Monthly Archives: August 2016

Kodak #9 on the Move

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Last weekend saw the last remaining building at the old Kodak Heights carefully moved a couple of hundred feet to allow Metrolinx to build a new foundation. CBC also showed the move which used special electrical trucks and wheels … Continue reading →

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Fall Camerama Show on September 25, 2016

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Member Gary Perry has been running the Camerama shows for many years. Here is his notice on the show next month: Please be advised of our next camera show is coming up on September 25th. It will be held … Continue reading →

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Siri’s ancestors

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Thanks to Alex Walker and Australia’s Sitepoint Design for this note about early voice powered UI systems. In 1936 the first automated talking clock called TIM was created in the UK. Ms Ethel (Jane) Cain was the first voice … Continue reading →

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Postcard Show September 25, 2016

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Our programme chairman, Les Jones, sent me a request to announce the Postcard and Image show coming next month in Dundas, Ontario near Hamilton. A few years back Ed Warner and I attended the Toronto Postcard Club show up … Continue reading →

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Happy 25th Birthday WWW

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business for Wednesday, August 24th showed a nice graph of the exponential growth of web sites since the World Wide Web (WWW) was created 25 years ago. My thanks to Sylvia Garza for the … Continue reading →

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Daguerreian Society Pre-Conference Symposium.

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Our Journal Editor Bob Lansdale sent me an email last month on July 13th announcing a special Pre-Conference Symposium on October 20, 2016 in NYC. The message is from the Daguerreian Society’s Business Director, Diane Filippi. The Conference title … Continue reading →

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Dave Tinder of Michigan

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Last month on July 20th Bob Lansdale sent me this note he received from Cindy Motzenbecker of the MiPHS. “Our good friend and photography collector Dave Tinder passed away peacefully early this morning. “His major work, the Directory of … Continue reading →

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A Canadian Homage to Frank’s “The Americans”

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. When I read my Globe Monday, I saw a book review of “The Canadians: Photographs from The Globe and Mail Archives”. James Adams wrote the review (my thanks to George Dunbar who found this link) and compared the book … Continue reading →

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Luce Lebart heads the CPI in Ottawa

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Robert

Toronto.  James Adams mentioned in Spotlight (Globe and Mail) Wednesday that Luce Lebart will head the new Canadian Photography Institute (CPI) which was created last November 1st. The web site ARTFORUM made the announcement last month on July 15th. Ms Lebart … Continue reading →

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First photographer in Space – in 1961

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Nearly thirteen years before the PHSC held its first meeting, a Russian called Gherman Titov was the first man to take photographs in space in August 6, 1961. He was carried aloft and circled the Earth in the Soviet ship … Continue reading →

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