{"id":32105,"date":"2025-08-12T01:03:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T05:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=32105"},"modified":"2025-08-10T01:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T05:09:45","slug":"1974-and-all-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/1974-and-all-that\/","title":{"rendered":"1974 and all that …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Linsky by Lansdale<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. Look at our web site header and you will see my note “founded 1974”. Did you ever wonder why I chose that year to display as our founding year?<\/p>\n

Issue 25-2 of our journal explains it all in an article by then editor, Bob Lansdale who interviewed the society’s founding president, John Linsky. Bob illustrates his article with numerous photos covering the first quarter century of our society.<\/p>\n

The article begins, “Talk with any of the founding officers and members of the\u00a0PHSC and they will tell you that the past twenty-five years have\u00a0slipped by too fast; but that quarter century has left a trail of\u00a0valuable memories as the Society has moved from project to project, from success to success.<\/p>\n

“It all started in the summer of 1974 when John Linsky,\u00a0while strolling on Eglinton Ave. West, spotted a collection of old\u00a0cameras displayed in the window of the Canadian School of\u00a0Photography<\/em>. Intrigued, he introduced himself to the proprietor,\u00a0Larry Boccioletti and found they had a mutual interest in collecting photographic memorabilia and saw the need for a collectors\u00a0society in Toronto.<\/p>\n

“Weeks later, John brought fellow collector,\u00a0Morris Fischtein, into the circle who offered to support the idea\u00a0of forming a club.<\/p>\n

“As Larry recalls the events, ‘I had the experience of forming the Photographic Historical Society of New York <\/i>in 1969 so\u00a0could see the real benefits of pulling together a group of like-interested camera collectors here in Canada.<\/p>\n

“As fate would have\u00a0it, my school of photography ‘went down the tube’ so I had a\u00a0lot of free time on my hands. In discussions with Morris we laid\u00a0down the basic plan of attack; Morris was too busy to offer time\u00a0for the project but agreed to bank roll the initial expenses with a\u00a0cheque for $100 \u2013 a tidy sum which I certainly wasn\u2019t capable of\u00a0covering in my circumstances.<\/p>\n

“I set to work each day, phoning\u00a0people I thought might be interested in such a club, asking if\u00a0they knew any others with similar interests. Pretty soon there\u00a0was a list of some 150 names from which were selected 100 to\u00a0receive a letter explaining our aims and inviting them to a\u00a0meeting at the Constellation Hotel in Rexdale (northwest\u00a0Toronto). Newspaper ads also promoted the founding meeting\u00a0of October 23rd, 1974’\u201d.<\/p>\n

Want to see and read more about the founding and first quarter century of our society? It’s all there in the 25-2 pdf file on the free members-only DVD\/memory stick. Join today with cheque (see above) or PayPal account\/credit card \u00a0(see right). Just see “Membership” and follow the instructions. Send an email to Lilianne at member@phsc.ca<\/a> if you have any questions.<\/p>\n

NB. The post title is from a booklet I once had called “1066 and All That<\/a>“. It is a spoof on English history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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