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Spira, Fred, Mr., 1924-2007

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Fred Spira was a photographic historian, collector and business owner who was one of the founders of Spiratone, a photographic business that he began with his family in 1941 as a lab for film development in New York. The business grew into a multi-million dollar business that manufactured and sold affordable photographic equipment. The company became publicly traded when it merged with Interphoto in 1967, it was then eventually bought out by Argus and closed in the early 1990's. Spira retired from the business in 1987.

Spira collected photographic literature and ephemera throughout his life, eventually amassing 10,000 books and 20,000 pieces of photographic equipment, including rare cameras and viewing devices such as and 1861 Ross-Sutton wet plate Panoramic camera and the 1896 Pettibone Bros. Mfg. Co. Revolving Disc Sciopticon. These items and others from the collection were exhibited at the George Eastman House Museum in 1980. The collection also served as the basis for the 2001 book "The History of Photography: as Seen Through the Eyes of the Spira Collection", written by Fred Spira and his son, Jonathan Spira and published by Aperture.

Portions of the Spira library were acquired by the Ryerson Library and Archives in 2006 and 2008, and the photographic camera and ephemera was sold after Spira's death in 2007 and now forms the basis of the Photographic Technology collection at the Qatar Museums Authority.

Calumet Manufacturing Company

  • Corporate body

Founded in Chicago in 1939 by Kenneth Becker, the company initially sold mostly sporting goods but expanded to the manufacture and sale of durable, stainless steel darkroom equipment. When Kodak sold the company the rights to it's 4x5 camera in 1955, began to focus on the manufacture of professional photographic equipment.

H.H. Weeden

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Photo artist, Cookshire Quebec.

Boissonnas Photographie Instantanee

  • Corporate body
  • 1864-1969

Boissonnas was a photography studio in Geneva that was founded by Henri-Antoine Boissonnas in 1864, father of Fred Boissonnas. The studio was family operated and passed down through generations.

Selle & Kuntze

  • Corporate body
  • 1870-1874

Selle & Kuntze was a portrait studio located in Potsdam, Germany, operated by photographers Gustav Adolf Selle (1854-1902) and Julius Adolphe Paul Kuntze (1848-1905). It was founded in 1870 and became Selle-Kuntze-Niederastroth in 1874, operating under that name until 1927.

Longpré et Marchand

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  • 1950-1984

An architectural partnership between Claude Longpré (1924-2005) and Gilles Marchand (1924-2000).

Westlake

  • Corporate body
  • 1907-1925

F.J. Westlake operated a photography studio under his own name, that was located in Chatham, Ontario.

Abbe

  • Corporate body
  • 1917-1923

Abbe was a theatrical photography studio founded by James Abbe (1883-1973) and located in New York, New York. James Abbe was considered one of the greatest portraitists of theatrical portrait photography, however he only spent the years 1917 to 1923 working in the city before moving to Europe, where he continued his photography career until 1940.

Fogo, J. Gordon, 1896-1952

  • Person
  • 1896-1952

James Gordon Fogo (1896-1952) was a Canadian lawyer and senator. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he was appointed co-chairman of the Third National Convention of the Liberal Party in 1948, and summoned to the Canadian Senate in 1949, representing the senetorial division of Carleton, Ontario.

Romaszkiewicz

  • Corporate body
  • 1898-1914

Ignacy Romaszkiewicz, born in Lithuania in 1874, moved to the United States in 1896 where he learned the trade of a photographer. In 1898 he set up his own studio at 1017 Broadway, Buffalo, New York where he photographer many of the city's elite, including priests, businessmen and visiting dignitaries. In 1914 he sold his studio to Walter Grzelak.

Thom

  • Corporate body
  • 1883-1904

A.B. Thom (1849-1926) was a photographer born in Stratford, Ontario who established his first photographic partnership in Winnipeg with Fred V. Bingham in 1883. The partnership dissolved by 1885, when he began travelling along the Canadian Pacific Railway, where he captured over 2000 views.

Goff

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  • 1883-1898

F. Lee Goff operated a photography studio that was located in Wausau City, Wisconsin throughout 1883-1898. F. Lee Goff trained Mr. Carl Lemke as a photographer after Carl Lemke came to Wausau in 1884. Carl Lemke left F. Lee Goff in 1885 and started his own photography business.

Kenton, Stan, 1911-1979

  • Person
  • 1911-1979

Stanley Newcomb "Stan" Kenton was a pianist, composer, and arranger who led an innovative, influential, and often controversial American jazz orchestra. In later years he was active as an educator.

Fisher, Eddie

  • Family
  • 1928-2010

Edwin Jack "Eddie" Fisher was an American entertainer. He was the most successful pop singles artist of the first half of the 1950s, selling millions of records and hosting his own TV show.

Lund, Art

  • Person
  • 1915-1990

Art Lund was an American baritone singer, initially with bandleaders Benny Goodman and Harry James, and was also a television and stage actor.

Bell Features and Publishing Company Limited

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This Toronto based publishing company was founded in 1939 under the name Commercial Signs of Canada by Gene and Cy Bell. They began publishing Canadian comic books in 1941, when the War Measures act limited the importation of luxury goods (including comic books) into the country. These publications were black and white, with full colour on the cover only leading to the term "Canadian Whites" being used to describe Canadian war-era comics. Located on York Street, the company published bi-monthly variety comics with Canadian characters and stories written and illustrated by Canadian authors and artists. Titles included "Active Comics", "Commando Comics", "Dime Comics", "The Funny Comics", "Wow Comics", "Joke Comics", and "Triumph Comics". Commercial Signs changed its name to Bell Features and Publishing Company in 1942, when Adrian Dingle and his Hillborough Studios joined the company, brining with it the Triumph-Adventure comic and the first Canadian female superhero, Nelvana of the Northern Lights. When trade restrictions ended in 1945, and American comic books returned to the Canadian market, the company faced difficult competition and circulation dropped. The company eventually closed in 1953.

Pastor, Tony

  • Person
  • 1907-1969

Tony Pastor (1907-1969) was an Italian American novelty singer and tenor saxophonist.

Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1988

  • Person
  • 1915-1988

Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer, actor, director, and producer

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