{"id":32893,"date":"2025-12-04T01:03:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T05:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=32893"},"modified":"2025-11-29T02:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T06:06:09","slug":"sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/sisters\/","title":{"rendered":"sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>

a full plate Daguerreotype of ‘The Two Sisters’ by an unknown photographer<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. Bill Belier’s column, “A Treasure From My Collection” was always a favourite column for members. In issue 25-5, Bill switched from hardware to images with a fine article on Bill Kantymir and his images. Bill and his son John were eclectic collectors of photographica and a regular at our fairs and auctions.<\/p>\n

This article discusses Bill’s full plate Daguerreotype of two sister and a half plate Ambrotype of one of the sisters and her husband.<\/p>\n

Bill’s column begins, “It is a pleasure, this month [March 2000], to introduce a change of pace\u00a0and to focus on collectibles outside the hardware category. To\u00a0this end, I asked Bill Kantymir, one of our most dedicated\u00a0members, to bring me up-to-date on his collection of images\u00a0which I understand is second only to his extensive collection\u00a0of cameras and accessories with which I am more familiar.<\/p>\n

“The topic of images embraces far too many variations to cover\u00a0in a short article so I asked Bill to tell us something about his\u00a0passion for daguerreotypes and his quest for the images that\u00a0ushered in the dawn of photography.<\/p>\n

“The timing for this article seemed\u00a0appropriate too, as this issue of P.C.\u00a0coincides with the visit (April 19 [2000]) of our\u00a0guest speaker, Matthew Isenberg of\u00a0Hadlyme, Connecticut, one of America\u2019s\u00a0leading daguerreian collectors who\u00a0returns during our Anniversary year to\u00a0lecture on his extensive collection of\u00a0images and artifacts.<\/p>\n

“Bill was already an avid collector of photographica before he and his wife, Henny, joined the P.H.S.C. in 1981.\u00a0Later, their son John, would catch the ‘bug’ to make it a family affair. Originally from Toronto, Bill\u00a0moved to Port Colborne upon graduation from UofT to pursue a\u00a0career as a metallurgist with the International Nickel Co.<\/p>\n

“Now, Port Colborne just happens to be one of many small\u00a0Ontario communities in the historic Niagara Peninsula just minutes away from the Niagara River which forms the international\u00a0boundary between Ontario and that part of northern New York\u00a0State. The entire area on both sides of the border attracted early\u00a0settlement and is a treasure trove for historians.<\/p>\n

“The Canadian side is considered Loyalist <\/i>territory, largely populated by the descendants of families who, loyal to the Crown, moved north following\u00a0the American revolution in 1776.” …<\/p>\n

Members read all of this especially interesting column in the 25-5 pdf file on the free members-only DVD\/thumb drive. See above and at right to join or renew. Address any questions to member@phsc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toronto. Bill Belier’s column, “A Treasure From My Collection” was always a favourite column for members. In issue 25-5, Bill switched from hardware to images with a fine article on Bill Kantymir and his images. Bill and his son John … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1944],"tags":[169,31,30,871],"class_list":["post-32893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","tag-ambrotype","tag-daguerreotype","tag-images","tag-treasure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32893"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32897,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32893\/revisions\/32897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}