CIRCA 1914 – AN OFFICER IN FIGHTING KIT HOLDING HIS PET DOG, A CHOW CHOW, ON BOARD THE HMS OAK © IWM (Q 18067) Courtesy the Imperial War Museum….these three stunning photos of navy men with their chow mascots on board ship during WW1. I have a number of photos from this era of “wartime chows” that […]
ANTIQUE CHOW POSTCARD COLLECTION – donated to the archives by Mary Counihan
It took some time, but I finally have all but a few of the 50 antique postcards that were graciously donated by Mary Counihan, scanned, labeled and archived. Most are undated with no postage, so that is another project for a rainy week….researching postcard backs to date them more precisely. Most of the cards in […]
Rare advertisements gifted to the ChowTales archive by Layla Loveless. Thank you!!!
CLICK ADS TO SEE LARGER…..CLICK KENNEL LINKS TO READ MORE Chow History has a great friend in Layla Loveless and I am forever grateful for this unexpected gift to the archives of 5 very rare, original kennel advertisements that she won at the 2017 CCCI Auction. This first ad from Dogdom Monthly publication , Circa […]
1950’s – German Actress Sonja Ziemann and her Chow
I was so fortunate to be able to acquire this studio portrait of this beautiful German actress and her Chow ….the dog is either smiling or growing at the camera person. I found another photo of Sonja with what looks to be the same dog on Getty Images website but am unable to share it […]
CELEBRITY – 1920’s Gloria Swanson – Silent Film star owned 2 chows
It is always such a happy surprise when one of our ChowTales readers pops in to leave me a message about one of their chow history finds. So many times I have a part of the puzzle that is waiting for more information and this is one of those classic examples Chowist, Marianne Lähde […]
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