September 16th, 1998
John Waldsmith - Author of Stereo Views. Pricing of Stereophotography collectables. Bring your cards , viewmaster, viewers, cameras for appraisal.John gave us an entertaining evening with anecdotes about collectioning images, his initiation into Stereo, and trends in Stereo collecting. John's book is still available, although the prices are now dated (published in 1991). He has a couple of new books on the go including one on View Masters, which received a chapter in Stereo Views, but demands much more space.
October 21st,1998
Craig Campbell - Manager of resource centre, Hockey Hall of Fame. History of Hockey, the photographic collection of our game.Craig's show and talk was timely with the hockey season just beginning--And the Leaf's showing much more life than usual :-)
November 18th,1998
Joan Severa - Author of Dressed for the Photographer. Fashion in Photography, dating your images.Joan provided a slide show of old images showing the key elements of dress and fashion which date even the undated image. Check out her book for details.
December 16th,1998
Steven Bulger - Evaluating and collecting Printed ImagesA delightful evening was spent with Steven. As collectors, we tend to get more excited about the "means" than the "result". The hardware is fascinating, but we need to appreciate the images it helps us create too!
The Stephen Bulger Gallery at 700 Queen St. Toronto, Ontario specializes in 20th century Canadian photography, international photography containing social comment, and new & out-of-print books on photography.
January 20th, 1999
Frances Rooney - author of Working Light: The Wandering Life of Edith S. Watson. Ottawa: Carleton U. Press, 1996.Francis discussed how she came across the images by Edith Watson, and her search for the artist, which took her to the Smithsonian, and to New England where Edith Watson grew up, and to Edith's cousin who preserved her images decades after Edith died. Her slides show the quality of work done by Edith in her travels in Canada and the Bahamas with her dear friend Victoria Hayward.
February 17th, 1999
This was show and tell night--check out the March/April issue of Photographic Canadiana for details.March 17th,1999
Dane Lanken - Author of Montreal Movie PalacesDane gave the ex-Montrealers in the group a wonderful evening looking back on the gorgeous old theatres which have for the most part been torn down and at the very least turned into stores and offices.
His book is still available from the publishers and can be ordered by your local bookseller. Contact me if you need details.
April 21st,1999
Annual General MeetingPaul Berg - Dating and evaluating Union Cases.
Paul is the authority on Union Cases. The revised edition of his book on identifying cases is nearing completion. The cases pre-date photography, being used to hold miniature paintings, small tools and items, etc. The earliest where leather or paper covered wood. The Dauguerreotype with it's need for protection was a natural product for cases. Shortly after the Daguerreotype arrived, a method was developed to mold cases using a themo-plastic material and the Union Case was born with its ornate decorations.
May 19th,1999
Todd Gustavson The Cameras of the George Eastman House.Todd presented a slide show featuring many of the famous and now almost unique cameras that make up the huge collection at GEH. Only a small portion of the collection is on display at any one time.
