I can't get the photo for some odd reason. Can someone send it to me?

Thanks!

deb

On 10/10/06, VanBuren, Stephen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Interesting - did anyone else save it and open in a pic manipulater, then
> rotate it so it's standing on its legs?  Lookds like part of a larger
> assembly, either collecting or generating a light source.
>
> A great party favor.
>
> sv
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> From: Museum discussion list on behalf of Glenn A. Walsh
> Sent: Tue 10/10/2006 6:41 PM
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> Subject: Re: Mystery Artifact
>
>
>
> Yes, the mystery object does suggest a telescope. I
> would recommend that you check with Peter Abrahams of
> the Antique Telescope Society. He should be able to
> help you:
>
> "Abrahams, Peter" < [log in to unmask] >
>
> gaw
>
>
> --- Vanya Scott <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Date:         Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:15:23 -0400
> > From:         Vanya Scott <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Mystery Artifact
> > To:           [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Greetings:
> >
> > I have a mystery artifact that I hope one of you
> > fine museum people can help
> > me identify. Please follow this link to view a
> > photo:
> >
> > ftp.dri.edu/pub/museum/photos/mysteryartifact
> >
> > This item reminds me of a telescope; it stands about
> > 3 feet tall, and has a
> > brass barrel with a converted flashlight body as an
> > apparent power source
> > strapped to the support frame below the brass
> > barrel. At the upper end of the
> > barrel is a glass lens, although there is no lens
> > where the "eye piece" would
> > be.
> >
> > It was found near the old Camp Desert Rock air strip
> > on the Nevada Test Site
> > by a man who worked there as a weather technician.
> > He found it in the early
> > 1970s, and kept it in his garage all these years.
> >
> > Is this possibly a surveying or tracking instrument
> > of some sort? The
> > construction is possibly 1950s or 60s. Would it have
> > been used at the Nevada
> > Test Site?
> >
> > Thanks for any input you can give me. If you like, I
> > can send more photos of
> > the item.
> >
> > Regards, Vanya
> >
> > Vanya Scott, Registrar
> > Atomic Testing Museum
> > 755 E. Flamingo Road
> > Las Vegas, NV  89119-7363
> > 702-794-5142 (voice)
> > 702-794-5155 (fax)
>
> gaw
>
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