We produced our first magazine format journal soon after at the initiative of Randall Scheid of Toronto, but he did not survive an automobile accident and Bill Stone stepped in to publish articles from interested members on all sorts of subjects. The firmвЂ™s organization and sister/merger firms expand the initial perspective. Tom Schreiner felt that he had done his part in the original organization and did not stand for office but encouraged others to do so.ДЇrom the beginning, most of the members were photo enthusiasts but there were also people who collected Microscopes, Binoculars, Astronomical Instruments, Military Devices and catalogs while others were interested in company history and personalities. He published a set of pamphlets following each meeting, and during the Rochester meeting organized the society and elected officers. Tom set up a primary meeting in Toronto and an organizational meeting in Rochester in 1979. This group photo, taken in August 1989 at Zeiss HistoricaвЂ™s annual meeting at Carl Zeiss headquarters in Oberkochen, Germany. Tom started to contact folks via the local photo societies, people who posted want ads in the Shutterbug magazine and local used photo shows that seemed to surround the larger US cities. There had long been a Leica Society and he felt that Zeiss was just as important if not more so. The year was 1979, and Tom Schreiner was a upstate New York media consultant who had a strong Germanic bent. Introduction by Larry Gubas (November 2019) This is how the story of the Zeiss Historica Society beganвЂ¦

If you wanted to socialize and collaborate with other people with the same interests as you, you had to seek them out through classifieds in magazines, local church groups, or simply, word of mouth. If you have a passion for Corelle dishware, antique board games, or 1980 Chevrolet Citations, thereвЂ™s going to be a group for you.Д«ack in 1979, it wasnвЂ™t so easy. Today, like-minded enthusiasts gather together in virtual chat rooms, message boards, and online groups using social media.

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