{"id":34096,"date":"2026-05-06T01:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=34096"},"modified":"2026-05-02T22:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T02:43:20","slug":"not-the-indie-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/not-the-indie-500\/","title":{"rendered":"not the indie 500 …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chemist Percy Julian in his Laboratory – lot 112.<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. …but another 500 – lots that is. Of images from the ‘vernacular’. Mike Lehr announces his “May Vernacular Photo History Auction<\/a>” starts at 11 am today.<\/p>\n

Shown at left is lot 112, “Stereoview Chemist Percy Julian Laboratory Portrait<\/a>. \u00a0The photo is accompanied by a brief note,”Albumen stereoview photograph depicting chemist Percy Julian seated at a laboratory bench surrounded by glassware and chemical apparatus.<\/p>\n

“The image shows Julian in a white laboratory coat working among flasks, retorts, and reagent bottles in a tiled laboratory interior. The mount and tonal qualities are consistent with an early twentieth century stereoview photograph.<\/p>\n

“Percy Julian (1899\u20131975) was an American research chemist known for pioneering the industrial synthesis of medicinal compounds from plant sources. He developed important methods for producing steroid intermediates and other pharmaceuticals and held numerous patents during his career.<\/p>\n

“Verso with pencil identification reading \u201cPercy Julian 1899\u20131975\u201d followed by biographical notes describing his work in synthetic chemistry and pharmaceutical development.”<\/p>\n

Image collectors can view the catalogue and sign up. It is an opportunity to add to your collection. Mike is New Jersey based, so any shipping costs within the USA are covered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toronto. …but another 500 – lots that is. Of images from the ‘vernacular’. Mike Lehr announces his “May Vernacular Photo History Auction” starts at 11 am today. Shown at left is lot 112, “Stereoview Chemist Percy Julian Laboratory Portrait. \u00a0The … 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":[7],"tags":[399,4644],"class_list":["post-34096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities-other","tag-auction","tag-old-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34096","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=34096"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34100,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34096\/revisions\/34100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}