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Miscellany Toronto Photographs: Then and Now

Mustapha said:
There was a big-ish camera store a few steps south of the SW corner - Japan Camera. I still have a Minolta 16P subminiature that I bought there.

I miss the old time camera stores of Toronto. It was always a joy to visit the last one - ALT Camera Exchange.
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It just came to me, the camera store I was referring to was Jerry's Camera.

Yeah, there are a number of great camera stores that have gone by the wayside like Toronto Camera, 8 Elm Photo, your aforementioned Alt and Broadway Camera that was bought by Downtown Camera.
 
It takes a really old old-timer to recall Lockhart's Camera Exchange (in the Temple Building) and McCutcheon's Camera Shop (in Maple Leaf Gardens).
 
Mustapha said:
One of the more fascinating genres of photography is 'street photography'. Images at least several decades old hold a particular attraction for me.

In that vein, please check out the work of Ruth Orkin: Have fun; as many of them are.

http://www.orkinphoto.com/photographs/
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Thanks, Mustapha, for that link to the wonderful photography by Ruth Orkin (I was pleased to accidentally meet her once in Montreal).
Here's an item regarding her most famous photo: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...sm-or-a-portrait-of-composure/article2128599/
 
Anna said:
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Thank you for pulling these out from storage just for me, Anna. :)
 
Goldie said:
It takes a really old old-timer to recall Lockhart's Camera Exchange (in the Temple Building) and McCutcheon's Camera Shop (in Maple Leaf Gardens).
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Goodness, Goldie, many cameras in those days didn't even have meters. I remember some cameras had a diagram on the back showing f11 for sunny, etc. :)
 
adma said:
And then there was that tiny Kominek place upstairs of Lindy's, or something...
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Lindy's Steak House, 405 Yonge. Left us so recently, but I had already forgotten until you mentioned it, adma. My gramps took me there a few times in the early 70s. It was his idea of fine dining. I can't put away a steak anymore; it's too much food. That said, I don't think one can find a cheap steak anywhere on Yonge south of Bloor anymore. You would have to go trek out to The Tulip or something.
 
Mustapha said:
Goodness, Goldie, many cameras in those days didn't even have meters. I remember some cameras had a diagram on the back showing f11 for sunny, etc. :)
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I hauled out my trusty old 1950-ish Rolleicord and there are the diagrams I could never figure out then and still can't. Anyone need or want this camera it is in great shape, case and all.
 
spider said:
I hauled out my trusty old 1950-ish Rolleicord and there are the diagrams I could never figure out then and still can't. Anyone need or want this camera it is in great shape, case and all.
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Walking by Cameron House on Queen W a few minutes ago; the street has been blocked off; a band is playing Beatles oldies.

spider's post dually reminded me of the Beatle bio movie Backbeat; where this image comes from; and his old camera. :)

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