Front caption: Aquarium, Battery Park, New York City. Back caption: Aquarium--formerly known as Castle Garden. Located on the seawall of Battery Park -- Statue of Liberty in the background. Contains m...
Back caption: A Giant Lobster. 38 inches long; weight 21 pounds. Captured off Sandy Hook, N. J. Received New York Aquarium Sept. 1913. The longest known specimen.
Front caption: How to care for an Aquarium. Use pure water, which should not be changed; it is better to introduce water plants, which will supply oxygen for aeration. Put fine washed gravel or coarse...
Back caption: Porpoises. Captured at Cape Hatteras, N.C. Porpoises are air breathing, milk giving, warm blooded aquatic mammals of the whale order. These are the only specimens of their kind in captiv...
Back caption: Crimson Sea Anemone and Channelled Whelk. North Atlantic coast. The whelk spawned its string of egg-cocoons 17 inches long in 11 days. The mother whelk is 8 inches in length.
Back caption: Giant Snapping Turtles. Lower Mississippi region. Largest fresh-water turtle. Greatest weight 150 pounds. Jaws very powerful. Used for food.
Back caption: Sturgeon and Small Shark. The sturgeon enters rivers from Maine to Florida to spawn. Reaches a weight of 500 pounds. Eggs used for caviar.
