Monthly Archives: December 2025

a colourful lecturer …

Posted on December 31, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Bill Belier’s column “A Treasure From My Collection” in issue 26-2 addresses Neil Fox of Humber College and his hobby of restoring the massive studio cameras of the past. Also experienced in many aspects colour film photography, Neil spoke … Continue reading →

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bigger is better …

Posted on December 30, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Once the CdV size of photos ran its course, entrepreneurs used larger size carded photos to spark sales, culminating in the very large ‘promenade’ photos. An article by Bob Wilson highlights the history of carded photos starting with the … Continue reading →

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on the move again …

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. After Leitz sold its Midland plant to the American military contractor  Hughes Aircraft (Los Angeles), Leica sales and repair in Canada bounced from one distributor to another, landing briefly at Lisle-Kelco who closed in 2003. The brief article accompanying … Continue reading →

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ghost of fairs past …

Posted on December 28, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. … with apologies to Dickens and his short story, “A Christmas Carol”. Our spring 2000 fair offered fodder for a photo essay in issue 26-2 of our journal. The camera at right is just one of the items offered … Continue reading →

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December 2025 Executive Meeting

Posted on December 27, 2025 by Robert

PHSC President Clint Hryhorijiw Toronto. December arrived with Exec meeting #64 in hand. The meeting was held via ZOOM on Wednesday, December 3rd. This post has been prepared from minutes as I was unable to attend (or issue a report) … Continue reading →

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a man and his collection …

Posted on December 26, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. We collectors often seem too busy to notice others. In issue 26-2, editor Bob Lansdale used this photo of past president Les Jones and just some of his collection at the time. Les was a professional sports photographer specializing … Continue reading →

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merry Christmas 2025

Posted on December 25, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. It has been an interesting year in many ways. So to all we wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season – Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! – from the PHSC.  

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focussing issue resolved …

Posted on December 24, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Consistent with editor Lansdale’s inspiration to celebrate our 25th anniversary, the folks at the Cascade Panorama Historical Society sent in a juicy article by Milan Zahorcak titled, “What the …?”. Milan describes the problem raised when an old lens … Continue reading →

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cooking the books …

Posted on December 23, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. … is a common expression for redoing accounting entries to intentionally favour someone. In the case of photography, some products were re-badged to show a different maker and/or country. In this case, the maker and country are shown as … Continue reading →

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pottering about …

Posted on December 22, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. A small subset of PHSC members who collect cameras also collect microscopes. For example, the late Ron Walker collected Zeiss cameras and old microscopes. At some point in time, I noted Chas. Potter (Toronto) as a microscope maker. Ron … Continue reading →

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