Tag Archives: Canada

all the moose that’s fit to print

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Toronto. Apologies to the riff on the  NY Times and its slogan to make the above title.  Photographic Canadiana issue 50-3 has gone to press and the pdf version sent to all members. This issue was an amazing effort by … Continue reading

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remembering Iris …

Toronto. In the article. “IRIS MCCAIG AND THE PORTRAIT OF CHARLES G. MILNE” the late Bob Lansdale relates his chat with Iris at 82 in the early fall 1992 journal issue 18-2. Iris is famous not only as a long … Continue reading

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Vera in 1930 …

Toronto. Members of a certain age group (old coots like me) remember the movie Laura and the haunting song of the same name. Nearly a century ago, John Vanderpant of Vancouver took this then fashionably soft focus portrait of a … Continue reading

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flight history

Toronto. I have made earlier posts about how history has been helped by photography. Recently I was reminded of this fact by a note from my good friend George Dunbar. George writes, “Some interesting book titles listed here for those … Continue reading

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remember Dr Barnardo?

Toronto. We see in this article another example of photography recording history. In the article, “British Home Children: Antique box tells heart-breaking history” reported by Eloise Alanna, a box of glass slides from Glasgow lands in Canada to complement the … Continue reading

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a bridge too far …

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

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

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

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 …

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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