{"id":34070,"date":"2026-05-03T01:03:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T05:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=34070"},"modified":"2026-04-26T18:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:17:19","slug":"long-ago-and-far-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/long-ago-and-far-away\/","title":{"rendered":"long ago and far away"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_34071\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cooke-lot-133.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34071\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34071\" src=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cooke-lot-133-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">lot 133, an old brass Cooke lens in a leather case<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Toronto<\/strong>. The lot 133 Cooke lens may have been made long ago and far away, but it is offered today as a lot in the PHSC May 3rd Spring Auction.<\/p>\n<p>The lens is a 16 inch &#8216;Process&#8217; lens, series V. \u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/cookeoptics.com\/compendium\/\">Especially suitable are the series V lenses for copying, enlarging, machine photography, and for everything demanding microscopically fine definition under average conditions of lighting.<\/a>&#8221; according to the linked web site.<\/p>\n<p>Come out today and enjoy the ambiance of \u00a0friends at our Estate auction. There is free parking and admission. And no better way to enjoy a Sunday afternoon!<\/p>\n<p>Directions, poster, lot list, and lot photos are above <a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/may-3-2026-spring-auction\/\">and here<\/a>. Have a peek at interesting lots before you see the items in &#8216;person&#8217; at the preview session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto. The lot 133 Cooke lens may have been made long ago and far away, but it is offered today as a lot in the PHSC May 3rd Spring Auction. The lens is a 16 inch &#8216;Process&#8217; lens, series V. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/long-ago-and-far-away\/\">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":[500,34,105,14,279],"class_list":["post-34070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auction","tag-accessories","tag-cameras","tag-digital","tag-film","tag-lenses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34070","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=34070"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34076,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34070\/revisions\/34076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}