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Group Photographs from AAVSO Meetings

The AAVSO is a dynamic organization that has continuously evolved since its founding in 1911. Below, witness how the AAVSO photographs of attendees at the AAVSO Spring and Annual meetings have changed over the last eight decades!

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[links to most recent group photos coming soon]

1915?  Meeting
1916 Annual Meeting at HCO
1917 Meeting
1917 Formal Organizational Meeting
1917 Spring  Meeting
1917 Spring Meeting at the home of David B. Pickering, Orange, NJ
1918 Meeting
1918 Annual Meeting on Nov.23 at  Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1919 Meeting
1919 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge MA
1920 Meeting
1920 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge MA
1921 Meeting
1921 Annual Meeting on Nov. 5 at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1921 Meeting
1921 Spring Meeting at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
1922 Spring  Meeting
1922 Spring Meeting at the home of William Tyler Olcott, Norwich, CT
1923 Meeting
1923 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1924 Meeting
1924 Annual Meeting on Oct.11 at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA

1925 Spring meeting

1925 Spring Meeting on May 25 at the home of J. Ernest G. Yalden, Leonia, NJ

1925 Annual  Meeting

1925 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA

   
1926 Annual  Meeting
1926 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1927 Meeting
1927 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge MA
1927 Spring  Meeting
1927 Spring Meeting at Yale University, New Haven, CT
1928 Annual  Meeting
1928 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
192? Meeting
192? Meeting
192?  Meeting
192? Meeting
1930 Meeting
1930 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1930 Meeting
1930 Spring Meeting at Maria Mitchell Observatory, Nantucket, MA
193? Meeting
193? Meeting
1932 Meeting
1932 Spring Meeting at Hood College in Frederick, MD
1934 Meeting
1934 Spring Meeting at Fels Planetarium in Philadelphia, PA
1935 Meeting
1935 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1938 Meeting
1938 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1938 Spring  Meeting
1938 Spring Meeting at Brown University, Providence, RI
1939 Spring  Meeting
1939 Spring Meeting at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1946 Meeting
1946 Spring Meeting at Smith College, Northampton, MA
1947 Spring  Meeting
1947 Spring Meeting at Hood College, Frederick, MD
1948 Spring  Meeting
1948 Spring Meeting at Williston Observatory, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
1949 Meeting
1949 Annual Meeting
1950 Meeting
1950 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge MA
1950 Spring  Meeting
1950 Spring Meeting at Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
1951 Annual  Meeting
1951 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1951 Meeting
1951 Spring Meeting at Georgetown University, Washington, DC
1952 Annual  Meeting
1952 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1952 Spring 
Meeting
1952 Spring Meeting at Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
1953 Meeting
1953 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1953 Meeting
1953 Spring Meeting, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1954 Spring 
Meeting
1954 Spring Meeting at Columbia University, New York City, NY
1955 Spring 
Meeting
1955 Spring Meeting at Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh, PA
1955 Annual 
Meeting
1955 Annual Meeting at Museum of Natural History, Springfield, MA
1956 Annual 
Meeting
1956 Annual Meeting at Museum of Natural History, Springfield, MA
1956 Meeting
1956 Spring Meeting at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1957 Meeting
1957 Annual Meeting, Amherst College, Amherst, MA. The newspaper Dorrit Hoffleit is holding announces the Sputnik satellite launching by the USSR.
1957 Spring 
Meeting
1957 Spring Meeting at Montreal Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada at Sir George Williams College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1958 Meeting
1958 Spring Meeting, Maria Mitchell Observatory, Nantucket, MA
1959 Annual 
Meeting
1959 Annual Meeting at The Edgehill Inn, Nahant, MA
1959? 
Spring Meeting
1959 Spring Meeting at Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL?
1960 
Annual Meeting?
1960 Annual Meeting at Museum of Natural History, Springfield, MA
1960 Spring 
Meeting
1960 Spring Meeting at Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY
1961 Meeting
1961 50th anniversary meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1961 Meeting
1961 Spring meeting at Ottawa Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada at the Canadian National Research Council Buildings, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1962 Spring 
Meeting
1962 Spring Meeting at Georgetown University, Washington, DC
1963 Annual 
Meeting
1963 Annual Meeting at Aldrich Observatory, Worcester, MA
1963 Spring 
Meeting
1963 Spring Meeting at Lafayette Hotel, Long Beach, CA
1966 Spring 
Meeting
1966 Spring Meeting at Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL
1975 Meeting
1975 Spring Meeting at Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta, GA
1977 Spring 
Meeting
1977 Spring Meeting at Capitol Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC
1978 Annual 
Meeting
1978 Annual Meeting at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA
1978 Meeting
1978 Spring Meeting, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1979 Annual 
Meeting
1979 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1979 Meeting
1979 Spring Meeting, Altamonte Springs Racquet Club, Orlando, FL
1980 Meeting
1980 Annual Meeting, The Espousal Conference Center, Waltham, MA
1980 Spring 
Meeting
1980 Spring Meeting at Houston Airport Hilton International, Houston, TX
1982 Meeting
1982 Annual Meeting, Center for Space Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
1983 Meeting
1983 Annual Meeting at Maria Mitchell Observatory, Nantucket, MA
1983 Spring 
Meeting
1983 Spring Meeting at Quebec Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and l'Association des Groupes d'Astronomes Amateurs, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
1984 Annual 
Meeting
1984 Annual Meeting at Hawthorne Inn, Salem, MA
1984 Meeting
1984 Spring Meeting, Iowa State University and Ames Area Amateur Astronomers, Ames, IA
1985 Spring 
Meeting
1985 Spring Meeting at University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1985 Annual 
Meeting
1985 Annual Meeting at Williston Observatory, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
1986 Meeting
1986 75th Anniversary Meeting and Dedication of New AAVSO Headquarters at Harvard Law School and Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1987 Meeting
1987 Spring Meeting at Hotel Atherton and Marine Memorial Club, San Francisco, CA
1989 Meeting
1989 Spring Meeting at Heritage Inn, Williamsburg, VA
1990 
European Meeting
1990 First AAVSO European Meeting at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
1991 Meeting
1991 Annual Meeting at AAVSO Headquarters and Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1992 Meeting
1992 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1993 Meeting
1993 Annual Meeting, AAVSO Headquarters and Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1994 Meeting
1994 Annual Meeting at AAVSO Headquarters and Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1995 Meeting
1995 Annual Meeting at AAVSO Headquarters and Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1996 Meeting
1996 Annual Meeting at AAVSO Headquarters and Harvard College Observatory,Cambridge, MA
1997 Meeting
1997 Second AAVSO  European Meeting (Spring) in Sion and St. Luc, Switzerland
1997 Meeting
1997 Annual Meeting, Chicopee and Williston Observatory, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
1998 Meeting
1998 Spring Meeting at University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
1998 Meeting
1998 Annual Meeting, AAVSO Headquarters and Howard Johnson Hotel, Cambridge, MA
1999 Meeting
1999 Spring Meeting at University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1999 Meeting
1999 Annual Meeting at Four Points Sheraton Hotel, Hyannis, MA
2000 Meeting
2000 Spring Meeting and First High-Energy Astrophysics Workshop for Amateur Astronomers at NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
2000 Meeting
2000 Annual Meeting at AAVSO Headquarters and Massachusetts Medical Society Headquarters,  Waltham, MA
2001 Meeting
2001 Spring Meeting at Yerkes Observatory, Madison, WI
2001 Meeting
2001 Annual Meeting at AAVSO Headquarters and Holiday Inn,  Somerville, MA
2002 
Meeting
2002 Spring Meeting at Waikoloa Beach Outrigger Hotel, Waikoloa Beach, HI
2002 Meeting
2002 Annual Meeting, AAVSO Headquarters and Holiday Inn, Somerville, MA

2003 Meeting
2003 Spring Meeting at University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

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