Hi! I love your blog! As a big history buff I love seeing how patterns in time repeat themselves. I also love the funny columns you dig up. Now that I’m done gushing, do you happen to have any old photos of chow chow around? I’m not seeing many of them on your blog.
Asked by writerbytrade
Thank you very much! Here are a few Chow Chows:
Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, England, February 25, 1899:

The Sketch, England, October 11, 1922:

The Sketch, October 1, 1929:

The Sketch, July 10, 1929:

Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, February 15, 1935:

Ballerina Nina Tarakanova and her Chow, The Sketch, April 21, 1937:

Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, February 17, 1939:

Dorothy Campbell and her Chow Brendan,
The Sketch, February 7, 1940:

Princess Alexandra and Prince Edward of Kent with Mouff, The Sketch, October 16, 1940:

Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, January 19, 1941:

Bonus: this one’s mighty blurry but his name is Gaylet and he won First, Special and Challenge (whatever those are!). Illustrated London News, England, October 26, 1901:

