Tag Archives: newspaper

exploring history

Posted on November 25, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. George Dunbar enjoys writing to editors. I can remember the first letter I saw in the Globe and Mail many years ago. In this particular case, George wrote to the editor about the Niagara-on-the-Lake (NOTL) Museum’s article in the … Continue reading →

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Volleyball, anyone?

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Most of us can remember the photograph in the late 1800s showing dignitaries at “the last spike” in the CPR line connecting BC with the rest of Canada without need to detour down into the States. In this case, … Continue reading →

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marble nursery

Posted on April 4, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Like all youths, we were very incorrect. When we passed a cemetery for example, it was called a ‘marble orchard’! In response to a recent post on work photographs (workin’), my friend George Dunbar replied that he sent photographs … Continue reading →

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forgotten photographers

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. Like many callings, occupations, etc., the majority of photographers live a quiet life and are soon forgotten in the dimness of time. I think of Red Favero in Barrie or Bud Mitchell in Midland, just two the many who … Continue reading →

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the eye of the beholder

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Robert

Toronto.  The very first issue of the Graflex Journal for 2021 shows a photograph of the news photographers up in Sudbury back in 1953 when cameras and flash were both big and bulky. One brave soul flaunts his Rollei and … Continue reading →

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a deadly camera

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. In 1928, newspaper photos of American executions were verboten. A famous execution in New York State was that of the infamous Ruth Snyder, convicted of murdering her husband. To circumvent the barriers to photographing Snyder’s execution, the NY Daily … Continue reading →

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Shooting Under Pressure – Revised

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, April 19, 2017 Lansdale, Lum & Spremo – Shooting Under Pressure Over a half a century ago, photographs by press photographers Fred Lum, Boris Spremo and Robert Lansdale were published in the Toronto newspapers – The Globe and The Star. … Continue reading →

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layar – making newspapers interactive

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Robert

Toronto, September 20, 2013. On Friday, Carol looked up from the Toronto Star and said, “What’s this mean”?  pointing to a funny little cell phone icon next to a photo.  “It must let you see more,” I said. Turning to the … Continue reading →

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