ChicagoPhotographic.org is the home of the Chicago Photographic Collectors Society
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Chicago Photographic and Camera Collectors Society
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The Chicago Photographic Collectors Society was founded in 1971 and chartered by the State of Illinois as a not-for-profit organization. It was started by a group of photo image and antique camera collectors, who wished to share and enhance their knowledge of the history of photography, with others with similar interests. More than 3 decades later, it has grown to be one of the most respected groups of its kind, with members covering North America, Asia and Europe.
Through the monthly meetings, it’s web site, the newsletter and by the periodic articles and monographs on the Internet, it has shared knowledge and the exchange of ideas regarding the collection and preservation of photographica with other collectors and the general public.
With this in mind, the Society in observance of its 25th Anniversary, provided the funding for the Cased Images Preservation and Access Project at the Chicago Historical Society, (now the Chicago History Museum), nearing completion. These are one of a kind historic images and would have been lost forever due to chemical deterioration. They will now be accessible to the public for research. More recently, in 1991 the Society helped defray some of the cost of acquisition by the Lake County Discovery Museum, Wauconda, Illinois of an Amet Magniscope projector (ca 1895), one of eight known to exist at the time, considered by some as the first practical 35mm moving picture projector and now on permanent interactive display at the Museum. It was invented by Edward H. Amet (1860-1948) of Waukegan, Illinois
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