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Third Quarter 2016 • Volume 24 • Number 88 The Journal of Diving History, Volume 24, Issue 3 (Number 88), 2016 Item Type monograph Publisher Historical Diving Society U.S.A. Download date 04/10/2021 13:18:23 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/1834/35937 Third Quarter 2016 • Volume 24 • Number 88 The Anthony and Yvonne Pardoe Collection Auction | Bob Kendall’s Macro Camera | Under The Sea on a Glider Conshelf: The Story of Cousteau and his future vision Continental Shelf Stations IV, V, and VI SAVE THE DATE 25th Anniversary Conference 1992 - 2017 September 15 - 16, 2017 Santa Barbara Maritime Museum DEMA 2016 WEEK EVENTS honoring NOGI historical recipients: diving society PIONEER Stephen Frink award (arts) TO BE PRESENTED Mike Cochran TO (science) Jack W. Lavanchy (posthumously) Bob Croft (sports/ education) and presenting the ZALE PARRY Bonnie Toth (distinguished scholarship service) to Angela Zepp Hardy Jones (environment) THE 56th ANNUAL NOGI AWARDS GALA the academy of underwater arts and sciences november 17, 2016 • 6 pm Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino RESERVATIONS & INFORMATION: www.auas-nogi.org/gala.html Join Us at the DAN Party Attend the DAN Party at DEMA to enjoy an evening of conversation, drinks and fun. As your dive safety organization, we know how much you do to keep your divers safe, and we would like to raise a glass to all of the individuals who work year-round to promote dive safety. Date & Time Location Wednesday, November 16th Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino 6:30pm - 8:30pm Ballroom B 3000 Paradise Road Las Vegas, NV DAN.org Third Quarter 2016, Volume 24, Number 88 The Journal of Diving History 1 DAN_DEMA_HDS_ad.indd 1 10/7/16 5:14 PM THE JOURNAL OF DIVING HISTORY THIRD QUARTER 2016 • VOLUME 24 • NUMBER 88 ISSN 1094-4516 FEATURES The Lost Treasure of Captain Sorcho The Anthony and Yvonne Pardoe By Jerry Kuntz Collection Auction 9 The career of Captain Louis Sorcho has been featured numerous times in 28 By Leslie Leaney prior issues of the Journal. As the self-proclaimed “Champion Deep-Sea The introduction of lightweight fiberglass diving helmets in the 1960’s Diver of the World,” his public exhibitions gave the American marked the beginning of the end for the traditional copper and brass public a first-hand glimpse of the equipment of a surface- diving helmets that had launched the trade of the professional supplied diver. Sorcho plied his trade in large water- diver over a century before. As these helmets were gradually retired filled tanks that the public could view into, and also from active service an international collectors market began to introduced his wife, Frances Namon, as the “World’s grow. The most internationally prominent of these collectors was First Woman Deep-Sea Diver.” Sorcho’s travelling the American Leon Lyons, who started in the 1970’s and travelled exhibitions produced numerous ephemeral pieces that the world to build his collection, which became the base for his have been acquired by both historians and collectors 1988 book Helmets of the Deep. The UK’s most prominent collector for decades. Dressed in a military-looking marching- of that early period was Tony Pardoe. His collection was assembled band conductor’s jacket decorated medals and awards of over approximately five decades, and was the base for his 2012 questionable merit, Sorcho was a master of self-promotion. book, Diving Equipment Through the Ages. Ill health recently started In this article author Jerry Kuntz reviews the various career claims to affect Tony and he decided to sell his collection at auction. In this that Sorcho made and provides details of Sorcho’s diving and vaudeville three-part report Leslie Leaney details some of the more interesting career, including his famed calliope. items that were sold. COLUMNS EDITORIAL BOOKS IN DEPTH HDS USA Quarterly Report 4 by Leslie Leaney 42 Camera Man: Stories of My Life and 60 by Sid Macken, President Adventures as an Underwater Filmmaker, THE SUBMARINE LENS by Chuck Nicklin, reviewed by Sid Macken THIS ISSUE 26 Bob Kendall’s Macro Camera The Heroic Age of Diving: by Sid Macken America’s Underwater Pioneers and the Great Wrecks of Lake Erie HDS AWARDS , 6 VINTAGE SCUBA by Jerry Kuntz, reviewed by Nyle C. Monday 22 Under the Sea on a Glider Extraordinary Adventures: Bob Soto, by Richard F. Dempewolff IN MEMORIAM Scuba Pioneer, In His Own Words, 62 Bob Cranston by Suzy Soto, reviewed by Carl Roessler THE HISTORY OF MANNED 36 UNDERSEA HABITATS IMAGES IN HISTORY IN MEMORIAM by Kevin Hardy and Ian Koblick 48 Pacific Northwest Diver Photograph 65 Bob Campbell Conshelf: The Story of Cousteau by Gary Pilecki and his future vision Continental Shelf Stations IV V, and VI VINTAGE PATENTS ON THE COVER A circa 1900 studio photograph by Ryan Spence 50 Levy’s Two-Man Suit Third Quarter 2016 • Volume 24 • Number 88 of Captain Louis Sorcho and by James Vorosmarti. M.D. two tenders, scanned from a COVER STORY period postcard that is titled at 41 The French Collection 3 DIVING WATCH AUCTIONS the top “Souvenir. Capt. Louis by Peter Jackson 52 by Leslie Leaney Sorcho’s Great Deep-Sea Divers.” At the bottom of the card it states “CAPT. LOUIS CAMERA AUCTIONS SORCHO. Champion Deep- 54 by Sid Macken Sea Diver of the World in Full Submarine Armor.” Courtesy of Jerry Kuntz Collection. The Anthony and Yvonne Pardoe Collection Auction | Bob Kendall’s Macro Camera | Under The Sea on a Glider SCUBA AUCTIONS Conshelf: The Story of Cousteau and his future vision Continental Shelf Stations IV, V, and VI 56 by Leslie Leaney MAGAZINE STAFF & COLUMNISTS... Leslie Leaney Nyle C. Monday Bonnie Toth Ed Uditis Kevin Hardy Peter Jackson Ed LaRochelle Sid Macken Gary Pilecki James Vorosmarti, MD Publisher, Executive Editor Senior Editor Managing Editor Director of Development The Journal of Diving History (Formerly Historical Diver Magazine, founded by Leslie Leaney in 1993) ISSN 1094-4516 The Official Publication of: The Historical Diving Society U.S.A. THE JOURNAL OF DIVING The Historical Diving Society Canada HISTORY MAGAZINE STAFF Leslie Leaney, Publisher & Executive Editor P.O. Box 2837, Santa Maria, CA 93457, USA Nyle Monday, Senior Editor P. 805-934-1660 F. 805-934-3855 Bonnie Toth, Managing Editor [email protected] • www.hds.org Ed Uditis, Director of Development The Journal of Diving History is the official quarterly COLUMNISTS Peter Jackson, Ed LaRochelle, Leslie Leaney, membership publication of the Historical Diving Society, Sid Macken, Nyle Monday, Gary Pilecki, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit educational corporation formed in Jim Vorosmarti 1992, with members in over 40 countries. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Steve Barsky, David Dekker, Peter Dick, Brett Gilliam, Ben Hellwarth, Michael Jung, JOURNAL SPONSORS PER ANNUM Terry Maas, Janice Raber, Philippe Rousseau Copper Sponsor $1,250 (1/8 page) INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY EDITORS Bronze Sponsor $2,500 (1/4 page) HDS USA — Leslie Leaney Silver Sponsor $3,750 (1/2 page) HDS CANADA — Phil Nuytten Gold Sponsor $5,000 (Full page) THE JOURNAL OF DIVING HISTORY Platinum Sponsor $10,000 (Inside covers) (ISSN 1094-4516) is published four times a year by the Historical Diving Society, a Non-Profit Corporation, PO BOX 2837, Santa Ma- ria, CA 93457, USA. ©2015 Historical Diving Society. All Rights Reserved. Tel. 805-934-1660 ext. 3, Fax 805-934-3855. ANNUAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS The Journal of Diving History is compiled by Ed LaRochelle, Leslie Leaney, Sid Macken, and Nyle Monday. The content is affected by var- INDIVIDUAL ious elements. 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