The photo above led to my going for a search for more information about the woman proclaimed by Lillian Russell as “the most beautiful woman on the screen”, … the first of the silent movie starletts CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG Could you hear my happy song and dance from there when I ran into this 1915 […]
1935 NATIONAL SPECIALTY WINNER – CH. LEDGELAND’S TUFF – FEI
Hunting down images and articles for the archives is always rewarding but frustrating at times as well. This lovely boy Ch. Ledgeland’s Tuff Fei bred by Mrs. David Wagstaff of the famous Ledgeland’s Kennel was an elusive dog to find a good profile image of. FINALLY I hit the jackpot in this newspaper article…. PLUS […]
1914 WOMANS CULT OF THE CHOW
During a time when women had few rights, dog shows were one of the few places where women “took the leash” so to speak and were the breeders, and exhibitors of some of the finest examples of Chows in our breed history…..though it took some time before they were given the right to officiate as […]
EVANDER BERRY WALL AND CHI CHI THE CHOW
EXCERPTS FROM THE NEW YORK SOCIAL DIARY Evander Berry Wall: King of the Dudes “There is one colorful society leader who, if he were around today, surely would have thought he had died and gone to heaven had he been in New York last week. Social arbiter, international clotheshorse, and legendary lover of chows, […]
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