Item is a folding, single-lens reflex camera for instant photographs using proprietary Polaroid SX-70 film. Model is a collapsable, leatherette-covered with a matching brown suede carrying case.
Item is a point and shoot camera for 7.3 x 5.4 cm instant photographis with Polaroid 500 Film, originally designed for the failed Captiva camera model (early 1990's). The camera was made very inexpensively, and camera back is held in place by only a sticker that acts as a hinge.
Item is an aluminum box camera for 5.7 x 8.25 cm (2 1/4" x 3 1/4") exposures on 120 film. This is a variation on previous models, which were leatherette covered cardboard. Simple lens with 3 aperture settings and rotary shutter.
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 mid-century German metal box camera with plastic covering and art-deco front. It was manufactured in 1951 by Agfa Camerawerk. The Synchro term in the name comes from the fact that it has a flash sync shutter. The lens is a 105mm f/11 single-element Meniscus fixed focus lens with a focus range of 3 meters to infinity. A pull-out tab is located above the shutter release to change the aperture. When the tab is fully pushed in, there is a larger aperture approximately equivalent to f/11; the middle tab is a smaller aperture approximately equivalent to f/16; and the last tab is the larger aperture (f/11) with a yellow filter. The shutter is an instant-return self-cocking rotary shutter controlled by a simple spring. The shutter speed can be adjusted by a small sliding lever directly under the side viewfinder. The dot is 1/50th of a second, and the long line is bulb mode. The optics are only slightly better than a toy camera, and have a soft focus but little to no vignetting. Camera takes 6x9cm images on 120mm film. This is the export version made c1951. In 1951 and later, the Agfa name appeared on the front of the camera. It originally sold for $5-10. Dimensions: 9.7 cm (3.75") x 7.5 cm (3") x 11.5 cm (4.5")
Item is a folding camera for 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. exposure on A116 film. The Autographic feature allowed notes to be made on the film by scratching them into the film paper with a special stylus. A window opened in the back of the camera to expose the backing paper. Has a Kodak F-79 lens.
Item consists of a No. 3A Autographic Kodak special folding camera that makes pictures sized 3.25 x 5.5" on 122 film. Comes with CRF rangefinder. This is one of the very first cameras manufactured with a coupled rangefinder. The Autographic feature allowed notes to be made on the film by scratching them into the film paper with a special stylus. A window opened in the back of the camera to expose the backing paper.
Item is the original patent (#22351) granted on September 2, 1885 by the Commissioner of Patents, Dominion of Canada, to George Eastman and William Hall Walker of Rochester, NY, for "improvements in roll holders, for exposing flexible sensitive photographic films." Item includes textual specifications and diagrams of the proposed improvements. Prior to patenting the innovation in Canada, Eastman and Walker were granted a similar patent (#317049) by the United States patent office on May 5, 1885.
Item is a small camera with moulded brown and tan plastic body. Made for use with 127 roll film, it has an eyelevel viewfinder, Dakon lens and a rotary shutter. Prior to 1955 it was made with a Kodet lens.
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.
Left side of photograph shows part of the old Normal School building. on the right is the skeleton of a building that is being demolished to make way for Howard Kerr Hall.
Site of demolished building. Vacant lot with piles of wood and stacks of windows. Northern perimeter fence and treeline still in tact. Gorries Used car sign on Gerrard St. can be seen in the left corner of photo. Photographer indicates that this lot was the site of a former cafe on campus.
Exterior view of single story building with trees and gardens in front of it. Marked as the Corp. of Comm's guard house - which is a layover from when Ryerson was R.C.A.F. training school no. 6 in the 1940's.
Exterior view of a 2-story brick building that would have run parallel to Church Street. Building was part of the old Normal School complex of buildings that were demolished to make way for Howard Kerr Hall.
Exterior view of construction of Unit II of Howard Kerr Hall. Construction crane visible on the left side with tent in the middle of the photo. The Normal School buildings are visible on the right side of the photo.
View of construction site looking South East looking towards Gould Street. Wall trenches dug out and boarded with piping being installed. Oakham House is visible in the background.
Sam W. Emerson Physical Education Centre was dedicated in 1957, named after 1902 Alumnus Samuel W. Emerson. Now part of Case Western Reserve University.
Demolition of middle building. View of east end. Second story almost completely gone except for back wall. Residence building on left side of photograph.
Front view of Ryerson Hall (formerly the Toronto Normal School). This photo was taken several months before the construction started on phase III of Howard Kerr Hall, which was built in front of Ryerson Hall. The Egerton Ryerson statue can be seen in front of the building as well.
Colour image of two bulldozers with men with suits on them. The men on the bulldozer on the left Ryerson Board of Governor's chair William Kelly (no hardhat) and the man in the driver's seat is Minister of Education William Davis. Men on the right bulldozer unidentified. This was part of the sod turning ceremony for Jorgenson Hall.
Colour image of blue trailer with orange striping and "Ryerson Company of Players" written in white on the side. The trailer is attached to a "Ryerson Polytechnical Institute" jeep. They are parked under the arch along Gerrard Street.
Colour image of a blue and yellow school bus with "Ryerson Polytechnical Institute Toronto" on side in yellow and "Summerstage - Ryerson Company of Players" in white underneath it.
Photograph of "The Graduate" sculpture over the south west entrance to the Quad. Sculpture created by Jacobine Jones. Sculpture has board and material over its face.
Photograph looking at the west side of the Ryerson Hall building. Roof is missing and debris is piled beside it. Quad exit to Gould Street visible in the background.
Closed iron gates onto Gould Street. Continuing Education building (Heaslip House) visible in the background as is the parking lot at the corner of Gould and Victoria Sts.
Looking through the South gates towards the excavation for the foundation of the North and East sections of Howard Kerr Hall. The Gorrie's Motors building in visible in the background.
Egerton Ryerson statue and plinth under cover after being moved from in front of Ryerson Hall in anticipation of construction of the final section of Howard Kerr Hall. Statue is located along Gould Street in front of Unit I.
Excavation of west side of property looking North towards Gerrard Street. Gorrie's Motors and Maple Leaf Gardens visible in the background. Excavation for the construction of Howard Kerr Hall.
Looking from the corner of Gould and Victoria Sts at the campus and construction. Visible is the metal framework along Victoria St. for Howard Kerr Hall, the heating plant building and the West side of Ryerson Hall.
East end of Ryerson Hall building. Perini construction sign on the fence in front of the building. Photo taken from Bond Street looking at the front of the structure. Howard Kerr Hall Unit I visible on the right side of the photo.
Photograph taken from inside quadrangle looking east at the brick work being done on Howard Kerr Hall. Remaining Ryerson Hall building visible on the left side of the photo.
Portico out onto Gerrard Street that is the entrance to the Ryerson Theatre. Photo taken from inside the quad looking North West. Construction materials are piled against the wall of the building and construction vehicles are scattered about.