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LATEST NEWS…… WITH THE HOLIDAY SEASON UPON US, The PHSC Annual Auction will be held on March 11th, 2007 at a WE EXTEND TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY new and much larger location. Ed Warner, in charge of the auction, BEST WISHES FROM THE says that the facilities provide lots of free parking. So look for details in PHSC EXECUTIVE & OFFICERS our next PHSC E-Mail newsletter. Wednesday, December 20th Meeting… There is a story behind of every piece of photographica – some are PHSC Monthly Meetings better than others. Our December meeting will bring out many curious items as are held on the third Wednesday from members stand to SHOW & TELL about their favourite pieces. Please bring September to June in the Gold Room, of Memorial Hall in the basement of along something from your own collection to stump the experts as to why it is so the North York Central Library, important, rare or unique – OR to have something identified. 5120 Yonge St., North York, Ontario. The meeting officially begins at 8:00 p.m. but is preceded by a Buy & Sell and social gathering from 7:00 p.m. onwards. For information contact the PHSC or Felix Russo, 33 Indian Rd. Cres., Toronto, ON, M6P 2E9, Phone (416) 532-7780.

Programming Schedule: December 20th, 2006 -the favourite Annual Show & Tell Nite plus the Christmas Gift Exchange. January 17th, 2007 -Larry O’Grady of the Toronto Police Services will describe the depart- Meeting is held in the Gold Room, (basement) ment’s change to digital photography. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge St. TTC subway drop-off at the door. February 21st, 2007 -Robert Burley of Ryerson U. explains Masters program in photo preservation. REMEMBER TO BRING A WRAPPED GIFT March 11th, 2007 (Sunday) FOR THE CHRISTMAS GIFT EXCHANGE -PHSC Annual Auction – new venue. Bring a wrapped Christmas gift in order to participate in our Christmas March 21st, 2007 Gift Exchange. To receive a gift you MUST contribute a gift for this friendly -Wayne Morgan will give the history exchange. Make it a photographic item in nature and to a value of about $15. and inside story of the Brownie. May 27th, 2007 WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS -PHSC Spring Fair at Soccer Centre Ideas for monthly programs Membership Secretary, Wayne Gilbert welcomes the following new mem- Suggest speakers, topics and inter- bers: From Ontario come Bill Waters of Mississauga, Stella and Raul esting locations. Contact Program Abraham of Ancaster, Victor Wong of Toronto, Roly Harman of Chair Felix Russo at (416) 532- Bracebridge, Gina Proctor of Peterborough, Greg Pichnej of Newcastle, 7780 or e-mail [email protected]. Barb Mitchell of Toronto while Milenko Grgar hails from Surrey, British FOR PROGRAM UPDATES Columbia and Harvey Elbe is from Duncan, B.C. www.phsc.ca Recent renewed members are: Raymond Pereira of Markham, John Bock of Bolton, Gary Alderson of Toronto, David Mattison of Victoria, BC, our new E-mail address is Tom Rall of Arlington, Virginia, USA, The Art Gallery of Ontario of Toronto, [email protected] The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa and The Glenbow Museum in Robert A. Carter – Webmaster Calgary, Alberta. Welcome everyone to our group.

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Before permanent photography arrived, miniaturists painted por- Toronto Notes traits, and silhouette studios were fashionable. The silhouette became Reported by Robert Carter popular after the introduction of point source lights - candles - which cre- ate sharp shadows that cap- Past-president Les Jones ture a person's likeness. The began his lifelong interest in combination of photography photography at a tender age and a shift to soft overhead using his aunt's box Brownie. lighting brought an end to the He graduated to 35mm with silhouette studios. Many his father's gift of a miniaturist painters went to Voigtlander Vito-B, later the daguerreotype studios moved up to a Pentax then and applied their talent to on to the Nikons that he uses colouring the silver images. today for his rugby and soc- cer photography. New processes often used the accessories of the An eclectic interest in old. The delicate daguerreo- sports led him some years type plates were mounted ago to hot air ballooning under glass in the miniatures which he recorded on cases of the day until these Kodachrome and Fuji slides. fragile leather and wood con- There was some fading and structions were replaced by colour shift visible in the the sturdy thermoplastic quarter century old images, Union cases. When but the now obsolete media Ambrotypes came along, the provided the audience with a photographers mounted peek at the world of hot air them in the Union cases in ballooning. Les augmented spite of their thicker glass. his short slide show with a very detailed description of The wet plate, successor the intricacies and dangers of to the daguerreotype as well hot air ballooning. His part- as the cheaper variant, the ner, Judy Rauliuk, at one Melainotype/Ferrotype PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT LANSDALE time crewed hot air balloon (Tintype in North America) competitions. lowered costs thus opening photography to a wider audi- Given the general knowl- ence of both takers and sub- edge of this evening's audi- jects. It introduced paper ence, Les focussed his talk prints created from a glass on some of the myths of pop- negative (the negative-posi- ular photographic history as tive concept was first highlighted below. described by Fox Talbot) and The date of the invention LES JONES ushered in the era of cheap of photography is usually given to be The camera lucida and especially mass produced images. This in turn January 1839 when the daguerreo- the camera obscura, both used by supported a market in celebrity pho- type invention was officially artists, were the ancestors of the film tos and albums. For example, in announced to the world. Daguerre's camera. The camera obscura has 1861, when Prince Albert died, partner Niepce made a daguerreo- survived to this day as an amusement 70,000 copies of his photograph were type image in 1824 but it only lasted at some seaside resorts where the sold in one week. In Victorian times a few minutes as the method of fixing room-size devices provide a silent but many homes boasted a photograph had yet to be discovered. Les went moving view of the tourists and sur- album and visitors were encouraged on to introduce the work of Fox roundings. A smaller version with a to add an image of their own to the Talbot, whose success preceded ground glass screen was favoured by collection. Daguerre's by a few years, as well as Vermeer to capture the signature Les touched on some byways of even earlier efforts which, like the lighting effect seen in his paintings. photography such as the American 1824 image, lacked a viable means Versions of this device were sold to civil war era tax stamps on images. to arrest the light sensitivity after an budding artists into the 1900s (see Other luxury items had tax stamps, image formed. our E-Mail Newsletter Vol 4-11). but each stamp was destroyed when

THE PHSC E-MAIL 2 VOL 6-8 DECEMBER 2006 opening the package. The revenue stamp remained intact on images and instead was marked or initialled by the photographer as a means of cancellation. Cabinet cards, elabo- rate designs and ads on the back of cards, Stanhopes, and stereo all received comment. In spite of the speed and sharp- ness of the wet plate process - as little as 20 minutes to make, take, and develop a wet plate negative - the huge investment in the camera and lens, darkroom apparatus and chemi- cals, and the necessary training limited Bob Gutteridge with the first Past Pres. Michael Oesch and a Brian Morris of Salmon Arm, BC this process mainly to the profession- Kodak Brownie Model B, c1900. special pet rabbit named “Jazz.” dropped by to see old friends. als. The 1860s introduction of fast dry plates continued the simplification of Bay Street. The studios were usually in 1887. Its first exhibit attracted the photographic process. Dry plates on the top floors taking advantage of some 1,000 photographs. By 1888 date back almost to the daguerreo- daylight for studio lighting. Even the club's emphasis was on the ama- type, but the emulsion was far too Toronto Island had a studio in the teur. Initially, members were well to insensitive for exposure in a camera. late 1800s. Many of the practitioners do business men with leisure time. seemed to find the trade insufficient The TCC grew quickly, attracting lay- The 1880s saw the introduction of to pay the mortgage - records men to its ranks, but it remained prin- George Eastman's roll film and his abound showing studios with side cipally a male-only organization until famous Kodak camera. This combina- lines like selling boots and shoes. post World War Two. tion of the first practical hand held And in one case Les discovered a camera with darkroom work done by Amongst the visitors this evening photographer who also offered den- were past-president - Michael Oesch Eastman opened up photography to a tistry! huge population of unskilled amateurs. - noted for his coast to coast walks, The three-quarter hour history and long time member and sub- Les touched on local history wrapped up with mention of miniature camera enthusiast Brian mentioning the studios in Toronto Canada's oldest camera club - one Morris who retired to Salmon Arm along King, Yonge and Queen with of the first in North America. The British Columbia some years ago.❧ the equipment makers close by on Toronto Camera Club was founded

George Eastman: A Biography he designed a special camera for use in orthodontia and established by Elizabeth Brayer elaborate dental clinics for needy children around the world. He over- A reprint by the University of Rochester innovations as roll film and the light, saw the building of the Eastman Press, 668 Mt. Hope Ave., Rochester, hand-held camera helped the theatre and the Eastman School of NY, 14620 – first published in 1996, Eastman Kodak Company domi- Music. His contributions built a new ISBN-10: 1580462472, nate the world market. More impor- campus for the Massachusetts ISBN-13: 9781580462471, 9 x 6 ins., tantly, Brayer draws a vivid portrait Institute of Technology and a new 65 b/w illustrations, 654 pgs., 39.95 USD of the man behind the money. medical school for the University of Now back in Eastman worked hard at staying Rochester. Finally, he became the print again, this out of the limelight and even insisted largest contributor to the education life of George that his donations be kept anony- of African Americans during the Eastman is the mous, prompting the Boston Globe 1920s and the Tuskegee Institute's first biography to call him "America's most modest most important benefactor. since 1930 of and least-known millionaire." the man who Elizabeth Brayer lives in transformed the Despite his retirement in 1925, Rochester, NY. For the past 18 years world of photog- Eastman showed little sign of slow- she has served on committees at the raphy. In this ing down. Making money had been George Eastman House. George revealing and informative work, interesting, but putting money to Eastman: A Biography was nominated Brayer shows us how such key work became more so. In the 1920s for a Pulitzer Prize in 1996. ❧

THE PHSC E-MAIL 3 VOL 6-8 DECEMBER 2006 The Daguerreian Symposium in Pittsburgh Photos by Robert Lansdale

Close to 150 attendees assem- sentations by some eight speakers to the famous Frank Lloyd Wright bled recently in Pittsburgh, PA for the there was also the Trade Show offer- landmark, followed by a reception at 18th annual Daguerreian Symposium; ing a room full of mouthwatering the new Daguerreian headquarters. they came from wide areas of the daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, paper A banquet featured both a live and United States as well as England, images, memorabilia and a few cam- silent auction of images. Mike Canada and Japan. In addition to a eras. For social events, a trip to Robinson of Toronto took a daguer- day and a half of educational pre- Fallingwater exposed camera buffs reian portrait of the group. ❧

First time for Geoff and Viv Preece of Cheltenham, A reception was held the first evening to view Leading personalities of the Daguerreian world UK; also Jack and Beverly Wilgus of Baltimore, MD. exhibits in the new headquarters/museum. were treated to a feast of chinese finger foods

Mike Robinson took annual The group arranged itself before the Hotel William Penn in downtown Pittsburgh for its annu- Canadians Felix Russo, Mike group Daguerreotype. al frozen-in-time five-second Daguerreian portrait. Robinson and Bob Lansdale

Part of the gathering audience during the slide The first event was a panel discussion by experts The Trade Show is always a favourite afternoon presentations which illustrated the lectures. offering advice as to where the market was going. to seek images from top U.S. dealers.

Visualize dozens of tables carpeted with The Trade Show offers the chance to see and pur- It is certainly one of the better shows to review glittering daguerreotypes such as these. chase modern daguerreotypes as art pieces. and selectively buy images from dealers.

THE PHSC E-MAIL 4 VOL 6-8 DECEMBER 2006 The symposium offered an interesting series of illustrated lectures which delved into the history of America in the 1840s and 1850s: the California Gold Rush, a panorama of Cincinnati, a coin-dag.

President Mark Johnson Mark Koenigsberg gave M’Lissa Kesterman delved Rick Kesterman searched Filmmaker Michael Rossi welcomed attendees. pointers from collectiing. Cincinnati 1848 panorama. history of Cincinnati. made The Gold Rush video.

Nick Graver recalled making Mat Isenburg chaired panel Thomas Weprich explained A family album was topic of Rob McElroy and Nick a dag image on a silver coin. discussion and questions. Pittsburgh Daguerreian era. Jane Turano-Thompson. Skezas check full plate dag. The banquet culminated in a lively auction of modern and antique images rising to high prices. PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBERT LANSDALE

The overall view of the banquet during which daguerreotypes Viv Preece, UK and Alvin Joan Severa shows her new Len Walle’s bid won Brooklyn were auctioned to provide funds for society projects. Moss, NY sort images. book My Likeness Taken. Bridge by Jerry Spagnoli.

Auctioneer Helder Costa encouraged bidders The silent auction tables were well scrutinized President Mark Johnson salutes the success of with offerings of modern and antique images. by banquet attendees before bidding closed. the 18th Symposium from his marble bathtub.

THE PHSC E-MAIL 5 VOL 6-8 DECEMBER 2006 than even high-end ($350-500) con- FROM THE NET sumer digicams. It's important for an entry-level dSLR to present a friend- According to the Japanese sophisticated photos because ly face to the user. This includes, a Camera & Imaging Products "although the camera [DSLR] is more small form factor and hand grip that's Association, units shipped are up complicated, the instant feedback [of comfortable for a wide range of hand 26% for compact digital cameras seeing the shot] has revolutionized the and up 24% for digital "SLR" cam- job of learning photography." eras at the end of third quarter of this Fujifilm U.S.A., Inc. announced year (vs. the same period in 2005). the full specifications for the antici- At this time, digital SLR cameras pated FinePix S5 Pro. Still “in devel- make up only 7% of the market in opment” at Photokina 2006, the North America, but showed signifi- FinePix S5 Pro is scheduled for mar- cant growth, at 24%. Clearly, the ket February 2007 at a price of market is not yet saturated and $1,999. fourth quarter shipments will proba- bly be even higher. For the United States market, Eastman Kodak Co. was again the third-largest provider of digital cam- sizes to give the camera appeal to eras during the third quarter, deliver- multiple segments of the market, ing almost 900,000 cameras to particularly women (who are the retailers during July, August and long-standing "Chief Memory September, or about 13 percent of Officers" of most families). the overall market. Ahead were The Pixel counters may turn up Canon Corp., at 19 percent, and their noses at the D40's 6-megapixel Sony Corp., at 15 percent. Many of the features appeal to resolution, but the fact is that 6 Compact digital cameras still dom- wedding, portrait and studio photog- megapixels is more than enough to inate the consumer digital camera raphers. Most important is an make 13x19 inch prints. This camera market, but this year, Sony, , expanded dynamic range utilizing will meet the needs of 80 percent of Samsung, Pentax, and Olympus all the double pixel technology (6.17 the dSLR market place. By the same unveiled new DSLR models, some million S-pixels and 6.17 million R- token, the D40 does not impinge on costing as little as $600 US. This pixels) of the camera's Super CCD the D80's position in the market with month, Nikon began shipping a $599 SR Pro sensor that covers approxi- its 10-Mp resolution.The first impres- model identified as the D40. mately 400% wider than that of a sion of the D40 is just how small it is CCD working on a single-pixel – it fills almost exactly the same DSLRs incorporate sensors with space as Canon's Rebel XTi. It larger pixels than compact digital design – great in retaining highlight details of white dresses and shad- doesn't have quite as many external cameras have. Larger pixels collect controls as the D80 and D200, but it more light, which allows DSLRs to ows of black tuxedos. The FinePix S5 Pro couples the new sensor with in no way comes across as a "dumb- shoot images more quickly and to ed down" camera. more accurately capture pictures in Fujifilm's RP Processor Pro for low-light conditions, as well as cap- smoother tonality from brightest light To meet the competition, Canon ture action without blurring. to the darkest shadows. USA announced that the Rebel XT is Additionally, viewing through the lens Also, the camera features now available priced at $599.99 for enables a more accurate composi- Fujifilm's Face Detection Technology. the body-only kit, or $699.99 with a tion of a photo than using the LCD A post-capture function on the bundled EF-S 18-55mm lens. The screens on the back of both types of FinePix S5 Pro, the technology adjustment sees the Rebel XT cameras. Many newer compact digi- detects up to ten faces in a scene at priced at just $100 above Nikon's tal cameras have lost viewfinders the push of a button. Using the cam- just-announced D40 digital SLR, altogether in the race to offer smaller era's LCD monitor, FinePix S5 Pro which is available only in 18-55mm cameras but with larger LCD users can zoom in to the faces of kit form for US customers. screens. subjects, confirming focus, exposure According to Sharp in Japan the Photo industry experts are opti- and whether eyes are open or company has created a 12 megapix- mistic DSLRs will boost the number closed. el sensor (1/1.7" size) topping the of consumers who call photography The new Nikon D40 is clearly tar- previous 10 megapixel sensors so we may soon see compact digicams their hobby, historically 3 percent of geting the influx of SLR users. A ❧ the market. Fredo Durand, who huge number of former point & shoot rising to that level. teaches courses on photo technolo- users are discovering that most any Thanks to Fastlens, Rolf Fricke & TPHS gy, predicts more photographers will dSLR in Auto mode makes a heck of move beyond snapshots to make a lot better point & shoot camera THE PHSC E-MAIL 6 VOL 6-8 DECEMBER 2006 OBITUARY WE GET LETTERS “Niépce was quite a brilliant inventor devising the first internal Arthur Plumpton, of the Imagisle combustion engine, destined to pro- Contemporary Art Gallery in Sainte- pel Paris boats. But it made only one Famille-de-l'Ile-d'Orléans, Quebec or two revolutions per minute and so sends a message recalling his plea- was difficult to commercialize. His sures this fall while visiting France to various inventions in the Napoleonic trace the steps of some of our much era have rather exotic Greek sound- admired heroes of history: “This ing names such as: Pyréolophore; included a visit to the museum and Physautype; Vélocipède. Niépce hometown, Figeac, of Jean-Francois formed a partnership with Daguerre Champollion, the brilliant decipherer to exploit the new technology, but A 1960s PORTRAIT BY CAVOUK A 1960s PORTRAIT of the three ancient languages was relegated to the background by (including Egyptian) of the Rosetta Daguerre. History seems to have for- Stone, and Nicéphore Niépce, the gotten this incredible pioneer from Albert Harry “Bert” Simmons person who made the first photo- St-Loup. Herschel's discovery of the May 6, 1915 – November 17, 2006 graph from a rear window in his sum- chemical fixer and Fox-Talbot's neg- mer house at St-Loup-de-Varennes. A post-war pioneer of the Canadian ative-positive image, made the pho- Exposure time was about a day in tographic process practical. photographic industry, Bert Simmons length. Alas the Michelin guidebook passed away peacefully at home, for the Burgundy region was mis- “It was a moving experience to after a lengthy illness. Born in informed and I found the house- visit the Niépce house. France with Toronto, he graduated as an engi- museum closed. its incredible history has a continuing neer then trained classically in piano lifestyle, both modern and yet tradi- and clarinet starting The Bert “It was raining quite steadily tional in nature (particularly in the vil- Simmons Orchestra which played at when we arrived, so we took a lages and small towns). It has been popular Toronto spots as well as on leisurely lunch in a close-by café and largely lost from our own country- the Ile de France and the Normandy. chatted to the owner and his wife side, and for that matter from other During World War II Bert served as who seemed quite knowledgeable European countries like England an engineer/designer in the Royal about their famous fellow citizen of (just try finding a butcher or a baker Canadian Navy, attaining rank of the past. Lieut. Commander SB(E). Following in a small English village).” the war, he joined the National Film “The rain continued. Abandoned Board of Canada as Director, Tech by my companions, who sought drier CORRECTION TO OUR Services. In 1952 he entered the places, I sought to take a photograph NOVEMBER E-MAIL photographic industry by joining of the famous back yard at the Gevaert Photographic in Toronto, and Niépce house. I was thwarted in this The article in our previous E-Mail in 1956 initiated the Braun Electric activity by the high fences and also newsletter by Wilhelm E. Nassau got Corporation of Canada in the garage by a gentleman who asked me what a bit mixed up. Mr. Nassau reporting of the family's home. An enthusiastic I was doing on his neighbouring on the videotaping to preserve the entrepreneur, he founded ARRI property. Rightly so, as my passion technical knowledge of camera use- Canada, Signaflash, and latterly seemed to have gotten the better of age also reported on the establish- Minder Research Corp. Bert served me. ment of a collection at the Wilfred Laureir University. As he says in his his profession well as President, message: “I intended this to be two Director, and Charter Member of the “As a footnote, here, I hasten to separate articles. Unfortunately the CPTA (later CPVTA) and SMPTE. add that the French are a wonderful- ly friendly and curious people, espe- two got mixed together. The last cially to those non-Francophones paragraph where you mention the NOTES FROM THE W.C.P.H.A. attempting to speak their language, 550 cameras that got repaired and Rolf Eipper of the Western Canada and possessing on the top of that a checked still belong to the WLU col- Photographic Historical Association charming Québécois accent. Finally, lection and are housed in their new dropped us a line to say that they had I got a rather pedestrian photo of the display facilities. In Ottawa we did a record attendance at their November garden (camera held high, to navi- indeed make 72 videos but they meeting with the addition of three gate the high surrounding wall), as were made involving cameras that guests and two new members. Three well as a few of the front of the were already in the museum for presentations were made by Tom Niépce house, and a plaque, which about 20 years. Indeed, some of Abrahamsson, Peter Knowlden and was hard to read, on the house indi- those cameras had come from WLU Ron Chappell. The first meeting in the cating it as a historic landmark; the but that was about 20 years ago. Not a big problem, but I would hate to New Year will take place Tuesday, sign was created by a Paris photog- upset the museum people. January 2nd. The editor and Secretary rapher in 2000 using one of Peter Knowlden has been undergoing Nicéphore's various processes of “I can now be contacted at some medical issues and everyone making plates. [email protected]” ❧ sends him their best wishes.

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We are privileged to present here new research into the history of photography. A condensed version of this article was premiered at the PhotoHistory XIII Symposium in Rochester, N.Y. October 21, 2006, by authors London and Soloway under the title: Walter Dorwin : Master American Camera Design. – editor R.L. Camera Designs of Walter Dorwin Teague PHOTOGRAPHIC by Ralph London and Rick Soloway

erhead in 1926, he established under day. The oldest Industrial designer Walter Dorwin Teague designed many attrac- his own name (what is believed to be) of his three chil- tive cameras for the Eastman Kodak Company starting as early the first firm in the dren, Walter CANADIANA as the late 1920s. Our Teague exploration reveals four categories U.S. The name changed in 1951 to Dorwin Teague, Walter Dorwin Teague Associates. Jr. (1910-2004), of “Teague cameras”: generally accepted Teague designs, sur- recognized the Retained by Kodak Entering the 1900s Art Nouveau prise Teagues, possible Teagues and not Teagues. In some significance of held sway in the art community with instances, co-designers emerged, previously unrecognized as In the mid-1920s George Eastman the relationship decided that the current line of Kodak its wavy leaf designs, superfluous such. We begin with a short account of Teague’s early career when he wrote cameras, all black, needed modernizing in his 1998 decoration and Belle Epoque senti- Volume 32 Number 3 Dec. 2006 - Jan. 2007 which led to the pivotal meeting with a Kodak official. The com- and an improved appearance. In 1927 autobiography: ments. Advancing into the 20th cen- pany turned out to be a lifelong client of Teague’s. he dispatched Adolph Stuber to New “My father had tury new “isms” took root to chal- York City to hire a designer or artist stipulated a very lenge those concepts. Fauvism, Prior to Kodak cial art, illustration and typography. for the job. Stuber, a Kodak vice presi- substantial fee Cubism, Futurism, and The odyssey of Walter Dorwin Teague’s earliest recognition as an dent and son of Kodak’s president for the times. Expressionism emerged after the Teague from his rural Midwestern authority came in typography. His William Stuber, obtained a list of This was a lull and devastation of the First roots as the son of a Methodist circuit classic typographic borders appeared potential candidates, including Teague, smart move as it World War. The 1925 ‘Exposition preacher, to becoming the dean of in his ads and came to be known uni- from the Metropolitan Museum of not only insured Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et American Modernism and industrial versally as “Teague borders,” whether Art’s Richard F. Bach. By all accounts Walter Dorwin Teague that his opinion Industriels Modernes’ provided the design, was as remarkable as it was done by him or others. They are in Teague was the only person Stuber would be origin of the term ‘.’ It was unlikely. Born in Decatur, Indiana, on his commissioned design in 1923 of contacted. At the end of the day’s dis- respected, but it the format for Time covers. cussions, Stuber suggested that Teague set the pattern this exhibition that first showed the December 18, 1883, Teague left tiny started in Rochester would be com- Pendleton, Indiana, in 1903, a year work for Kodak. Teague, with com- for subsequent Eastman assignments new style of design in applied arts Attracted by innovations in archi- pleted in New York, then sent to after graduating from its local high mitments in New York and acknowl- and for dealing with other clients. and architecture that grabbed the tecture and product design, Teague Kodak and reviewed the following school, bound for New York City to edging knowing nothing about cam- With the success of the Baby Brownie world’s imagination. ‘Modernism’ was traveled to Europe in 1926. Taking month. Teague deemed it essential study art. Not a child of privilege, eras, was unsure about designing them. [a Teague 1934 design], the future of the description applied in America inspiration from the modern designs that he study and become familiar Teague checked hats at the YMCA, my father’s industrial design business with bold cleaner architecture, of Walter Gropius and the Shortly thereafter Teague respond- with the materials and processes used lettered signs for the Y itself and drew was assured.” [11, p. 22] streamlined trains and industrial Movement and from the book Vers ed by letter, agreeing to spend one in camera manufacturing, and that he items for mail-order catalogs to sup- designed furniture. Not all could une Architecture (the English version week a month in Rochester, starting work closely with Kodak engineers. Teague, Jr., who was known as port night classes at the Art Students is Towards a New Architecture) by January 1, 1928, for $15,000 per year. [see References: 1,8,10,12] “Dorwin Teague” and also “W. Dorwin afford the high-priced newness but League during 1903-1907. could enjoy smaller amenities bear- French architect Charles Eduard (One inflation calculator suggests Teague,” happened to work for Kodak Jeanneret (better known by his pseu- $15,000 in 1928 cor- Kodak was one of Teague’s earliest during the summer of 1929 at $25 a ing the new designs such as ciga- After working for two advertising clients and his first rette cases, household decorations, agencies, Teague opened his own donym Le Corbusier), Teague responds to about week. In a job arranged by his father, $160,000 in 2006.) major industrial client. newly developed radios, electric office in 1911 to do freelance decora- returned to New York City determined Dorwin redid the ink drawings for to become an industrial designer him- Teague also insisted Their nearly thirty-three parts in response to change orders as refrigerators and of course cameras. tive designs and typography for self. Encouragement also came from on a drawing board as year relationship ended problems appeared or cheaper methods – editor advertising agencies and publishers of at his death on books and magazines. His sign-mak- clients who were seeking his advice close as possible to were developed. Thus, during this about the design of their products. Engineering. December 5, 1960, just short time, there were two Walter ing experience and natural talent as a short of his 77th birth- draftsman led to a career in commer- Adding “industrial design” to his lett- Incomplete work Dorwin Teagues working for Kodak!

A Teague designed border from 1923. George Eastman on a Time CONTINUED NEXT PAGE magazine cover decorated with a Teague border.

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KODAK EKTRA COVE WITH TW FROM THE KANTYMIR COLLECTION RS, M AN O EX UAL AN TRA LE D MAG NSES & sis on Art Deco cameras by Eastman Kodak AZINE BA CK

RAR E PINK BEAU NO.1A BRO GIFT KO which were influenced by industrial designer WNIE AND C W DAK AS OODEN PR IN BR E M ES OW ANUAL AN ENTA N WITH D ART D TION BO EC X, O CA RTON BANTAM SPE CIAL IN CLO OP EN POS SED AND ITIONS Walter Dorwin Teague. We are privileged to be the P HO TOGR APHIC CANADIAN A 32-3 DE C 2006 – JA N 200 first to publish this new research material. A 7 13 much condensed version was premiered at the recent PhotoHistory Symposium in Rochester by authors Ralph London and Rick Soloway. To supple- ment this presentation we have added a page of “Canadian Made” Teague Era Cameras from the Bill and John Kantymir collection. Six other featurettes add variety with the last page article (seen at right) by Alldyn Clark on how to convert a 100 year old box camera to take colour photographs.

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THE PHSC E-MAIL 8 VOL 6-8 DECEMBER 2006 Coming Events Wanted and For Sale Research Data Required Seeking vintage images (photos, Information, citations and pho- Until February 25, 2007. The postcards) of Eastern Ontario cover- tographs by Canadian born photog- Market Gallery, South St. Lawrence ing Kingston, Ottawa, Napanee, rapher Eli John Palmer of Toronto is Market, 95 Front St. East, Toronto Deseronto, Gananoque areas. Also required for a research project. presents Building Blocks: Queen available: American Photography – Palmer had a long business career Street West 1847–1800. The exhibit run 1924-1933 and various dates in starting as a Daguerreotypist in includes photographs, maps, plans 1938-39. [email protected] or 1847, continuing and drawings focussing on ‘tender Tel 613 378-1102. –10.11.06 in Ambrotypes calls’ for buildings from Yonge Street then wet plate Now on View to Roncesvalles. Free admission, photography as Wednesday to Friday: 10AM to 4PM, Visit the web site of Steven Evans at late as 1874. He Saturday: 9AM to 4PM, Sunday: www.se-photo.com to view his many gradually com- noon to 4PM. photographs from daguerreotypes to bined his busi- paper images. –10.11.06 ness with selling Wanted photographic Camera Shows in Bicycle & Motorcycle photography, materials and Germany medals, ephemera, stereoptics, cat- ended as a A list of camera trade shows in alogues and all stock-dealer sell- Germany for the year 2007 has been related items. ing out to Lyon & Alexander in 1878. received by the editor. Anyone plan- Contact Lorne Contact the editor (416) 621-8788 or ning a trip to Europe may be inter- Shields, at P.O. [email protected] –11.08.06 ested to know of shows in the areas Box 87588, 300 Buying or Consignment they will visit. Contact the editor at John St. Post Vintage cameras wanted by experi- [email protected] Office, Thornhill, enced Ebay seller. Professionally ON., L3T 7R3. presented with pictures and descrip- Montreal Camera Show Telephone at 905- tion, ensur- April 22, 2007 886-6911, or ing real Solomon Hadef in Montreal informs e-mail at lorne- market [email protected]–10.11.06 us the 40th Montreal Photographic value. Flea Market will be held Sunday, Information Required Reserve or April 22, 2007 at the Holiday Inn, George Dunbar is seeking informa- non- 6700 Trans Canada Hwy, Pointe tion on Canada’s earliest “photo reserve Claire, Quebec (Hwy 40, exit 52 booth” inventions. Such machines auction Boul. St-Jean, opposite Fairview may have appeared at the 1928 CNE styles. Low Shop Centre). Everything photo- in Toronto. [email protected] commission & listing fees. Contact graphic –new and used. For table or (416) 439-3822.–10.11.06 Douglas at 905-994-0515 or dou- reservation and information check [email protected] –10.11.06 out [email protected] Wanted Sell your cameras, lenses, old pho- Research Information Wanted tographs, manuals, etc. on eBay. Data needed on photographer Platt VANCOUVER CAMERA SHOW Registered eBay Trading Assistant D. Babbitt (1823-1879) who had a rescheduled for will help you. Specializing in large gallery on Ridout St. in London, ON April 15, 2007 collection, estate and studio liquida- (c1850) before fame at Niagara Falls Held at the usual Cameron tions. References available. Sold (c1853). Leads on daguerreotype Receation Center, 9523 Cameron over 500 cameras on eBay and will training needed. Contact Richard Titus St., Burnaby (by Lougheed Mall). get you top value for your treasures. at: [email protected] –10.11.06 Call Tom Dywanski for free evalua- Since demand for the Fall show has For Sale tion 416-888-5828 or check not diminished one of the W.C.P.H.A. A wide selection of daguerreotypes www.planet4sale.ca–10.11.06 members will stage an interim show: and family photo albums for sale. Tonchi's Swap Meet Wanted Contact Les Jones 416-691-1555 or December 17, 2006 Ed James of Elkhorn, MN wants [email protected].–10.11.06 at the Croatian Cultural Centre, Russian F.E.D. and Zorki 35mm type 3250 Commercial Drive, cameras, NO Zenits! He teaches stu- For Sale (at 16th Ave.) Vancouver, B.C. dents to use classic range finder and A wide variety of books on the History of Photography are available Up to 40 tables. Also a consign- TLR cameras. Also needed ca. 1970 from Gary Saretsky’s online site at ment table by the W.C.P.H.A. TLR Seagull 4 cameras, 6x6 on 120 http:saretsky.com. In American funds Check our website for information: roll film, f3.5/75mm lens, X-synch the shipping charges for first book http://www.whistlerinns.com/ shutter. Contact: Ed James, P.O. Box going to U.S. addresses is $5. Email camerashow/ 69, Elkhorn, Manitoba, R0M 0N0, Telephone: 204-845-2630. –10.11.06 enguiries: [email protected].

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