Tag Archives: stereo

here’s lookin’ at ya, kid …

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Are you ready for the auction Sunday? Many different lots will go ‘under the hammer’ with many great photographic goodies for use or your collection. We often think of a camera’s lens as its ‘eye’. As such many ‘eyes’ … Continue reading →

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what a wonderful viewer

Posted on November 4, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. As a little child sitting  in a rocking chair in a dimly lit farmhouse room, I first looked at stereo cards through a Holmes viewer. I was fascinated and thrilled. Scenes leaped out at me as if I was … Continue reading →

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Museum Auction November 9, 2025

Posted on November 1, 2025 by Robert

Toronto.  Coming fast – our Fall 2025 Museum Auction, Sunday, November 9, 2025 in Long Branch (south west Toronto) at the usual venue BUT at the slightly later time (see poster) – free parking [OVERFLOW AT GO TRAIN LOT JUST … Continue reading →

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more than cameras

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Robert

Toronto.  Collectors of photography generally divide into collectors of cameras and collectors of photos. But either group might collect the accessories and ephemera related to their collection. Stereo buffs – cameras or photos might also collect various viewers, projectors, light … Continue reading →

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a button for Christmas …

Posted on October 26, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Long before television, people could view stereo cards at home to see the world, learn new things, and view comedy. Games used simple objects found in any home. Even in the 1940s, I can remember playing the button game … Continue reading →

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August 2025 PHSC News 25-8

Posted on September 5, 2025 by Robert

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

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Robert

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

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Robert

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 …

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Robert

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 …

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Robert

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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