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 began… 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, there’s going to be a group for you.īack in 1979, it wasn’t so easy.
Today, like-minded enthusiasts gather together in virtual chat rooms, message boards, and online groups using social media.