THE STELLAFANE VIRTUAL MUSEUM
Welcome to the Virtual Museum operated by the Springfield Telescope Makers. All of the photos included here are of items that can be found in our real museum, opened in 1975, located in four underground rooms at the Hartness House Inn in Springfield, Vermont. You can plan a visit to the museum during the Stellafane convention (Friday 5pm to 8pm and Sunday 9am to noon). Admission is free! We are interested in considering new items regarding amateur telescope making to be added to the museum and ?subject=Virtual Museum">welcome inqiries.
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NOTE ON FILE SIZES
Note that in addition to the small images that are displayed on this page you can also download larger versions of each. The medium size images are typically a few dozen kilobytes and the large images are typically a few hundred kilobytes. Enjoy!
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
All images in the Stellafane Virtual Museum are maintained and copyrighted © 2003 by the Springfield Telescope Makers. If you would like to use an image please ?subject=Virtual Museum Question">ask.
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STELLAFANE VIRTUAL MUSEUM
| /images/history/virtual_museum/museum001_small.jpg" height="200" width="150" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> | Eskimo Girl, Greenland, watercolor, 12x16 inches, R. W. Porter, 1896. Click to download /images/history/virtual_museum/museum001_medium.jpg">medium size image or /images/history/virtual_museum/museum001_large.jpg">large size image. |
| /images/history/virtual_museum/museum002_small.jpg" height="200" width="280" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> | Cutting Up Walrus, watercolor, 19x13 inches, R. W. Porter, 1900. Click to download /images/history/virtual_museum/museum002_medium.jpg">medium size image or /images/history/virtual_museum/museum002_large.jpg">large size image. |
| /images/history/virtual_museum/museum003_small.jpg" height="200" width="160" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> | Cover of Scientific American, March, 1926. Painting by Howard Brown. Click to download /images/history/virtual_museum/museum003_medium.jpg">medium size image or /images/history/virtual_museum/museum003_large.jpg">large size image. |
| /images/history/virtual_museum/museum011_small.jpg" height="200" width="280" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> | “Astronomical Observatory Alger Island, July, 1905,” watercolor, 14x10 inches, R. W. Porter. Click to download /images/history/virtual_museum/museum011_medium.jpg">medium size image or /images/history/virtual_museum/museum011_large.jpg">large size image. |
| /images/history/virtual_museum/museum005_small.jpg" height="200" width="350" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> | Drawing of Polar Reflecting Telescope, Port Clyde, Maine, 8x6 inches, R. W. Porter, July, 1914. Click to download /images/history/virtual_museum/museum005_medium.jpg">medium size image or /images/history/virtual_museum/museum005_large.jpg">large size image. |
| /images/history/virtual_museum/museum006_small.jpg" height="200" width="190" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> | Pencil drawing of men viewing biplane with Garden Telescope, R. W. Porter. Click to download /images/history/virtual_museum/museum006_medium.jpg">medium size image or /images/history/virtual_museum/museum006_large.jpg">large size image. |
| /images/history/virtual_museum/museum007_small.jpg" height="200" width="260" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> | “Porterian Reflecting Telescope,” blueprint of design for a turret telescope by R. W. Porter, April, 1920. Click to download /images/history/virtual_museum/museum007_medium.jpg">medium size image or /images/history/virtual_museum/museum007_large.jpg">large size image. |
| /images/history/virtual_museum/museum008_small.jpg" height="200" width="160" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> | Photo of R. W. Porter with the Garden Telescopes at the Jones and Lamson Machine Tool Company, Springfield, Vt. Click to download /images/history/virtual_museum/museum008_medium.jpg">medium size image or /images/history/virtual_museum/museum008_large.jpg">large size image. |
| /images/history/virtual_museum/museum009_small.jpg" height="200" width="280" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> | Armillary sphere, watercolor, 14x10 inches, R. W. Porter, 1922. Click to download /images/history/virtual_museum/museum009_medium.jpg">medium size image or /images/history/virtual_museum/museum009_large.jpg">large size image. |
| /images/history/virtual_museum/museum010_small.jpg" height="200" width="150" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> | Color Photo of Walter Scott Houston (1912-1993). Click to download /images/history/virtual_museum/museum010_medium.jpg">medium size image or /images/history/virtual_museum/museum010_large.jpg">large size image. |
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