1925

Butler paints the 1925 solar eclipse from the roof of the Arrigoni Hotel in Middletown, Connecticut .

Howard Russell Butler, American, 1856-1934 Solar Eclipse, 1925 Oil on canvas Princeton University, gift of H. Russell Butler, Jr. PP352

He is appointed supervisor of astronomical exhibitions for the proposed Astronomical Hall, American Museum of Natural History, New York.

Butler is elected a member of the American Astronomical Society.