Snap Shots October 2023

Posted: September 25, 2023 | By: Journal Editor

The October 2023 Snap Shots features:

  • PHSNE member Vladimir Khazan’s Zoom meetup presentation on the “Sport,” an very early Russian 35mm SLR
  • A scrolling stereo card viewer rescued and restored by member Lew Regelman
  • Camera of the Month: The “Stirn Vest Pocket Camera,” patented in 1886
  • A request to find the identity of a woman photographed by a Tremont St. photographer c. 1880-90s
  • A correction and photo credit from a snap shots item published last fall.

Find the October 2023 Snap Shots HERE.

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