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SUNDAY, SEPT 15, 2013 – Estate Auction!

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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Robert Gutteridge Friday, July 12, 2013

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 … Continue reading

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Newsletter 13-3

Editor David Bridge rounds up some juicy stories for this month: 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. … Continue reading

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3rd Annual Trunk Sale – July 14, 2013

TORONTO, June 21, 2013. As our Toronto presentations program breaks for summer, we announce our third annual summer event, The Larry Boccioletti Memorial Trunk Sale held outside the Soccer Centre as in the past two years. Click here or on the … Continue reading

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Antique Photographica – The Collector’s Vision

TORONTO, June 12, 2013. Bob Lansdale mentioned that his colleagues Bryan and Page Ginns have recently published a selection of articles in a book titled Antique Photographica, The Collector’s Vision. Both Amazon USA and Amazon Canada have the book available … Continue reading

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Early Photography in Kingston – from the Daguerreotype to the Postcard

TORONTO, May 22, 2013. Dr Jennifer McKendry, our guest speaker back in September of 2002, spoke to the PHSC on the subject of “Early Photography in Kingston”. The second edition of the same titled book earned one of our first … Continue reading

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Daguerreian Annual 2012

TORONTO, May 22, 2013. Robert Lansdale, editor of our Photographic Canadiana and official photographer for the Daguerreian Society advised me that the Society’s 2012 annual is now available. This annual is a well known publication with many purpose-written and illustrated  articles on … Continue reading

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Newsletter 13-2

Time goes fast when you are having fun…  or so the story goes. Here is another newsletter from our newsletter editor David Bridge. It is an interesting bit of reading introducing  our June speaker, another well known photographer, Richard Lautens. … Continue reading

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SPRING FAIR May 26, 2013

TORONTO (WOODBRIDGE) May 26, 2013. Every Spring we host the largest fair around featuring photographica – cameras, books, ephemera, images. This year our fair is on Sunday May 26, 2013 and features an exhibit of the works of the late … Continue reading

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Vancouver Show April 28, 2013

Siggi dropped me a note to remind me of the Spring 2013 Vancouver show which coincides with our image show. So if you are in Vancouver, drop in to see what’s offered on the west coast and say hello to … Continue reading

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