Tag Archives: Photographic Canadiana

seeing double

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. “It’s deja vu all over again“, as Yogi Berra was thought to have said. This wonderful old tabletop viewer (stereo, I believe) was offered at the recent auction down in Port Colborne – our first auction outside Toronto and … Continue reading →

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Bob’s Zeiss Miroflex

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Our late editor, Bob Lansdale favoured Canadian photographic history and photographs, especially Chromotypes, over cameras and hardware. He was always concerned that there would be too few hardware/camera articles in each issue of Photographic Canadiana. To this end, Bob … Continue reading →

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way way back focus

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. When COVID-19 arrived in Toronto the spring of 2020, we closed down daily person to person venues as demanded by the city. Our editor at the time, the late Bob Lansdale, felt we needed to get something out to … Continue reading →

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last post for a devoted member

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. When our close friend and editor passed away this month, his son Robert went to great lengths to see that his father, Bob Lansdale, was well remembered including the following message sent via his father’s email address: “Hello all, … Continue reading →

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requiem for an editor

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Our editor, Ryerson Graduate,  and official photographer, the late Bob Lansdale was also an active member of “The Daguerreian Society”. That society offers this tribute, “It is with a heavy heart to inform everyone that Robert Lansdale, our distinguished photographer … Continue reading →

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Photographic Canadiana Vol 47-2

Posted on July 9, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. Our editor created this latest issue – its been a bit wild and windy here in the big smoke. We briefly inherited the heat dome that was so devastating to BC, followed by a chilly and rainy period. Bob Lansdale … Continue reading →

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something to sit upon

Posted on October 4, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. Well, what do you know? Here is another special members-only supplement (vol 1-4). This one is on posing chairs of all things. In a more leisurely era, a studio portrait took a few seconds of absolute stillness to capture. … Continue reading →

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movin’ out

Posted on December 8, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. It was a miserable weekend, but Tuesday, December 3rd was clear so I joined editor Lansdale to sort and package the latest issue of Photographic Canadiana. We had one brief set back. CPC hardened their password protocol so we … Continue reading →

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closing time

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. As Leonard Cohen sang, its closing time for 45-2. Editor Lansdale was ably assisted by his sister and our member and speaker (past and future) Celio Barreto to package the latest issue. After numerous delays and problems, Bob and … Continue reading →

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Our Unsung Hero

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. Many of our members receive news of the society via a copy of Photographic Canadiana, but I wonder just how many members realize the efforts and research necessary to complete each issue? In the upper right hand corner of … Continue reading →

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