Monthly Archives: June 2013

London before 1927

London, May 11, 2013. Thanks to ex-pat Stan White who sent me a note regarding a London Evening Standard article and images from a 1926-7 movie of London, England. The movie uses the experimental Friese-Greene [Frisse-Greene] process. The movie was … Continue reading

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Henri Cartier-Bresson: Living and Looking

New York, June 20, 2013. Ian Ransberry of the Niagara School of Imaging sent this item along via Bob Lansdale. The Lens column of the New York Times reports on the recent discovery of interviews with photographers well known in … Continue reading

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3rd Annual Trunk Sale – July 14, 2013

TORONTO, June 21, 2013. As our Toronto presentations program breaks for summer, we announce our third annual summer event, The Larry Boccioletti Memorial Trunk Sale held outside the Soccer Centre as in the past two years. Click here or on the … Continue reading

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Antique Photographica – The Collector’s Vision

TORONTO, June 12, 2013. Bob Lansdale mentioned that his colleagues Bryan and Page Ginns have recently published a selection of articles in a book titled Antique Photographica, The Collector’s Vision. Both Amazon USA and Amazon Canada have the book available … Continue reading

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Boris Spremo C.M. to be inducted into the CNHF

TORONTO, June 12. 2013. I get the Toronto Star delivered and its almost always here but I missed a paper last week and also the article on Boris being inducted into the Canadian News Hall of Fame. Thanks and a … Continue reading

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Baltzley Photograph Spotted

TORONTO, May 31, 2013. Member and Image Curator Ashley Cook dropped me an email to say she spotted a Baltzley in the Early Exploration Photographs in Canada exhibition running until the end of September at the National Gallery of Canada … Continue reading

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Early Photography in Kingston – from the Daguerreotype to the Postcard

TORONTO, May 22, 2013. Dr Jennifer McKendry, our guest speaker back in September of 2002, spoke to the PHSC on the subject of “Early Photography in Kingston”. The second edition of the same titled book earned one of our first … Continue reading

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Daguerreian Annual 2012

TORONTO, May 22, 2013. Robert Lansdale, editor of our Photographic Canadiana and official photographer for the Daguerreian Society advised me that the Society’s 2012 annual is now available. This annual is a well known publication with many purpose-written and illustrated  articles on … Continue reading

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Old 3D Views at Nerd’s World Site

TORONTO May 12, 2013. George Dunbar emailed me to suggest these fine old stereo views. The stereos were posted by members Chris and Grace Hughes on their store web site. Chris and Grace have a photography studio at 986 Bathurst … Continue reading

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Newsletter 13-2

Time goes fast when you are having fun…  or so the story goes. Here is another newsletter from our newsletter editor David Bridge. It is an interesting bit of reading introducing  our June speaker, another well known photographer, Richard Lautens. … Continue reading

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