We now take you to the Observatory at Princeton. War of the Worlds Broadcast 1938

      THE OBSERVSTORY AT PRINCETON IS ABOUT 10 MINUTES FROM GROVERS MILL NJ.  During the 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast it was mentioned as the work place of Orson Welles's character, Professor Richard Pierson. As the Astronomer at the Observatory, it is Pierson who goes out to a Grovers Mill farm on Halloween eve to inspect a recent meteor crash that turns out to be a Martian cylinder. Soon panic ensues as a creature from Mars appears out of the cylinder causing havoc on the crowd and town before making their way across New Jersey to conquer NYC.  In Artist Robert Hummel's thirst scene in his painted series inspired from the 1938 broadcast, he chose to feature the 1934 built Observatory at Princeton while under Martian attack. The former Fitzrandolph Observatory no longer is in use but still stands on the Princeton Campus in 2019 a mere 81 years after the broadcast. Www.BattleAtGroversMill.com. Painting 3x4 feet acrylic on canvas. PRINTS are available as well as the original painting for history and art collectors. Scene 1&2 have been aquired and prints are also available. Contact RHummel1@aol.com