Author Archives: Robert

Have you seen our clips – FOUND!

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Robert

UPDATE: Bob Lansdale is pleased to report the missing clips have been found. Thanks to all who checked! At the end of the auction on Sunday we lost a bag of clips used to hold the PHSC displays together (you … Continue reading →

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Back from the brink – Way Back

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, September 12, 2003. Have you ever done something dumb – and instantly regretted it? Some months back I pulled John Krug’s “Photographers of Ontario” link because I thought his site was closed. Not so. The other day John emailed … Continue reading →

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Toronto International Camera Show, Sunday, Sep. 22, 2013

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Robert

TORONTO September 6, 2013. Gary Perry is hosting his latest show on  Sunday  September 22, 2013 at a new location: Days Hotel and Conference Centre in Toronto. The Days  Hotel is at 185 Yorkland Bl. (near Highway 404 and Sheppard) – good parking … Continue reading →

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Sunday October 27, 2013 MiPHS Show in Michigan

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Robert

TORONTO, ON, September 2, 2013. Bob Lansdale sent me this note regarding the MiPHS show next month. The folks in Michigan have long been exchange members and contact for our editor on stories and leads. In the summer of 1986, … Continue reading →

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Raja Deen Dayal: Artist-Photographer in 19th-Century India

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed. September 18, 2013. DR. DEEPALI DEWAN – Senior Curator, ROM, Dept of World Cultures.  For our first meeting of the fall session, we welcome Dr Deepali Dewan. She currently has an exhibition in the ROM on the … Continue reading →

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SUNDAY, SEPT 15, 2013 – Estate Auction!

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, Ontario, August 25, 2013. The PHSC Auction is September 15, 2013 at the Long Branch Legion Hall. We will be hosting a “Multi-Estate Auction”. Click to see the seven page pdf of some items we will auction at this time. You … Continue reading →

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W. J Moore Panorama Photographs

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, August 12, 2013. I am a fan of BC’s public television. Occasionally the Vancouver station (Knowledge Network) shows a brief story featuring a Vancouver area panorama by W J Moore. If your TV able etc company doesn’t carry Knowledge … Continue reading →

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Timothy O’Sullivan, 19th century photographer

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Robert

Kitchener, August 4, 2013. My oldest daughter, Suzy, reminded me today about this famous Irish-American wet-plate photographer. I was first introduced to O’Sullivan’s beautiful photographs decades ago in the 1970s series of Time-Life books on Photography.  O’Sullivan practiced his art at … Continue reading →

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Foncie’s Photos on Knowledge Network

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Robert

Vancouver, August 5, 2013. I am a regular viewer of this great public broadcaster   (like TVO here in Ontario). For years, BC’s Knowledge Network has promoted scenes around our most westerly province.  This year Knowledge Network has featured Foncie’s Photos. On … Continue reading →

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William (Bill) Belier 1920 – 2013

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, July 18, 2013. Past President of the PHSC and past editor of the Photographic Canadiana, Bill Belier passed away peacefully at St Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated next Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at … Continue reading →

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