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CURATED COLLECTION – Chows on the beach/water

This curated collection is an ongoing project as more vintage photos of Chows wash up on the shores of ChowTales .. ENJOY! THE STARFISH STORY adapted from the Star Thrower – Illustration by Sandra Miller A Chow walks along a beach after a terrible storm riddled with thousands of starfish. She quickly carries the starfish […]

RESTORATION- 1920s 3 chows with 5 women on beach. Exquisite photo

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I spotted this beautiful photo postcard up for grabs at auction! This RPCC (real photo postcard) is typical of ones taken at the beach, on the boardwalks and amusement areas and offered to the patrons as postcard momentos of their outing. Copies could be purchased to send to family […]

RESTORATION- 1928 Mom and kids with their Chow puppy

I am so in love with this photo. Everything about it screams out the Roaring 20’s!!! A photo that could be easily dated without a date written on it! The wardrobe alone was worth acquiring this image for my private collection. Very little work had to be done to restore this beauty! A picture is […]

1966 – German actress Ingrid van Bergen with a chow

Our German readers will most likely know many the films that Ingrid van Bergen acted in. She had a long list of movies to her credit during her successful career acting, and featured with greats from America as well such as William Holden and Kirk Douglas in the 1960s. At the time of this writing […]

History of the Chow in Canada By Marguerite (Joey) Nattrass

The History of the Chow Chow in Canada A little background on how this article came to light. My wonderful chow friend Michelle Sept in Canada was writing the newsletter for her Chow Club and asked for some photos from ChowTales to add some “visuals” to the text. Of course, I was thrilled to oblige. […]

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