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Article: In memoriam: Black Photo Corp. cofounder Robert F. Black remembered as being a leader in the Canadian photo industry.(Connections)(Obituary)
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- PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities
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- June 1, 2009
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Robert Frederick Black, 80, cofounder of the Black Photo Corp., Markham, Ontario, Canada, died April 17.
Black was president of PMA from 1980-1981; and in 1988, he received the PMA Distinguished Service Award. He was inducted into the PMA Hall of Fame--the highest association honor--during PMA 2004 in Las Vegas, Nev.
When he retired in 1988, Black Photo had more than 200 stores across Canada.
Bob Black started working in his father's appliance store in 1945, at the age of 17. Eddie Black, his father, had opened a small radio store in Toronto, Ontario, in 1930; and in 1939 obtained a franchise for Kodak products. Bob's older brother, Bill, ...