Tag Archives: cased images

Latest Daguerreian Society Quarterly Issued

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. One of our exchange organizations is the Daguerreian Society. This group recently announced their third quarterly issue for 2024. In a mail last, the contents of this issue were listed as including: Latest details on next month’s Symposium & … Continue reading →

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a nanny and the twins

Posted on September 8, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. Once summer is in the rear-view mirror, the collectors see many choices to augment their collections. For the photo collectors amongst us, ML Antiques (Michael Lehr) in the States have announced their fall auction as being held September 21, … Continue reading →

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the mystery of Frankie D

Posted on June 30, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. The next step after the Daguerrotype was the use of glass plates. Initially glass plates used a wet solution (wet-plate) and years later a dry solution (dry-plate). To make the sensitized emulsion ‘hold’ to the glass, a sticky mixture … Continue reading →

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a modest show

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. Modest Mussorgsky was a well known Russian composer, famous for his series called Pictures at an Exhibition in English. He wrote the series in June 1874 but it wasn’t released in print until 1886. He composed it after visiting … Continue reading →

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