Tag Archives: Canada

a bridge too far …

Posted on October 21, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. The other day, George Dunbar sent me an article on the Lethbridge, Alberta ‘High Level Bridge’ over the ‘Oldman River Valley’. The article is illustrated with a photo by the late Toronto photographer Jane Hinton (1936-2020). Some of Ms … Continue reading →

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tish tash

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. An article in the International Photographer for December, 1935 sure brought back memories. The article was called, “Shooting the Quints”. Both Roy Tash and the Quints were famous, especially here in Canada. Roy was an expert in cinematography, while … Continue reading →

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merry Christmas for those celebrating today

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Many of us wait until today to celebrate Christmas. Our president, Lewko Hryhorijiw, when asked gave an amazingly long list of countries still celebrating Christmas a couple of weeks later than December 25th. So to one and all, have … Continue reading →

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taking a bite in the big apple

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. This photo was taken in 1932 by an unknown photographer,  It shows a bunch of skyscraper workers sitting out in space along a girder as they eat lunch high above NYC at a time when many skyscrapers were being … Continue reading →

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really, really, retro …

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. Years ago I abandoned Kodak B&W products for Ilford. By then everything was panchromatic and ortho was but a bad dream and weird filters were no longer necessary. The world moved on to digital a decade or so ago … Continue reading →

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before we had Google for news

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. These are the presses that printed my favourite newspaper in 1939. The image is from the Globe archives and details are from an article in Monday’s Globe by Shelby Blackly. The Presses (and the Globe and Mail) were located … Continue reading →

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Ernest Brown, photographer (1877- 1951)

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Ernest Brown was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the bleak northern English town famous for its coal mines many decades ago, on September 8th, 1877, or so the book by Derek Hayes called “Canada: An Illustrated History notes based on an entry … Continue reading →

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first photograph taken in what became Canada after confederation July 1, 1867

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. In 1840, an English businessman  called Hugh Lee Pattinson in a trip around the known parts of North America, used the the new daguerreotype technology to record spectacular areas of the world.  In British North America, he recorded the … Continue reading →

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The First Parliament Project

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Katelynn Northam sent our President, Lewko (Clint) Hryhorijiw, via our website, an email regarding Toronto’s First Parliament project. Our province was variously known as Upper Canada, Canada West, etc, before the entire country was called the Dominion of Canada … Continue reading →

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enjoy Photo News 26-4

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Robert

Toronto. A few weeks back, I had the pleasure of bumping into Norm Rosen at our fall fair. Norm is the editor of the magazine PHOTO NEWS. Then just last week, I enjoyed Norm’s latest opus at breakfast – the … Continue reading →

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