When I received this amazing photo I had a couple of big surprises. One, is that it was such a large format on very heavy backing like a cabinet card. Two, when I converted this damaged sepia toned image to black and white and brought in more contrast, not only did the detailed leather harness […]
1901 Chinese Chow enlisted in the U.S. Navy
This newspaper article ran in dozens of papers in 1901, this one being one from Pennsylvania. The chow dog was a very unique novelty to Americans this early on and most came here either directly from China via gifts brought home by sailors and travelers, or from very early breeders in England. How I would […]
1920s-1950s U.K. Breeders with their chows from magazine clippings
As both a Chow historian and photographer, the images in this album are of great inspiration to me. Thanks to Dennis Tang and Chris Clucas for scanning in their valuable collections of 1920’s – early 1950’s articles out of England dog magazines, filled with images. The articles in their entirety are all being archived at […]
Chinese Chow likeness in Eastern Han Dynasty sculpture (25-220)
There are so many sculptures I see from the Han Dynasty that resemble the chow in the upright ears and tail over the back, but most show a distinctly different type in body and coat much like the Chinese Chongqing dog . However this little sculpture below I discovered online shows the appearance […]
DENNIS TANG ARTICLE COLLECTION
WORLDCHOW member Dennis Tang who resides in Hong Kong , has generously taken the time to scan in these rare antique chow articles from his private collection to donate to the archive. Most are best viewed at about the 200% range. Experiment with the enlarging DENNIS TANG ARTICLES COMING 1940’s and […]
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