Sunday October 27, 2013 MiPHS Show in Michigan

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Robert
Click for a ticket to MiPHS

Click for a
ticket to MiPHS

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, I went with Bill Belier (a past president of PHSC) and Pat Agnew (a past editor of the PC) to visit the Michigan show. It was a great show with many Leitz items including a 5cm Elmar enlarging lens in excellent condition which I bought. If you have time next month drop in. The admission is just six dollars – five if you print a copy of the attached ticket. Enjoy!

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

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Robert
Dr Deepali Dewan by Brian Boyle

Dr Deepali Dewan
by Brian Boyle

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 subject of tonight’s talk, her latest book, “Raja Deen Dayal: Artist-Photographer in Nineteenth-Century India “.  The book was published in May of 2013.

The public is welcome. Go to our Programs page for times and directions. Continue reading →

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SUNDAY, SEPT 15, 2013 – Estate Auction!

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Robert

Safari-smToronto, 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 can also see a slide show of many of the items by clicking here. Clicking on any item will show a larger image of that item.

Our Auction co-ordinator Doug Napier has done a superb job rounding up the various estate items to augment your collection. A small sample and directions are also listed on Kijiji – where else??? – here at this link.  Be sure to join us for a delightful Sunday. Free parking and free admission for all!

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W. J Moore Panorama Photographs

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Robert

Moore-portrait-228x300Toronto, 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 Network, you can easily view to station on the internet.

Vancouver Archives recently featured an article on Moore. Their link includes a connection to Flickr! and a series of Moore’s photographs. A century ago Moore bought a Kodak Cirkut #8 camera which he used in the first 15 years of his business.

Moore was born in Quebec in 1887 along the Ontario border just north of Ottawa. He learned the craft of photography in Alberta working for his brother-in-law Byron Harmon in Banff before moving on to Vancouver in 1912 and a professional career as a photographer in our great west coast city.

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Timothy O’Sullivan, 19th century photographer

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Robert
Timothy O'Sullivan

Timothy O’Sullivan

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 a time when the darkroom had to accompany the photographer into the field so plates could be sensitized, exposed, and developed before the emulsion dried. This was a herculean task that damaged the wooden cameras of the day as the wet emulsion dripped down across the wooden camera backs.

O’Sullivan worked in the 1860s and 70s beginning with the American civil war. The images shown here at the Daily Mail site are his work post civil war covering the American west and its indigenous people. In 1882 O’Sullivan finally succumbed to tuberculosis. He was only 42.

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Foncie’s Photos on Knowledge Network

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Robert

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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 August 5th the Network will show a half hour feature about photographer Foncie Pulice and his subjects at 8pm Vancouver time (11pm Toronto time). Continue reading →

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William (Bill) Belier 1920 – 2013

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Robert
Bill Belier April 2007 by Bob Lansdale

Bill Belier April 2007 by Bob Lansdale

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 All Saints Church on Royal York at La Rose (just above Eglinton).

Bill was well known in the photographic industry and in the PHSC. He was president in 1983 – 85 and organized the very successful PHSC 10th Anniversary PhotoHeritage 1984 seminar and dinner at York University. Completing his tour as president, Bill became editor of Photographic Canadiana from 1985 – 1986, although he was a major influence on the magazine throughout his presidency.

Once he completed his support of the PHSC, Bill became closely involved with the Rotary Club. We enjoyed the Rotary Club’s delicious Christmas cakes for many years. A more detailed coverage of his activities is included in his obituary published in the Toronto Star

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Quarter Million Dollar Flight of Fancy

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Robert
Gossamer Wings

Gossamer Wings

Toronto, Thursday, July 11, 2013. Thanks to the Toronto Star and various local television stations, my curiosity has been answered. Back on May 27, 2013 I discovered what looked like wings hanging from the rafters in the hall at the Soccer Centre. Judy Raulik, PHSC Treasurer mentioned them to me  during the show.

The gossamer wings are propeller components of a man-powered helicopter that won the $250,000 Sikorsky prize for the first successful human powered craft. The prize was won by two Toronto U of T engineers Todd Reichert (31) and Cameron Robertson (26) – neither was born when the prize was announced in 1980!

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Robert Gutteridge Friday, July 12, 2013

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Robert
Robert Gutteridge

Robert Gutteridge

TORONTO, July 14, 2013. We learned today that Robert W Gutteridge passed away last Friday at the Scarborough General Hospital. Bob joined the PHSC in 1997 and was our resident authority on optical toys and early cinema in Canada. He was a speaker on occasion at the Toronto meetings. He was a regular participant at the spring and fall fairs, often joining Francois LeMai of Montreal, another early cinema enthusiast. Bob published “Magic Moments, First 20 years of moving pictures in Toronto” in 2000 in collaboration with Gerald Pratley of Ryerson University. Continue reading →

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Newsletter 13-3

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Robert

Editor David Bridge rounds up some juicy stories for this month:

From left: Cover of 13-3 and trunk show
From left: Cover of 13-3. Trunk show, auction this fall and PHSC honours Harry Joy. Book and journal reviews. Revisiting the fireman daguerreotype. A dummy cheap infra-red plant camera. Indian photograph in book by our September speaker. The late John Wootten.

A series of PHSC events are announced – Trunk Sale July 14, Auction September 15, Toronto meeting September 18, Fall Fair October 27 (now firm). Some books and journals are reviewed – Antique Photographica, Early Photography in Kingston, The Daguerreian Annual 2012, PhotoED Spring/Summer 2013. Recognition of long time members Harry Joy and Bill Belier. An interesting revisitation of the fireman daguerreotype by Bob Lansdale. Saying good-bye to the late John Wootten. Plus columns and membership promotion. Just click here or on the above montage to read or download this colourful issue.

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