Category Archives: activities

a window on things

Posted on August 7, 2026 by Robert

Toronto. The PHSC welcomes all photographica collectors. While we focus on Canadian studios and contributions to photography, we are world wide in our interests. The society was formed in the fall of 1974 and became active the following year filling … Continue reading →

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open invite

Posted on August 6, 2026 by Robert

Toronto. Members of the PHSC have at least one thing in common: they collect photographica. If you too collect or have an interest in photographica and photographic history but are not a member, we encourage you to join this like … Continue reading →

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freedom

Posted on August 5, 2026 by Robert

Toronto. Today in Canada we often take freedom for granted. Sadly, not so in Europe in the late 1930s and during WW2. The late George Gilbert spoke to the PHSC a few times, in one case, about the Freedom Train. … Continue reading →

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brushing up on things …

Posted on August 4, 2026 by Robert

Toronto. … like collections. Summer is a great time to reorganize a collection and weed out dups, no longer interesting things, etc. If there are only a few, they might  end up in one of our auctions; if there are … Continue reading →

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lady bug, lady bug …

Posted on August 3, 2026 by Robert

Toronto. … fly away home … As we used to say as children when ever we spotted this tiny beetle with its obvious markings. Collectors often search for old photographs. An ancient version of the photo at left might be … Continue reading →

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moon shot

Posted on August 1, 2026 by Robert

Toronto. The heavenly bodies have been around for millions of years from what we can tell. Some old photo collectors relish at discovering old photographs of the night skies, planets, moon, etc. At left is a very recent photograph of … Continue reading →

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remembering Ron Walker

Posted on July 30, 2026 by Robert

Toronto. We lost Ron in 2002. He and wife Joan were PHSC members and frequent volunteers. I personally enjoyed Ron’s deep knowledge of microscopes as myself, he, and editor EvRoseborough were also microscope collectors and members of the rather short … Continue reading →

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possibly another rare bird?

Posted on July 29, 2026 by Robert

Toronto. Photographica Collectors are always looking to spot that rare bird, be it photo, camera, or lens, to add on to their collections. Some very likely sources are our annual events. For example this Triplex lens/shutter/board combination, shown at left, … Continue reading →

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… a real train wreck ….

Posted on July 28, 2026 by Robert

Toronto. … is a person in total chaos and emotionally a wreck. However; photographica collectors sometimes seek out old photographs of trains or wrecks of any sort to add to their collections. The photo at left of a wreck up … Continue reading →

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a dentist to be drilling …

Posted on July 27, 2026 by Robert

Toronto. Some collectors of old photographs relish photos of work and professionals such as the dentist, his assistant, and his tiny patient shown here in the 1970s. While a bit new to be a collectible (getting there), other old images … Continue reading →

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