{"id":30973,"date":"2025-03-10T01:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T05:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=30973"},"modified":"2025-03-09T02:02:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T06:02:54","slug":"remembering-christine-mackie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/remembering-christine-mackie\/","title":{"rendered":"remembering Christine Mackie …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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K Christine Mackie – from issue 22-2 of the journal<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. Christine Mackie burst upon the PHSC scene a few brief years before her death. One of our more flamboyant members, she collected antique motorcycles and bicycles, stored back home in Hamilton. She leaped into camera collecting with unrivalled enthusiasm, attending our events to rapidly amass a collection.<\/p>\n

Christine took advantage of the offer for any member to join the executive meetings. At the time we used executive member houses in rotation (including mine). She introduced and managed a silent auction held at our monthly Toronto meeting.<\/p>\n

The photograph at left was enlarged by Topaz Photo AI, enhanced by both Topaz and Focus Magic, and scaled by Affinity Photo.<\/p>\n

On her passing, editor Roseborough wrote a brief in ‘memoriam’ in issue 22-2 of our journal, “Obituary – K <\/span>C<\/span>hristine <\/span>Mackie (<\/span>April 25<\/span>, <\/span>1996<\/span><\/strong>)<\/strong> –\u00a0<\/span>Toronto members w<\/span>ill <\/span>remember h<\/span>er\u00a0<\/span>trunks full of <\/span>cameras a<\/span>nd <\/span>gear a<\/span>t <\/span>monthly\u00a0meetings, <\/span>h<\/span>e<\/span>r m<\/span>oto<\/span>rc<\/span>ycle <\/span>photos and <\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>extensi<\/span>ve knowledge of <\/span>vint<\/span>age cars.<\/p>\n

“H<\/span>er <\/span>trailer enabled visits a<\/span>ll <\/span>over <\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>country to <\/span>remote fl<\/span>ea<\/span>-m<\/span>arke<\/span>t<\/span>s <\/span>in <\/span>searc<\/span>h\u00a0<\/span>of <\/span>ca<\/span>me<\/span>ras, <\/span>her motorcyc<\/span>le <\/span>took <\/span>her to\u00a0<\/span>rallies as <\/span>far <\/span>as <\/span>Florida.<\/p>\n

“During the last few <\/span>years she\u00a0<\/span>purchased a <\/span>medical laboratory building\u00a0in <\/span>Hamilton, Ontario wi<\/span>th <\/span>a <\/span>darkroom and\u00a0<\/span>house across <\/span>fro<\/span>m <\/span>it <\/span>on <\/span>Barton St.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Chri<\/span>stin<\/span>e opened a re-cycling shop\u00a0<\/span>for <\/span>used <\/span>bi<\/span>cycles where she al<\/span>so kept her\u00a0<\/span>large <\/span>collection of <\/span>antique motor bikes<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>includin<\/span>g one with <\/span>wooden rims.\u00a0<\/span>A heart co<\/span>nditi<\/span>o<\/span>n <\/span>of some <\/span>duration\u00a0resulted in <\/span>her s<\/span>udd<\/span>e<\/span>n <\/span>death l<\/span>ast <\/span>April.<\/p>\n

“H<\/span>ood<\/span>lum<\/span>s <\/span>broke the s<\/span>h<\/span>op <\/span>window\u00a0<\/span>and <\/span>looted the premises, <\/span>l<\/span>eav<\/span>in<\/span>g only a\u00a0<\/span>few <\/span>ten-speed bikes. Cameras are\u00a0<\/span>appearing <\/span>a<\/span>t flea markets but there is <\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>proof of <\/span>theft.<\/p>\n

“A member <\/span>for <\/span>eight years, <\/span>Christin<\/span>e\u00a0was generous, <\/span>if <\/span>a rough diamond<\/span>, <\/span>having\u00a0<\/span>organized several <\/span>silent aucti<\/span>ons for [the]\u00a0<\/span>PHSC.\u00a0<\/span>A <\/span>l<\/span>onel<\/span>y person<\/span>, <\/span>she li<\/span>ved for her\u00a0<\/span>interests.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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