FOCUS ON FORBES

In doing research Mr. Stevens discovered some 5"x 8" glass plates with stereo collodion images of Mount Hope Cemetery. He will share these images with our group.

August picnic at the Havilands in Honeoye Falls­ at the falls! (watch for announcement of date).



Don McDill, a WWII aerial photographer in the Navy, will speak on Sept. 21. He mapped the invasion of Japan. He also spent 31 years working in photo-illustration for Kodak. Bring your aerial cameras with you!

The Nov. 16 meeting (tentative) is on 126 format cameras. Bring your favorite examples.

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Recap March Graflex Meeting

Unfortunately, Tim Holden was unable to attend our March meeting, but members brought many Graflex cameras. We talked about them chronologically. Thanks to Jack Bloemendaal, Nick Graver, and Jeff Schwartz, who brought several examples. Jack also brought some literature and the Combat Graphic. Thanks also to Grace Holloway, who provided great refreshments, as usual.

Recap April Dinner Meeting Celebrates 40th Anniversary

Four of the 15 charter members of TPHS were among the 31 attendees at our dinner meeting in April: Jack Bloemendaal, Rolf Fricke, Frank Mehlenbacher and Martin Scott.
Frank Mehlenbacher showed slides of his amazing collection. As he is the grandson of Frank A. Brownell, who made cameras for George Eastman, he had fascinating stories about their business dealings. The letters signed by Eastman are in his collection, as well as figurines, hundreds of cameras, advertising pieces, pins, ephemera, and literature.

Jack told a little of the history of the group, which is the oldest such group in the world! The first meeting of the Antique Photographic Society of Rochester was held in January, 1966 at the home of Willis Stockdale; the February meeting at the home of Jack Bloemendaal; March, GEH; April, Martin Scott; and May, Frank Mehlenbacher.

The charter members were Jack Bloemendaal, Larry Forward, Robert A. Fox, Rolf D. Fricke, Bill Fujimura (deceased), Bruce L. Kelly, Rudolf Kingslake (deceased), Eaton S. Lothrop Jr., Frank B. Mehlenbacher, Victor A. Moyes (then director of the Patent Dept. Museum at Kodak, deceased), Beaumont Newhall (then director of GEH, deceased) , A. C. Robertson (deceased), Hubert B. Sapp, Martin L. Scott and Willis L. Stockdale.

The name was changed to The Photographic Historical Society in June, 1968.
Some TPHS members brought early photographs and meeting notices for the first 24 years to display for our 40th anniversary.

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Save the date of October 20-22, 2006 for PhotoHistory XIII, the 13th triennial symposium and trade show­ at George Eastman House and DoubleTree Inn. This event, begun in 1970, brings people from around the world to learn, meet fellow historians and collectors, and buy & sell. Check the web site for news: www.tphs.org

For those who would like to register early, the PhotoHistory XIII registration is $90 (students and GEH staff, $45), the Saturday night buffet banquet is $30. Sunday Trade Show tables are $80 before Sept. 20 and $95 after. The DoubleTree Hotel rooms are $94 per night. (This is the former Holiday Inn Holidome at 1111 Jefferson Rd. in Henrietta. The hotel has been extensively remodeled and upgraded.)

The first 200 paid registrants will receive the 1983 book, Alfred Stieglitz, (courtesy of Eastman Kodak. The books will be distributed at registration. (limit one per household). Look for the PhotoHistory XIII mailing in early April.