Archives - 1930s

A meeting of the Toronto Centre on 1938 February 8.  Report in JRASC.

Note from Don A. MacRae (1998):

Now for the glass slide:

Bert Topham's observatory in Toronto (received 1938 June 1).

Bert Topham's observatory in Toronto (picture received 1938 June 1).

Bert Topham's observatory in Toronto (picture received 1938 June 1).

Members of AAAS Section D, 1938 June 29.

RASC National Archives | 1930s

At the 1937 Annual Meeting of the RASC (see page 67 of Looking Up). City of Toronto Archives G&M 44784.

RASC National Archives | 1930s

Mrs. Dunlap opening the observatory with a golden key (1934?). James Collection, City of Toronto Archives.

RASC National Archives | 1930s

Photograph of member of the IAU party and Victoria Centre members, taken on August 10, 1932 on the steps of the Administration Building Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria BC. Photo by Edgar Fleming, Victoria BC. Original at DDO.

An image map with names is available.

Ambrose Swasey (1846-1937) and the 82-inch McDonald Observatory telescope. Photo by The Warner & Swasey Company, Cleveland, Ohio.

DDO staff and students in 1939. Front row: Ruth Northcott, Dr. Chant, Helen Hogg, Edna Fuller. Back row: Gerald Longworth, Andy Bunker, George Tidy, Dr. Young, Frank Hogg, Peter Millman, Jack Heard.