Tag Archives: stereo

August 2025 PHSC News 25-8

Toronto. The dog days of summer were well in place when Patrick worked on this issue. As such it is briefer 13 pages, but still grabs the eye!  Click on the icon of the cover at left to snag a … Continue reading

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stereo and department store catalogues

Toronto. I hope you enjoyed the airshow ending today (Monday Sep 1st). It has been running annually at the CNE for over 70 years! Years ago, a major department store chain in Canada was Eaton’s. When stereo hit one of … Continue reading

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cover shot – Niagara Falls c1891

Toronto. Editor Bob Lansdale went to great lengths to source the cover shot for each journal issue – giving precedent to Canadian content. For issue 25-2, Bob returned to Niagara Falls using one of a stereo card pair taken by … Continue reading

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there are boxes …

Toronto.  … and there are boxes.  Cameras – film and digital – follow a few specific designs. Perhaps the simplest and often cheapest is the box camera. The box dimensions (plus  the lens) determine the format of the image while … Continue reading

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before movies, radio, TV we had …

Toronto. … stereo cards.  These often well photographed three dimensional cards gave folks  entertainment and education before the many ‘opiates’ of the 20th century became common place (as a child in the 1940s, I was enthralled with a relative’s ‘basket’ … Continue reading

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dating those stereo cards

Toronto. A common sight at our fairs is the ubiquitous ‘stereo card’. You know, the usually slightly curved cards with two similar images ‘glued’ to the card. Often the cards are undated and it’s difficult to estimate a date. Past-president, … Continue reading

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where have all the cameras gone II

Toronto. Short answer: to our spring fair, being held May 25th, 2025. Long answer: far more complicated. Cameras from dry plates on can be easily be found, especially at our events. Earlier daguerreotype and wet-plate cameras are much harder to … Continue reading

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home brew in 3D

Toronto. From time to time we all want to leap on the 3D bandwagon and do some personal shots. In issue 23-3 the late Stan White shows us how he created a 5×7 3D camera. Stan’s article is titled, “Making … Continue reading

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another view …

  Toronto. Stereos have often been used to give a dimensional view to photos. In issue 23-3, Stan White announces a “Treasure Trove of Gorgeous Stereo Daguerreotypes Uncovered”. Stan wrote the article with ‘photographs and research by Bill Ivy’. The … Continue reading

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mighty mouse in stereo

Toronto. At our fall 1996 fair, the late Bob Lansdale took a number of interesting items back to his ‘mini studio’ and photographed them for issue 22-4 of the journal. In the case of the tiny viewer at left, Bob … Continue reading

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