Collections Video: 1932 Viz-Eclipse Glasses

Total Solar Eclipses are amazing astrological events that occur roughly once every couple of centuries in any given place around the world. On August 21st, 1932, a Total Solar Eclipse travelled across the Northeastern US, including Quebec, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts. Vermonters and tourists were excited to view the eclipse, and ahead of the event, companies like Derick Studio of Orleans manufactured special eclipse glasses for them to safely view the sun.
With a new eclipse coming on April 8th, 2024, Museum Educator Danielle Harris-Burnett takes a look at a pair of Viz-Eclipse glasses that were used during the 1932 Eclipse.
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Read the Wikipedia entry for the 1932 eclipse: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_e...
Read "The Total Solar Eclipse of Aug. 31, 1932" from Nature: www.nature.com/articles/130116a0
Watch a news segment about a 100 year old woman who remembered seeing the 1932 eclipse: • 100-year-old Vermont w...
Read "Twice in a Lifetime: Vermonters Recall the 1932 Eclipse" in Seven Days: www.sevendaysvt.com/guides/tw...
Read "A look back at Vermont's solar eclipse history, and a look ahead to the next total eclipse" in the Burlington Free Press: www.burlingtonfreepress.com/s...
Listen to "This 104-year-old Vermonter will enjoy twice-in-a-lifetime eclipse" on Vermont Public: www.vermontpublic.org/local-n...
Read "Remembering the Eclipse of 1932" in Vermont's Woodland Journal: www.northlandjournal.com/3152-2/
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