Tag Archives: studio

autumn leaves

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Fall is here once again. The boys of summer are working hard to win the race for the pennant and possibly enter the ‘World Series’. If you watch baseball, you know the Jays are leading their division at the … Continue reading →

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sup-pose

Posted on July 20, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Our 1998 Fall Fair offered many rarely seen items from a by-gone era. One of these was a unique portrait helper, shown here at left, which was best described in the photo cut-line: “Every photo studio needed one of … Continue reading →

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… even included the sink …

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Next up in our 2025 events will be the fall fair on October 19th at Trident Hall. In issue 24-4, at our 1998 fall fair chairman Larry Boccioletti had this to say, “Larry Boccioletti reports that good weather and … Continue reading →

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nightmare at the fair …

Posted on July 12, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Our one time journal editor, the late Ev Roseborough was great story teller. Ev ran his own photography studio and being  a risk taker in the business, he had a wealth of fascinating tales. For editor Bob Lansdale’s issue … Continue reading →

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… meanwhile, back east …

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. For over a century, Montreal was our largest city per capital. And the most well known photographic studio in Montreal was operated by Notman with branches in Ontario and down the American east coast. The studio photograph at left … Continue reading →

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fair findings c1997

Posted on May 25, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. The spring fair back in 1997 was a resounding success by all accounts. The late Bob Lansdale, assisted by another PHSC stalwart, Tiit Kodar, photographed selected cameras to accompany fair chairman Mark Singer’s report. Now, 28 years later, we … Continue reading →

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no, but this is fair!

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. Come on down to our Spring Fair – at the usual location May 25th, 2025 (okay, this coming Sunday). There will be oodles of great stuff to see and buy, nicely augmenting your collection. Great food, free parking, cheap … Continue reading →

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a son of a bun but so much fun …

Posted on May 20, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. In the spring of 1979, on May 5th, we held our 5th photographica-fair. The locale was downtown at the Chelsea Hotel. Rooms and halls were filled with treasures for photographica collectors. By 1979, we had the hang of hosting … Continue reading →

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not so long ago and not so far away …

Posted on May 17, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. The first PHSC fair I attended was the 3rd annual fair held May 14, 1977 at the War Amps building, 85 Wellesley St West in Toronto. As fairs were held on weekends, I was unable to attend the two … Continue reading →

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see ya there …

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Robert

Toronto. … at our fair (May 25th). We are fortunate as photography collectors and historians – for about a half century now we have had our own fairs, auctions, and society. Well the auction is a few years younger … … Continue reading →

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