Telescope

Catalogue number:
AF*33724

Inscriptions:
"Thos. B. M. MASON U.S. NAVY"

Dimensions:
aperture 1.25 inches; length 17.25 to 23.5 inches

Discussion:
This telescope has an achromatic objective, and a brass body covered with black leather. It belonged to Theodorus Bailey Myers Mason (1848-1899), a career naval officer, and was probably bought around the time that Mason graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. Mason's sister Cassie (Mrs. Julian) James, a Washington socialite who started the First Ladies Collection, placed it at the Smithsonian in 1912

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