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From the Archives

Founder of Skyscrapers
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Frank E Seagrave (far right) & company observe the 1925 solar eclipse in front of the observatory.
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Frank E Seagrave (far right) & company observe the 1925 solar eclipse in front of the observatory.
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Frank E Seagrave (far right) & company observe the 1925 solar eclipse in front of the observatory.
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A wide angle view of Seagrave's Observatory in 1925. The building is familiar-looking but it's surroundings certainly have changed over the years.
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The founding letter of Skyscrapers announcing the first meeting at Ladd Observatory on Thursday, May 5, 1932.
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Letter from Skyscrapers inviting 6 other local amateur astronomical clubs to the
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Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto in 1930, visited Seagrave Observatory in the 1980's.
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Physicist Phil Morrison visited Seagrave Observatory in the 1980's.
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Local astronaut Woody Spring presented Skyscrapers with a mission patch and flag flown aboard the space shuttle in 1985.
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Comet discoverer David Levy visited Seagrave Observatory during AstroAssembly 1987.
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Producer of the PBS television series NOVA.
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Visted Skyscrapers during AstroAssembly
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June 6, 2003 meeting
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HP Lovecraft
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This written letter from Frank Evens Seagrave dated May 27, 1932 states his acceptance as an honorary member of Skyscrapers. The founding of Skyscrapers had taken place 2 weeks earlier.
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Skyscrapers founder Charles H. Smiley standing in front of Brown University's Ladd Observatory, May 8, 1940. From the Smiley slide collection.
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