.    The woman,   Hazel Glab,was a flamboyant flapper, whose husband, John, died under mysterious circumstances June 18, 1928, at 12744 Ventura Blvd., in Studio City. Murder charges […]

CELEBRITY -1935 Cleanthe Carr Illustrator – Chow wedding

Circa 1935 Famous American Illustrator Cleanthe Carr and one of her half dozen Chows, “Kubla Khan”. In 1937 Cleanthe and her chows were showcased in Life Magazine pictured at their “wedding”. The couple were soon blessed with a cream and honey-colored baby according to the LIFE article. Also see one of her illustrations in the […]

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