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Macpherson, Brodie
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- Macpherson, Archibald Brodie
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1909-?
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Eldest child of Elsie Margaret Macpherson and Walker Ernest Macpherson, born in Toronto on November 26th, 1909. Archibald Brodie Macpherson graduated from the University of Toronto in 1931 from the Science and Engineering department. He opened his photography business at 172 Walmer road (the basement of the family home), in Toronto in 1946, following his service in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. The studio specialized in colour photographs and Macpherson experimented with his own mixing his own chemicals and perfecting his own photographic processes. The photographer was the chair of the Toronto Camera Club's Colour Print Group, and would teach colour separation through the club's facilities. He was also a member of the Commercial and Press Photographs Association of Canada (CAPPAC_. serving as Secretary in 1949-1953, and as Treasurer in 1954. He retired from photography in 1964.
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Sources
Roseborough, Everett. (1994). Lest we forget Brodie Macpherson a legend in his own time. In Photographic Canadiana 20(2). 10-12.
Shields, S. (2020). Brodi Macperson: Early photo printer. In Library and Archives Canada Blog. https://thediscoverblog.com/2020/06/25/brodie-macpherson-early-photo-printer/.
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AS: Updated November, 2021 with sources & history.