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Summary Information
Walter Scott Houston Photographs circa 1930-1987 (bulk 1930s-1950s)
PH 6741
1.4 cubic feet of negatives (4 negative boxes) and 0.2 cubic feet of photographs (2 folders)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Photographs, primarily black and white negatives, circa 1930-1987 (bulk 1930s-1950s), relating to the life of Walter Scott Houston (1912-1993), an English teacher and amateur astronomer, consisting of images of Houston, his family and friends, locations in Milwaukee, Green Lake, Plum Lake, Rosendale, and Madison, Wisconsin, as well as telescopes and observatories at Michigan, Harvard University and elsewhere. Also included are print photographs, biographical materials, and a copy of a satirical newsletter for his friends in amateur astronomy titled “The Great Plains Disturber” (as opposed to his usual newsletter “The Great Plains Observer”). English
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