Archives - 1950s

RASC Regina Centre observatory in 1955.

The Regina Observatory and the 10-inch McClung reflector in 1955. A portable 8-inch belonging to a member is on the right.

RASC Montréal Centre observatory in 1955.

RASC windsor Centre 9th Annual Observation Night (1953): looked at the moon and rings around Saturn.
Left to right: C.H. Montrose, R.C. Bradley, Mrs. Helen Huneault, W.A. Hare, Lambert Huneault, Danny Bawtenheimer, G.A. Nyberg.

Newbrook Meteor Observatory, November 1953.

Star Night at Westmount Park in Montreal on 1952 September 25 with a 6-inch reflector. R. Venn, R. Venor (with tie), M. Rosenthal, C. Fox, Dr. Charles Fox (right). Photo by H. Falconar & D. Murray; sent by Louie Bernstein of RASC Montréal Centre.

Star Night at Westmount Park in Montréal on 1952 September 25 with a 6-inch reflector.

No identification. Sent by Louie Bernstein of the RASC Montréal Centre. This photo may have appeared in the Montréal Gazette. Graetz Bros. Ltd. Photographers Prints No. 77123.

A display put on by RASC London Centre in 1952. Photograph by Arthur A. Gleason, London, Ontario. Original print at DDO.

AAVSO meeting group photo at Potsdam, NY in 1952.
(The Snap Shop, Potsdam, NY, USA. Original print at DDO. No key.)

Three successive RASC Windsor Centre presidents (left to right): Cyril Hallam, Dan Bautenheimer, Charlie Bell discuss plans for a meeting in 1950. (Lorne Rogers and Cameron Montrose were also in the original photo.)