Russell Porter beside an 8-inch f/1.0 schmidt telescope of his design. Photo by James Fassero, Caltech Engineering Dept. Porter is wearing a suit, and is posed next to his telecope, which sits on a table. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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