STELLAFANE HISTORY

ARTICLE ABOUT THE STELLAFANE "LITTLE MAN"

Stellafane's symbol: the "Little Man" (shown upper left in many of the Stellafane WWW pages), first appeared during the convention on Friday, August 15, 1930. Unfortunately, not much is known of it's creation and/or creator (most likely NOT Russell Porter). What little we do know comes from a report written by a conventioneer named Leo Scanlon. Read his report on the "Little Man" below:

"Pierce had completed the mounting of his transparencies, and brought outside a wrought iron sign made by one of the local boys. We tried different locations for it, and finally decided to hang it directly over the central North Door. It was necessary to bend the lower part of the bracket, which Pierce and I did in the vice in the shop, cutting off the surplus piece at the bottom, which interfered with the opening of the screen door, and securing a ladder, proceeded to nail it up."

Read Leo Scanlon's article on the 1930 Stellafane convention.