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LIL DAGOVER-GERMAN SILENT FILM STAR

Lil Dagover was a German stage, film and television actress whose career spanned nearly six decades.  I feel extremely fortunate to own all 4 of these images in my own collection. It is rare to find a single photo of an actress with their chow, much less finding multipe images of multiple dogs. Lil Dagover(1887–1980) […]

MODEL FOR 1941 CHOW STANDARD DISCOVERED

What a red letter day it was yesterday when a surprise package arrived in the mail from long time chowist Mary Counihan.  Lo and behold a large priority mail box packed to the gills with historical chow ephemera, articles, photographs….you name it!!!    I was like a kid in a candy store.  As I excitedly paged […]

DELORES DEL RIO 1920S ACTRESS

This very special original photo is in my personal collection as an 8×10 studio publicity photoshoot proof and highly prized for its rarity by collectors of antique cinema memorabilia.  I learned a lot about the exotic and brilliant Delores Del Rio  in researching the photo.  What a charming image and this is indeed her chow. […]

GEORGE VERNON STOKES paintings

GEORGE VERNON STOKES (British, 1873-1954) George Vernon Stokes (1873 – 1954) was an illustrator of great renown, who made pictures and drawings for scores of dog encyclopedias, breed books, and stories. Together with his sister Cynthia Harnett, Stokes produced numerous large format illustrated children’s stories with a dog or dogs as central characters. His paintings […]

ARTICLE circa 1899-In Defense of the Chinese Dog

This charming article was written back in the day when the chow was first introduced to American and European households.  We were getting to know this unique creature both as companion and show dog.  All the “rules” that applied to the average canine seemed to be challenged by the Edible Dog of China.  Of all […]

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