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1904 Very rare photo of a Chow and a bear aboard a Navy ship – possible China imports

A lot of guesswork goes into the unraveling of the story behind this photo so if anyone has better answers I welcome all feedback!   This extremely faded image was sent to the archives by Mary Counihan in hopes that I could preserve and get a bit more out if the original through digital restoration. […]

1936 Dance Team Billy & Beverly Bemis with their chow Ching Chong Yang at dog show

This photo above is in my private collection and what an unexpected find.  I had not heard of this amazing dancing duo before.  Along with the original 8×10 photo was a description of the scene.  The title reads: “SUMMER DOG SHOW ATTRACTS FILM COLONYITES” This was taken at the show held at the Ambassador Hotel, where […]

1937 Article : Chico, Heroine or Faker

  This story has been sitting in my stash donated by Mary Counihan for  some time.   Below you can see why I put off posting it as it needed some real work to make it readable.  The beautiful artwork on it’s own was worth the effort and I was also able to bring out enough […]

1934 Pedigree for Knif-Li with Steed’s Ching Foo Stud card

CLICK PEDIGREE TO VIEW FULL SIZE This amazing pedigree for female chow Knif-Li  was sent to the Chow Chow Club Inc. in 2016 (then mailed to me by Linda Albert) with the attached letter below.  Also in the package was  a stud card for one of America’s top stud dogs in the package.  This is […]

1922 C. Gardner Sullivan – famous screen writer with his Chow “Ching” from Siberia

  C. Gardner Sullivan was born on September 18, 1884 in Stillwater, Minnesota, USA as Crawford Gardner Sullivan. He is known for his work on All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Alibi (1929) and Hell’s Hinges (1916). SOURCE IMBD This 1922 newspaper snippet makes me very curious , what part of “Siberia” this chow […]

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