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part of the gift to the late Dr Wilson from his uncle<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. We all have memories of how we became involved in photography. Sometimes a camera or cameras are gifted and our innate \u00a0curiosity takes over. The late Dr Robert Wilson, for many years very active in the PHSC – you may have bought old books or old stereo images from him at one of our fairs – received a gift and a letter.<\/p>\n

In issue 25-4 of our journal, Bob shares that letter with us along with photos of the goodies received from a favourite uncle. The gift was literally the foundation of a camera collection in itself. The letter begins: “Dear Bob:\u00a0I quite enjoyed our brief conversation\u00a0about photography and so you may appreciate some of the old stuff I am passing on\u00a0to you for disposition or retention as you\u00a0please.<\/p>\n

“My mother, your grandmother, had an interest in photography and taught me how to develop films and make prints in the 1930\u2019s when I was in knee pants. We used wax trays and blackened out all the windows in the kitchen at xxxx Main East in Hamilton. You will find her old split-back printing frame in the junk box.<\/p>\n

“You could\u00a0buy developers and hypo in any drug store\u00a0in those days. Later when I was using the\u00a0house to practice dentistry, I naturally had\u00a0a darkroom so I could process my X-Ray\u00a0films. At that time the only camera I had\u00a0was an old box camera using the then-popular 120 film.<\/p>\n

“I can remember drooling\u00a0over the Eaton\u2019s catalogues which had pictures of fabulous cameras. One of the cameras that I ‘worshiped’ most was a\u00a0Mercury 35mm at a cost of $90.00 in the\u00a0years 1945-48. If you multiply by the\u00a0inflation factor ( at least x15 ) you will see\u00a0why owning one was a wild dream when\u00a0the yearly salary for a public school\u00a0teacher was only $900-$1200.<\/p>\n

“Many\u00a0years later I bought the one in the box\u00a0for about $10 and used it up at the cottage in the fifties.” …<\/p>\n

You can read all of this letter in the issue 25-4 pdf file on the free members-only DVD\/memory stick. Non members can find out how to join above and at right. Any member questions may be emailed to Lilianne at member@phsc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While our 2025 Events are over, Similar events are planned for 2026 and will appear in the right sidebar when confirmed. A post will give details a few weeks before each event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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