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A Canadian artist that might inspire you, Minna Keene (Original Post) alfredo Oct 2022 OP
Wonderful portraits. I'm glad you introduced her works to me. MLAA Oct 2022 #1
Thank you, alfredo! She did superb work: so delicate and yet vivid. Wonderful! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2022 #2
I just learned of her myself alfredo Oct 2022 #5
Fascinating biography Grumpy Old Guy Oct 2022 #3
I love old photos. My mom always had a camera. alfredo Oct 2022 #6
I started with Kodak Brownies. Grumpy Old Guy Oct 2022 #7
It was a great starter camera alfredo Oct 2022 #8
Mine looked like this. Grumpy Old Guy Oct 2022 #9
I think we had one too. She had a Zeiss Ikon but liked the box cameras alfredo Nov 2022 #10
Bookmarking Bayard Oct 2022 #4

MLAA

(17,336 posts)
1. Wonderful portraits. I'm glad you introduced her works to me.
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 11:34 AM
Oct 2022

I just google her personal history:

About
DescriptionMinna Keene, née Töneböne, was a German-born, self-taught Canadian pictorial portrait photographer, considered "hugely successful". Keene was born in Rumbeck, Waldeck, now part of the city of Hessisch Oldendorf, Germany, in 1859. She lived in Britain, South Africa, and Canada. She married Caleb Keene. Wikipedia
Born: February 5, 1859, Rumbeck, Hessisch Oldendorf, Germany
Died: November 1943
Children: Violet Keene, Louis Keene
Partner: Caleb Keene (1887–)

Grumpy Old Guy

(3,176 posts)
9. Mine looked like this.
Mon Oct 31, 2022, 06:33 PM
Oct 2022

I think it was called the Kodak Holiday. I remember that you pulled up on the two metal pieces on the side, and the camera came apart into two pieces for loading film. This one looks like it had a flash attachment, but I don't think ours did. All you had to do was advance the film and push the shutter release. It was a true "box camera." I bet I have some photographs around in a box somewhere that were taken with that camera.

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