Antique microscopes

I've recently begun to collect antique microscopes, but the two I own now would be considered more vintage than antique. I wish to one day own some like this from the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences collection of antique microscopes.
There are some of the highest quality images of the most beautiful microscopes. Definitely worth a look if you are interested in antique microscope. They even have some made of wood from the 1700s.

A few pics

Let's add some fun pics. I've been in the EM field for a few years now. Here are a few images from back in school. All can be clicked to view them larger. More current work will follow.
This is a diatome. In the background are broken up ones. This was gathered from some diatomaceuos earth that we bought to keep slugs away from the veggies we were growing. The image was gathered with a Hitachi 2700 SEM and colorized in Photoshop.


This is some moss I found growing between two pieces of sidewalk. The image was gathered with a Hitachi 2700 SEM and colorized in Photoshop.


Here are a few images of some gills from a guppy embryo. Some were freeze fractured with liquid nitrogen to expose the contents. The images were gathered on a JEOL 840 SEM. One was colorized in Photoshop.

Hello all,

With any luck, this will turn into a good resource for anyone interested in electron microscopy. I plan to post current protocols I'm using, images from the myriad of different samples I encounter, as well as cool microscopy related news.

Stay tuned!