This file contains a photographic print of Blackwall Yard, a business centre in London's docklands area, in its first of three phases of construction. It was designed by London-based architects, Richard Rogers Partnership, who were recognised by The Royal Institute of British Architects for the project.
Item is made of black plastic. Lens and stereoscopic image fold up from bottom plate that reads "Made in England. Design Registered." Missing backing behind images. Comes with a stereograph of a parade
A large biunial mahogany and brass magic lantern. Biunial or double lens projectors have two separate optical systems that allow transition effects such as dissolves between slides.
Item consists of a program for a play called Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, presented at the Cambridge Theatre (UK) in the fall of 1961.
Item consists of newspaper clippings, a brochure, and a ticket stub for a musical called Billy Elliot the Musical, by Daldry/John, presented at the Victoria Palace Theatre (UK), attended on 25 February 2006.
Item consists of a brochure and a ticket stub for a musical called Billy Elliot, presented at the Victoria Palace Theatre (UK), attended on 18 January 2008.
File contains a short, transcribed, copy of an interview conducted with Dutch film director Bert Haanstra by Toronto Psychiatrist Dr. Frank Sommers, for Sommers' project "The Mind of the Film Director. Also included are a filmography and list of Haanstra's awards, photographic stills from Haanstra's films, and a one page description of Dr. Sommers' book project.
Item is an compact double extension folding plate or sheet film camera for 9 x 12 cm (3.5" x 4.75"). Lens is a Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 1 :4,5 f : 13.5cm with a Compur shutter (1 to 1/200th). The camera has both a brilliant viewfinder and a sports-finder.
Item consists of a Bauer C2-A Super motion picture camera. It used super 8mm film, which was one of the most popular home movie format for around 20 years. It has a Bauer Vario 1:1.8/7.5-60mm zoom lens, a built-in type-A filter, and a pistol grip. It runs at 12, 18 or 24 fps. It has a through-the-lens focusing system.
Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black. Sticker on glass handwritten in black ink "1282 Interieur de St Jean de Latran a Rome" in french. Written in pencil on the wood frame "Int. St. John of the Latran, Rome." Sticker on the wood handwritten "Interrior St John of teh Lateran Rome Italy." Image of the interior of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome, Italy. It was the first church to be built in Rome. It contains several important relics.
Item is a 35 mm camera, similar in design to the Kodak Retinette model. Lens is a Baldanar 50 mm f3.5 with a Pronto shutter. The camera has an uncoupled rangefinder called Mess-Baldinette, with a coupled rangefinder called Super-Baldinette. It also has a built in self-timer.
Iterm is a 35mm camera that was part of a series manufacutred in Germany from the 1930's until the 1950's. The Baldina has an integrated selenium meter on top. Schneider Kreuznach Xenon lens f1:2 50mm S# 4866522, synchro-compur 1 - 1/500 shutter, film transport and shutter are integrated.
Item is a small 35 mm camera with an ISCO colour Westanar lens 1:2.8, F45mm. It has a Prontor shutter coupled with light meter, a distance meter for manual focusing.
Item is a 35mm camera with rapid-wind key on base. It has a coupled selenium light meter. Lens is a Baldanar F2.8 45mm with a Prontomat shutter. Automatic exposure is regulated with shutter speeds from 1/30th - 1/300th of a second.
Item is a baby portrait. Black text below photograph reads, 'Weston & Son, Dover & Folkestone'. Black text on back of card reads, 'Photographed From Life by Lambert Weston & Son. Waterloo Crescent, Dover. Sandgate Road, Folkestone.'
Item is a small box camera for 4 x 6.5 cm (1.57" x 2.55") exposures on 127 format roll film. Manufactured in England circa 1936, the camera is an all-metal box with a unidentified lens and a simple Kodak shutter. It has a simple wire viewfinder.
Item is a mechanical self timer that can be scewed into a cable release socket, providing variable delay in tripping of shutter. Timer comses with plastic case
Items are portraits, primarily of individuals but there are also a few of pairs and families 1 Cartes de Visite by Fowler & Co. 6 Cartes de Visite by Fowler & Oliver 11 Cartes de Visite by S. H. Ray 1 Cartes de Visite by Daniel Jones 1 Cartes de Visite by Hunter & Co. 1 Cartes de Visite by G. Villiers 1 Cartes de Visite by P. M. Laws 1 Cartes de Visite by Baldwin Chambers 1 Cartes de Visite by Howett & Co. 1 Cartes de Visite by Emily Stewart 1 Cartes de Visite by K. K. Hof-Atelier 1 Cartes de Visite by Cramb Brothers 1 Cartes de Visite by Epinal & Bruyeres 1 Cartes de Visite by B. F. Troxell 1 Cartes de Visite by L. H. Mandeville 1 Cartes de Visite by P. Dierlamm 1 Cartes de Visite by Turner 1 Cartes de Visite by F. Bedford 1 Cartes de Visite by Mundy & Williams 1 Cartes de Visite by Thomas & Orr 3 Cartes de Visite by J. Hugill 2 Cartes de Visite by Esson 4 Cartes de Visite by T. Gourley 1 Cartes de Visite by O. Monroe 2 Cartes de Visite by Milne 3 Cartes de Visite by W. E. Lindop 2 Cartes de Visite by Symonds 1 Cartes de Visite by R. H. Furman 1 Cartes de Visite by E. Williamson 1 Cartes de Visite by Jas. A. Brush 1 Cartes de Visite by David Campbell 1 Cartes de Visite by Stiff Bros. 3 Cartes de Visite by Frank Cooper 1 Cartes de Visite by G. W. Wilson 1 Cartes de Visite by A. M. Campbell 1 Cartes de Visite by A. Johnston 1 Cartes de Visite by C. H. Williamson 1 Cartes de Visite by W. H. Brewer 1 Cartes de Visite by T. Bennett 2 Cartes de Visite by Scott & Andrus 1 Cartes de Visite by Johnson 1 Cartes de Visite by Jas. Egan 1 Cartes de Visite by Mrs. Dr. J. Hitchcock 1 Cartes de Visite by Wm. Morris 1 Cartes de Visite by Elliot & Fry 2 Cartes de Visite by London Stereoscopic and Photographic Co. 1 Cartes de Visite by Pech & Wolf 3 Cartes de Visite by W. S. Gamsby 1 Cartes de Visite by Gamsby & Scott 1 Cartes de Visite by Foster 1 Cartes de Visite by A. W. Ferguson 1 Cartes de Visite by J. F. Aitken 1 Cartes de Visite by Real's Art Gallery 1 Cartes de Visite by Campbell 1 Cartes de Visite by R. A. Lewis 3 Cartes de Visite by Mora 1 Cartes de Visite by J. E. Mast 1 Cartes de Visite by Lew. E. Nabors 1 Cartes de Visite by Jabez Hughes 1 Cartes de Visite by C. H.Wright & Co. 1 Cartes de Visite by Landy 1 Cartes de Visite by Smith 1 Cartes de Visite by Anderson 1 Cartes de Visite by C. H. Jensen 1 Cartes de Visite by Macy 1 Cartes de Visite by Gurney & Son 1 Cartes de Visite by Gurney 1 Cartes de Visite by J. H. Griffiths 1 Cartes de Visite by E. Fehrenbach 1 Cartes de Visite by Batchelder & Co. 1 Cartes de Visite by A. W. Fraser 1 Cartes de Visite by Farmer Bros. 1 Cartes de Visite by Strong 1 Cartes de Visite by Brock & Co. 1 Cartes de Visite by Henderson 1 Cartes de Visite by Charles D. Fredericks & Co. 1 Cartes de Visite by J. Henry Hogg 1 Cartes de Visite by Howell 1 Cartes de Visite by J. Adams 1 Cartes de Visite by Hamilton 1 Cartes de Visite by Rockwood 1 Cartes de Visite by P. H. Green 1 Cartes de Visite by E. Williamson 1 Cartes de Visite by E. S. Haddock 1 Cartes de Visite by Frank Thomas 1 Cartes de Visite by Carl Kroh 1 Cartes de Visite by R. Ward 1 Cartes de Visite by C. F. Harriston 1 Cartes de Visite by Barry 1 Cartes de Visite by L. H. Mandeville 1 Cartes de Visite by W. S. Wheeler 1 Cartes de Visite by Franke & Kracher 68 Cartes de Visite by unidentified publishers
Cabinet card by a variety of publishers. Mostly portraits with some landscapes, and a comedy.
13 cards by S. H. Ray 5 cards by Notman & Sandham 5 cards by J. W. Grealy 2 cards by Wm. H. Leonard 2 cards by Beazell 2 cards by Ray & Maxwell 2 cards by I. H. Oliver 2 cards by G. H. Wright 4 cards by Gardiner Hubbard Scudder 3 cards by C. R. Savage 1 card by Westlake 1 card by F. B. Brenner 1 card by J. R. Morden 1 card by George Chas. Arless 1 card by Edy Bros. 1 card by Fowler & Co. 1 card by Taber 1 card by Ahlborn 1 card by Richmond 1 card by Ritz Portraits 2 cards by Bass 1 card by W. T. Bowers 1 card by Dixon 2 cards by J. F. Ray 1 card by Fowler 1 card by S. Hays 2 cards by Frontier Photo Co. 1 card by Welland Photo Studio 1 card by Bruce 1 card by Mora 1 card by Bailey & Farr 1 card by Stiff Bros. 1 card by J. M. Clarke 1 card by F. G. Westlake 1 card by Kaufman Studio 1 card by W. H. Forscutt 1 card by A. Cooper 1 card by Poole 1 card by Sullivan & Corbett 1 card by Randell Studio 1 card by Frank Cooper 1 card by Phayer 1 card by Donovan 2 cards by B. W. Kilburn 13 cards by unidentified publishers
Item consists of newspaper clipping and a ticket stub for a play called As You Like It, by Shakespeare, presented at the Novello Theatre by the Royal Shakespeare Company (UK), attended on 3 March 2006.
Item consists of a program for a ballet presentation of Antigone, Symphonic Variations, and The Firebird, presented by the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (UK) on November 4, 1961.
Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black. Sticker on glass handwritten in black ink "11667 Amphitheatre a Pompei" in french. Written in pencil on the wood frame "Amphitheatre Pompei." Image of an amphitheatre - ruins, in Pompeii.
Item is a 35 mm wooden box camera designed and built by the UK Manufacturer Alfred Darling. The model can be identified as a Darling product by the presence of the iconic AD logo engraved on multiple camera features, including the footage counter and the interior wooden panels. The English-pattern cinema uses a hand-wound two-sprocket claw mechanism to advance the film and a variable speed shutter that allows for continuous or single-frame shots. This item also has a glass pressure plate, which allows the user to focus directly on the film by looking through the rear focus tube. The wooden mahogany body has a leather strap on top and a tripod mount at the base of the device. This model has two internal stacked 300’ wooden box magazines. Other technical features include a footage counter and a level on top of the camera that allowed for a balanced shot when using a tripod. "
Item is a hand coloured albumen print, possibly done in watercolours. The print shows part of St. Marks Square, the Dodges Palace and a view of the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore.
Item consists of 1 cabinet card, photographed by Carlo Ponti. Card shows Monument located in the Basilica Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. Depicts "The Assumption" with five figures on central platform and two to the sides of the platform. Corinthian columns and relief in background.
File contains a transcribed copy of an interview conducted in Geneva, with Swiss film director Alain Tanner by Toronto Psychiatrist Dr. Frank Sommers, for Sommers' project "The Mind of the Film Director".
A leather bound cabinet card album with a metal adornment on the front cover, designed like a shield and engraved with the words "Minne" and "…at" along with the owner's name: "Agnes Osberg". Inside front page is printed in German "Von dankbaren Elewen" and Swedish "Nääs 19/12 1892." Many sitters are identified and portrait photographers whose card texts are visible areidentified as Swedish and American.
Item is a camera box set, complete with accessories. Orange and white cardboard box is printed with "AGFAMATIC 1a FULLY AUTOMATIC 35 mm CAMERA", a b&w illustration of the camera, and a contents list of "...camera, leather case, Tully flash with case, Agfachrome film, with processing." The camera is metal, plastic and glass. Around the lens is printed "AGFA COLOR - AGNAR 1 : 2.8 / 45" The leather case is printed with "MADE IN GERMANY" and comes with 2 straps. There is a paper box of Agfa ISU 135-36 Isopan Ultra film (exp. Feb 69), an Agfa metal film canister with exposed film inside, a box of 12 Sylvania flashbulbs, a leather and plastic-cased flash assembly, and 2 instruction pamphlets.
Item is a typical, affordable, point and shoot camera of the sixties. The lens is an Agfa Color Apotar F1:2.8 45mm. Pronormatic shutter, selenium type light meter integrated into top of camera, distances had to be set manually. The camera was distributed under the brand name Optima II outside of Canada. A hard leather field case is included with the camera.
Item is from a series of camera also known as "Optima" 35mm. Exported to Canada. Has selenium meter. Lens is a Agfa colour Agnar 1:2.8 45mm. Camera has a hot shoe on top, also a leather case (as new). The camera was distributed under the brand name Optima II outside of Canada. A hard leather field case is included with the camera.
Item is a metal box camera for 8, 6 x 9 cm (2.36" x 3.54") exposures on 120 film. The simple design includes a single-element Meniscus lens, fixed speed rotary shutter and brilliant viewfinder.
Item is a simple 35mm camera with Agfa Apotar 1:3.5 45mm lens, Pronto SVS shutter with sync contact, it includes a leather case, And an electric light meter "primat" - also in it's own leather case.
Item consists of an early model of the Agfa Karat 36 35mm camera, also known as the Karomat 36. It has a Compur-Rapid 1-500 shutter, a Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon 1:2/50mm lens, and an optical viewfinder with superimposed rangefinder. It was the first of the Agfa series of Karat cameras to move from Rapid cassettes to 35mm cartridge film. It strongly resembles the Karat 12, but features an accessory shoe, a rotating time exposure lock, and a film rewind knob instead of a depth of field dial.
Item is a strut-folding 35mm rangefinder camera. To facilitate easy loading of 35mm film, Agfa (and Ansco) introduced a 12 exposure cartridge that required no rewinding of the exposed film. The film was just pushed by a simple claw. Our model has a Solinar lens 3.5, and a compur rapid shutter.
Item is a 35mm camera, using a proprietary 12 exposure film cassette with no moving parts. The sprockets of the camera simply pull the film out and push it into an empty cartridge on the other side. This system with some modifications eventually lead to the design of the Instamatic format. The shutter on or model is a Prontor -S and the lens an Agfa Apotar 1; 3.5 F= 55mm. No rangefinder, simple optical viewfinder. The camera body is a " Strut " design, allowing the front to fold easily.
Item is a folding camera for 6 x 6 cm roll film exposures. Shutter release is on the body, but there was no double exposure prevention. Equipped with a Agnar F4.5/85mm lens with Vario shutter.
Filmpack produced by Agfa containing 12 cut celluloid films at 3 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches. In original orange cardboard packaging with blue and white lettering. Packaging has been opened. Red tissue surrounding the cardboard pack has also been opened, but black plastic film pack retains cardboard pull tabs that are typically removed when the film is exposed. Package is stamped with instructions to develop by June 1933.
Item is a wooden and brass stereoscope with wooden hood cover. This object was used to view two nearly identical photographs, or stereographs, as one three dimensional image. The stereograph would be placed in the sliding card holder and adjusted to fit the user's vision until the two images overlap to mimic a three-dimensional effect. Item is a box type viewer which folds into it's own storage case. Additional reflector can be placed in adjustable brass arms to illuminate transparencies with its white or mirrored side. Viewer is mounted on underside of the lid case. Once inverted and lowered into the box the base becomes the the cover. Lock on either side designed to hold object in place. Later versions of this object included storage units for both viewer and slides. Such as a vertical model able to adjust the viewer to a convenient height and a horizontal cabinet to house stereoviews.
Written on lenses: Achromatic Smith Beck & Beck; Stereoscope 31 Cornell London.
30 page informational booklet published by the Eastman Kodak Company detailing how photographic lenses function and are made. Includes a list of Kodak lenses avaialble at the time.
File contains wheel type stereographs that depict scenes from different locations around the world, captive animals from different lands, performing animals, circuses and events, stories/fairy tales, indigenous peoples. Comes with a form to order more in the series and an order form for all wheels
Item consists of a clippings and a ticket stub for a musical called 42nd Street, presented at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (UK), attended on 2 February 2018.
Copy of a presentation proposal for the CAL 93 - CAL into the Mainstream conference held at University of York April 5-8, 1993. Attached to the proposal is a photocopy of the front and 45th page from the conference handbook. Donald Gillies participated in a Group and Distance Learning panel.
Item is an albumen carte-de-visite reproduction of drawing. Depicts swimmers, one male diving underwater to kiss a girl's foot. Hand coloured. Recto caption: "Une declaration d'amour à l'anglaise."
File contains the paper presented by Donald Gillies and the Educational Technology International conference held at the University of Southhampton, England April 13-15, 1987.
File contains paper presented by Donald Gillies at the British Association for Canadian Studies conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland April 11-14, 2000.
Paper written for the Computer Aided Learning (CAL97) International Conference, Superhighways, Super CAL, Super Learning, held in March, 1997 at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom.
