Category Archives: book

Review of Heckman’s Canadian Pacific

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Robert

This is my review of Ralph Beaumont’s talk on Heckman and his CPR images. Unless otherwise noted the images used are courtesy of Canadian Pacific Corporate Archives. Bob Lansdale, Clint, and I met with January’s speaker Ralph Beaumont and his … Continue reading →

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Zeiss and Photography for members

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. The latest Larry Gubas book is now available for members. The quantity is very limited. The price is $200 Canadian and can be picked up at any PHSC event (let me know in advance). The price includes the 890 full … Continue reading →

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Zeiss and Photography book arrives in Toronto

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. The first four copies of the book Zeiss and Photography arrived here this afternoon. It is a colourfully illustrated hard cover book of some 890 letter size pages weighing about seven and a quarter pounds a copy. The book … Continue reading →

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Zeiss and Photography

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Robert

Toronto. Two years ago at our Show and Tell night I announced a marvellous book by Larry Gubas covering in detail  the vast range of Zeiss and Zeiss-Ikon cameras and Zeiss lenses including hundreds of photographs and a history of the … Continue reading →

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From Darkroom to Daylight

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Robert

  Toronto. PHSC received an email today from American author, filmmaker and photographer Harvey Wang. Harvey will be here at the Stephen Bulger gallery on Saturday, November 21, 2015 for a screening of his film and a book signing. Harvey … Continue reading →

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Michael Mitchell and AGO’s Lodz exhibit

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, April 15th, 2015 Michael Mitchell has spoken to the PHSC a couple of times before. This event co-incides with the Lodz exhibit of the Henryk Ross photographs of a Polish Ghetto in the early years of World War … Continue reading →

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Through Canada with a Kodak (1893)

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Robert

Toronto.  Thanks to member George Dunbar for this interesting link. In 1893, barely five years after George Eastman began selling his famous Kodak camera, W.H White of Edinburgh published a book called Through Canada with a Kodak by the Countess of Aberdeen, … Continue reading →

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Toronto International Antiquarian Book Fair

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Robert

Toronto. Come down to the AGO and enjoy this annual event. On from November 7-9. Just click the above icon for times, location and more.

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Eastman House exhibit documents the end of film

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Robert

Rochester, NY. This article in the Democrat and Chronicle newspaper of Rochester NY covers the exhibit of Robert Burley‘s photographs which are part of “The Disappearance of Darkness — Photography at the End of the Analog Era.” The photographs are on … Continue reading →

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Newsletter 13-11

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Robert

Toronto April 11, 2014. We have another newsletter from the desk of editor David Bridge. Ten pages of information of interest to camera and image collectors old and new. Just click on the above montage to read and print this … Continue reading →

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