Historic Convention Photos 1954-1969
No Conventions 1949-1953
1954 Stellafane Convention
First of the post WWII Continuous Annual
Conventions
Photos from the Stellafane Archives.
1954 Stellafane Convention
Members of Springfield Telescope Makers in front of
Porter Turret. Left to right: Bert Willard, George Perry,
Ernest Flanders, John C. Pierce, John M. Pierce, John
W. Lovely, Ray Ranny, Howard Finn, Harty Beardsley,
Ellie Johnson.
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1954 Stellafane Convention
Old timers in front of Porter Turret. Back row: Winfred
Shattuck (ATMoB), unknown, John M. Pierce (STM), Chester
Cook (ATMoB), unknown, unknown, unknown. Middle row:
Dr. Smiley, Ernest Flanders (STM), Wally Everest (Pittsfield,
MA), George Perry (STM).
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1954 Stellafane Convention
Group photograph of 1954 Convention attendees in front
of Porter Turret.
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1954 Stellafane Convention
People admiring telescope at the 1954 Stellafane Convnetion.
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1954 Stellafane Convention
People and telescopes in field at the 1954 Convention.
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1954 Stellafane Convention
People and telescopes in field. Bert Willard's 6-inch
telescope with Springfield mount of pipe parts on far
left.
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1954 Stellafane Convention
People and telescopes in field at the 1954 Convention.
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1954 Stellafane Convention
People and telescopes in field at the 1954 Convention.
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1962 Stellafane Convention
Photos courtesy of Michael B. Patterson, taken
by his father Henry Patterson.
1962 Stellafane Convention
Looking towards the Clubhouse.
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1962 Stellafane Convention
The Porter Turret Telescope.
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1965 Stellafane Convention
Photos from the Stellafane Archives; first 14 by Walter Scott Houston.
1965 Stellafane Convention
Fred Chellis, ATMoB, with his solar powered sterling engine.
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1965 Stellafane Convention
Dr. Henry Paul.
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1965 Stellafane Convention
Small solar refractor telescope with foam plastic projection box by Richard Davis and Caspar Hossfield.
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1965 Stellafane Convention
A solid fused silica Dall-Kircham telescope, 2.5-inch aperture F/10, with flat entrance face, ellipsoidal primary, and spherical secondary, builder unknown.
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1965 Stellafane Convention
Ed Jameson, ATMoB, with a home made fish-eye camera lens.
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1965 Stellafane Convention
Maksutov telescope modeled after the Questar telescope, builder unknown.
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1965 Stellafane Convention
Roger Tuthill with his 20-inch telescope.
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1965 Stellafane Convention
Dick Luce, Allan Mackintosh, and Constantine Papacosmas, Montreal, Canada examining a large telescope, builder unknown.
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1965 Stellafane Convention
Attendees posed on the south side of the Porter turret telescope. Standing left to right: Paul Valleli, ATMoB, Stanley Brouwer, New Jersey, Ed Lindberg, Buffalo, NY, Sam Gardiner, ATMoB. Seated left to right: Unknown, Dick Luce, unknown, Allan Mackintosh, Dr. Henry Paul, George Keene, Rochester, NY, hidden by Paul, unknown.
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1965 Stellafane Convention
Boom of Porter turret telescope against sky and clouds background taken with a red F filter.
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1965 Stellafane Convention
Fish eye view of the 1965 Stellafane convention taken with Ed Jameson's home built fish eye camera lens.
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1965 Stellafane Convention
Scene of the 1965 Stellafane convention with Stellafane in the background.
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1965 Stellafane Convention
Scene of the 1965 Stellafane convention looking northeast from the front of Stellafane.
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1965 Stellafane Convention
Roger Tuthill with his 20-inch telescope.
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1965 Stellafane Convention
Roger Tuthill's 20-inch telescope.
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1965 Stellafane Convention
Convention scene of guests and telescopes looking north from Stellafane.
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1965 Stellafane Convention
Convention scene of guests and telescope in front of Stellafane.
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1965 Stellafane Convention
Convention scene of guests and telescopes looking toward Stellafane. Roger Tuthill's 20-inch telescope far right.
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1966 Stellafane Convention
Photo from the Stellafane Archives by Jack Welch.
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1966 Stellafane Convention
Conventioneers and Telescopes on the field with Mount Ascutney in the background.
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1967 Stellafane Convention
Photos from the Stellafane Archives by Walter Scott Houston.
1967 Stellafane Convention
Telescope on display at the 1967 Stellafane convention, builder unknown.
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1967 Stellafane Convention
Spherical mount telescope by Norman James.
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1967 Stellafane Convention
Newtonian telescope mounting with pillow block bearings, builder unknown.
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1967 Stellafane Convention
12.5-inch f/6 Composite telescope (Newtonian, Coude, Porter Springfield Newtonian) under construction by Zvi Gezari.
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1967 Stellafane Convention
Scene of the 1967 Stellafane convention looking northeast from the front of Stellafane.
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1967 Stellafane Convention
Cynthia Karp, Madison, Wisconsin, at the Miller log cabin during the 1967 Stellafane convention.
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1967 Stellafane Convention
Women’s' outhouse built by John C. Pierce.
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1967 Stellafane Convention
Large f/4 Newtonian telescope in split-ring mount by Harold Kennedy.
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1967 Stellafane Convention
Miriam Houston, Walter Wheeler, Marcia Wheeler, and John C. Pierce.
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1967 Stellafane Convention
Students of John C. Pierce from the Woodstock Country School.
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1967 Stellafane Convention
Students of John C. Pierce from the Woodstock Country School.
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Photos by Paul Valleli, STM
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1967 Stellafane Convention
Group photo 1 by the clubhouse at the 1967 Stellafane Convention.
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1967 Stellafane Convention
Group photo 2 by the clubhouse at the 1967 Stellafane Convnetion.
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1968 Stellafane Convention
Photos from the Stellafane Archives by Walter Scott Houston.
1968 Stellafane Convention
Tilted-component telescope by Richard Buchroeder.
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1968 Stellafane Convention
Tilted-component telescope by Richard Buchroeder.
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1968 Stellafane Convention
Scene of the 1968 Stellafane convention looking northeast from the front of Stellafane.
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1968 Stellafane Convention
Front end of Newtonian telescope showing sliding plate holding eyepiece and diagonal for focus, builder unknown.
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Photos by Michael B. Patterson
1968 Stellafane Convention
Judge examines a fork-mounted telescope.
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1968 Stellafane Convention
Telescopes on display.
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1968 Stellafane Convention
A wooden German equatorial mounted telescope.
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1968 Stellafane Convention
Roger Tuthill's trailer mounted relay lens 20-inch f/11 Cassegrain.
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1968 Stellafane Convention
Bert Willard's Bowling Ball Scope. It comes apart and the parts fit into the hollowed out ball, with the base becoming a cover for the cavity in the ball.
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Photos by Paul Valleli, STM.
1968 Stellafane Convention
Norman James from California with his original ball mounts.
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1968 Stellafane Convention
This fork-mounted 11-inch Newtonain-Maksutov was made by Dr. Ferdie Barr of the
Rochester Group using the design of Burt Norman of Canada. Paul Valleli is seen sighting along the tube in this photos.
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1968 Stellafane Convention
Walter Scott 'Scotty' Houston at the 1968 Stellafane Convention.
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