{"id":33229,"date":"2026-01-20T01:03:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T05:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=33229"},"modified":"2026-01-24T00:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T04:05:11","slug":"flashy-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/flashy-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"flashy stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_33230\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/361-Mag-Ribbon-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33230\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33230\" src=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/361-Mag-Ribbon-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">lot 361 at the Jan 25 2026 auction &#8211; an old Kodak Magnesium Ribbon holder<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Toronto<\/strong>. The idea of flash powder offered a bright light for photography &#8211; and facial burns for the unwary. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cameramuseum.ch\/en\/discover\/permanent-exhibition\/the-plate-era\/magnesium-flash-photography\/\">Magnesium Ribbon<\/a> allowed a controlled amount of &#8220;flash powder&#8221; to be used giving the bright light while avoiding the accidental burns. Kodak offered their version in a nifty container as shown at left.<\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/jan-25-2026-museum-auction-part-2\/\">February 15, 2026 auction<\/a> (IMPORTANT: OUR JAN 25th AUCTION WAS RESCHEDULED TO FEB 15th DUE TO BAD WEATHER) features a Kodak Magnesium Ribbon Holder as lot 361. Come on down to the Long Branch (southwest Toronto) legion hall and see this and many other lots of historic and usable items.<\/p>\n<p>The details are posted \u00a0on this web site. They will remain pinned to the front page until the auction is finished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto. The idea of flash powder offered a bright light for photography &#8211; and facial burns for the unwary. Magnesium Ribbon allowed a controlled amount of &#8220;flash powder&#8221; to be used giving the bright light while avoiding the accidental burns. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/flashy-stuff\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[27],"tags":[500,398,279,4843],"class_list":["post-33229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auction","tag-accessories","tag-camera","tag-lenses","tag-photographic-memorabilia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33229","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=33229"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33337,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33229\/revisions\/33337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}