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Bill Wittingham adjusted with Topaz Photo AI<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. When Ev Roseborough took over as editor of Photographic Canadiana, we entered a new era. Ev’s vast network of fellow professional photographers \u00a0brought in many new members, some speakers, and a wealth of experience in the photographic industry.<\/p>\n

This was aptly demonstrated in his article in issue 18-5 titled, “A Collection, and History, in a Basement”. which offers the tale of a Toronto studio run by Alexander Peake and William James Whittingham.<\/p>\n

Ev begins, “Many years ago, 81 if you must be exact [written early in 1993], two gentlemen of English extraction set up a photographic studio on Adelaide St. West in the flourishing business district of Toronto.<\/p>\n

“The two proprietors were Alexander Peake, a great tall man with very large hands and feet and, when I knew him, a trim gray moustache. He spoke in a low, raspy voice, as if it required great effort. Peake was a quiet careful worker of considerable ability. Strangely it has been impossible to find any details or a photograph of him.<\/p>\n

“Of his partner, William James Whittingham (April 1887-Dec. 1941), more is known. Steve MacKinnon, archivist of the City of Toronto, located a reference in the City Directory of 1903 when Bill, as he was generally called, was employed by the Toronto Engraving company until 1912.<\/p>\n

“That year finds Peake and Whittingham located at 26-28 Adelaide St. W. in Toronto. The studio then moved to number 50 and later number 64 Temperance St. …”<\/p>\n

Well, good reader, you know the routine by now! PHSC members read the entire article either in hard copy or as a pdf file on the free ‘members-only’ \u00a0DVD. \u00a0Above and\/or to the right are MEMBERSHIP instructions. Join today if you haven’t yet. Questions? Email Lilianne at member@phsc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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