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1930’s Frances Dee – Actress and her chow

What a beautiful photo of the actress Frances Dee, relaxing with her chow.  She had a very long and productive movie career. SOURCE WIKIPEDIA   – Frances Marion Dee (November 26, 1909 – March 6, 2004) was an American actress. She starred opposite Maurice Chevalier in the early talkie musical, Playboy of Paris (1930). She […]

1915 PORTRAIT of Everett Grimes with a chow – San Francisco social scene.

Above is a self-portrait by the artist Matteo Sandona SOURCE WIKIPEDIA  -Matteo Sandonà immigrated with his family to New Jersey in 1894.[1] Two years later he returned to Europe for four years of study at the Academy of Fine Arts, Verona and in Paris under Napoleone Nani and Mose Bianchi. After returning to the United […]

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 […]

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