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Issue 26-3 cover shot showing some of the Micklethwaite cameras<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. It’s a new year and a post on an article in a new issue – issue 26 – issued under the very capable hands of editor Robert Lansdale. Both Bob and wife Marge are now deceased. Both were retired professional photographers.<\/p>\n

Bob added a short blurb on page 2 describing these cameras and referring to the main article, Bill Belier’s column, “A Treasure From My Collection”. The cameras, initially in the late Harold McNutt collection, moved to Bill’s collection after Harold reached an advanced age.<\/p>\n

Bill starts his column on these cameras thusly, “For almost a century, the name Micklethwaite was prominent amongst Toronto photographers. The work of this three-generation studio survives to this day in our National Archives in Ottawa, the City of Toronto Archives, private collections and other repositories too numerous to mention.<\/p>\n

“Frank W. Micklethwaite, born \u00a0the son of a photographer in\u00a0England, emigrated to Canada\u00a0from Ireland in 1875 and worked\u00a0briefly for the Mail <\/i>newspaper in Toronto\u00a0before opening his first studio at 22 Queen St.\u00a0West in 1878.<\/p>\n

“He had three sons, John, Percy\u00a0and Fred, all of whom joined the family business specializing in portrait, commercial and\u00a0industrial photography. The studio relocated\u00a0several times\u2026 always within the downtown\u00a0business district of this fast growing city.<\/p>\n

“After Frank\u2019s death in 1925, Fred continued to operate the studio until 1942. The last\u00a0Micklethwaite to be involved was Fred\u2019s son,\u00a0Jack, who revived the business in a west-end\u00a0location after returning from overseas in 1945\u00a0following the end of WW II. He engaged only\u00a0in commercial and industrial photography,\u00a0retiring in 1974. He died in 1983\u2026 the end of\u00a0the Micklethwaite photographic era.” …<\/p>\n

The story tells why the cameras are of historical importance and how they fell into Bill’s hands, Members read all of Bill’s story and saw the additional illustrations. Not yet a member? It’s really easy to join – see ‘Membership’ above and at right. Joining is inexpensive and you become part of the dedicated group of camera and photo collectors. Questions about membership may be emailed to member@phsc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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