This photograph is from the collection of the Portland Art Museum: Henry Berger, Jr., Untitled (Self-Portrait with Dog), ca. 1915, platinum print with hand coloring. H. Berger Jr. was a well-known photographer who was experimenting with color photography as early as the beginning of the 20th century. At the beginning of the 20th century, Henry Berger […]
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Everyone knows the Valley Farm kennel, its owner Joseph B. Thomas, and his trips to Russia, to Perchino, from where he imported Borzois. Less is known about the fact that his brother, Ralph Hill Thomas, also took part in these journeys to Russia. He was also a co-owner of the Valley Farm kennel, and his
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John L. Kuser, the renowned brewer and automobile manufacturer, was also a breeder and exhibitor of dogs. The first litter of Borzois was born in 1899 at his Fernbrook Farm. In 1916, he purchased Delaware Valley Farm in Titusville, New Jersey, where he employed J. Fred. Crangle as superintendent. Crangle had previously managed the kennel
In the second half of the 1890s, Edward L. Kraus established a kennel in the USA called Sport. He imported Ardagan (Udav Glebov – Podruschka Gatchina) and Mirza (Gaimane Ozerov – Marza) from the Wilken kennel in Germany (Ardagan was previously in 1895 imported from the P. Glebov kennel in Russia). Later, he imported the
THE RUSSIAN WOLFHOUND CLUB OF AMERICA September 1, 1905 HEAD – Skull slightly domed, long and narrow, with scarcely any perceptible stop, rather inclined to be Roman-nosed; jaws long, powerful and deep; teeth strong, clean and ever, neither pig-jawed nor undershot; nose large and black. EARS – Small and fine in quality, lying back on
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Valley Farm Imports © by Sue E.A. Vasick Valley Farm Russian Imports Valley Farm Kennels are well known for their special type of Borzoi and to this day the name O’Valley Farm (or OVF) brings thoughts of solid, well coated, sound and strong Borzoi to the mind of breeders and researchers who have been
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Emma C Biesel – Vladimir- & O’Valley Farm Kennels 1922 Obtained Yona of Orloff born 2 April 1920 by Johnston’s Balderoff x Orczny of Orloff Her mother was a self black daughter of Yarki Perchino (Imp Russia) x Queen of the Olives (Imp UK) and her father was by Ch Clontarf’s Nadmen of OVF
The American Romanoff kennels has been researched by and is written by Margaret Davis Pictures by Sue Vasick Romanoff was the name of the Russian royal family. It was established in 1630 by Michael Romanoff. Read more at, https://www.history.com/topics/russia/romanov-family A relative of the first Michael Romanoff, Prince George M Romanoff bred borzoi in Russia in
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Borzoi, or Russian Wolfhound by Freeman Lloyd [first published in “Hark to the Hounds”, National Geographic, October 1937] The Borzoi, or Russian Wolfhound, is not only a hound of great distinction in appearance, but one of the oldest, most carefully purebred of all the European varieties. Long the pride of Russian rulers, nobles and their
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Canadian database first version. Where dogs names were gained from published show results, the year refers to the first date the dog was shown. It is not a year of birth. For puppies, a guess was made for a birth date in the year before or sometimes in the year the dog was shown. In
