Description

Telescope: Brown.

From earlier PastPerfect description: "Telescope in a case (an extra eyepiece included). Had belonged to Carl Berquist, Vasa. Carl Bergquist lived in a shack in the woods, a tailor by trade. Carl was born in Farlof, Kristianstad Lan, Skane, Sweden on 1 February 1842 and died in Vasa MN 27 June 1925. Educated in Sweden, he served in the Swedish Army, where he learned his trade as a tailor and furrier. Later, in Vasa, he lived in a small hut in the woods north of town and raised ginseng as a money crop.

According to his obituary, Berquist was in the Swedish army for 12 years, then moved to Denmark and was employed as a sailor for 20 years. He came to the U.S. in 1878, landing in Boston and coming to White Rock by foot. Later he lived in Vasa.

Also donated by Mildred and Ethel Collins."

02/17/2017 a) Black telescope in case.
b) Extra black eye piece.