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1905 bas relief postcard of Sing Loh from England -an extremely rare find

Dated around 1905 this extremely rare bas-relief postcard was created with a unique process that allowed the back to be flat, while the dog’s head has a deeply embossed texture To make this an even more amazing find, the named chow Sing Loh was a well known, yet rarely pictured son of the famous Ch […]

1930S Chu Chin the Chow Disney promotion on Post Toasties

Up until 2 weeks ago I thought I had just about everything there was to collect when it came to Walt Disney and his connection with the Chow breed.  Then out of the blue, an opportunity appeared to purchase this very rare set of Walt Disney cutouts, featuring of all things a Chow Dog!!   Of course, […]

Morgan Dennis- author and illustrator – his chow artwork

,,,   ABOVE is a very hard to find print which  was part of a special yearly series of calendars made for the American Humane Society. What a treasure this calendar page in my collection is!!!!  I have not seen this anywhere else before (let me know if you have one too!!!) and in such […]

RESTORATION: 1920’s Woman in sailor dress with chow and car

This photo was so much fun to restore!  While I love the original “soft focus”  feel of the original sepia image, as always I really want to see the details in my restored versions.  The car was in almost tack sharp focus, with the woman and her chow a bit blurred from slight movement,  which […]

1920’S CAMPER CAR SNAPSHOT WITH CHOW

When this wonderful 1920’s snapshot arrived in the mail it was hard to make out the details of what was behind this gorgeous old car , much less the chow to the left,  and the young lad in the background.    Once I converted this to black and white and started restoring the contrast and […]

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