March 1949 article on static buildup from hair
Toronto. As a youth, I once took a winter course and stayed at the King Edward in downtown Toronto. My leather soles scraped along the corridor carpets building up a spectacular static discharge when I came close to metal – like the room’s door knob. I soon learned to hold a metal key and let it discharge the static buildup harmlessly.
Years later we had a guest speaker who reminisced about his best photos, noting how one was memorable also because the flash bulb he went to insert in the holder suddenly went off in his hand causing a serious burn. Like any good photographer, he soldiered on and got his photograph.
My good friend and fellow PHSC member, George Dunbar, came across an article in the March, 1949 issue of Popular Mechanics, which prompted this post.
