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Spotted moray

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

Front caption: Spotted Moray -- New York Aquarium

Type of Resource

Photograph

Sea horses

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

Front caption: Sea Horses -- New York Aquarium

Type of Resource

Photograph

Butterfly fish

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

Front caption: Butterfly fish, New York Aquarium

Type of Resource

Photograph

Sergeant major, New York Aquarium

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

Back caption: Butterfly fish. From Florida and the West Indies. Sometimes called four-eyes.

Type of Resource

Photograph

Green moray, New York Aquarium

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

Back caption: Green moray. Florida and West Indies. Active and ferocious. Reaches a length of 9 feet.

Type of Resource

Photograph

Brook trout, New York Aquarium

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

Back caption: Brook Trout. The most beautiful and best known of American trouts.

Type of Resource

Photograph

Octopus -- New York Aquarium

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Description

Back caption: Octopus or Devil Fish. From Bermuda. A Pacific species--is 28 feet across the arms.

Type of Resource

Photograph

Short-nosed gar, New York Aquarium

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

Back caption: Short-Nosed Gar. Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley. Related to extinct Ganoid fishes.

Type of Resource

Photograph

Sea horse -- New York Aquarium

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

Back caption: Sea-Horse / Atlantic coast. Sometimes found in New York bay. One of the few fishes with a grasping tail. Grows seven inches long.

Type of Resource

Photograph

Aquarium, Battery Park, New York City

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

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...

Type of Resource

Photograph

Giant leatherback turtle, New York Aquarium

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

Back caption: Leatherback Turtle. Captured at Belmar, New Jersey. Weighed 840 pounds--the largest on record.

Type of Resource

Photograph

Elephant seal, New York Aquarium

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Description

Back caption: Elephant Seal. Guadalupe Island. West coast of Mexico. A nearly extinct species. Reaches a length of 20 feet.

Type of Resource

Photograph

Spiny lobster

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

Back caption: Spiny Lobster / From Flordia and West Indies. Grows very large; much used for food.

Type of Resource

Photograph

Muskallunge

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

Back caption: Muskallunge. Northern United States and Canada. Largest of the pike family.

Type of Resource

Photograph

A giant lobster

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

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.

Type of Resource

Photograph

A small aquarium with water plants

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

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...

Type of Resource

Photograph

Black angel fish

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

Back caption: Black Angel Fish. Florida and West Indies. Reaches a length of 2 feet. Migrates north to New Jersey.

Type of Resource

Photograph

Porpoises

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Description

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...

Type of Resource

Photograph

Hermit crabs

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Description

Back caption: Hermit Crabs / These crabs live in empty sea shells, which they carry with them, moving into larger shells as they increase in size.

Type of Resource

Photograph

Spade fish

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Description

Back caption: Spade fish. From Florida and West Indies. Reaches a weight of 20 pounds.

Type of Resource

Photograph

Crimson sea anemone and channelled whelk

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

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.

Type of Resource

Photograph

Large groupers

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

Back caption: Large Groupers. Florida and West Indies. Yellow-fin, Red and Nassau groupers. All important food fishes. Greatest weight 50 pounds.

Type of Resource

Photograph

Green and spotted moray

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

Back caption: Green Moray, Spotted Moray. Florida and West Indies. Active and voracious. Green Moray reach a length of 9 feet.

Type of Resource

Photograph

Giant snapping turtles

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

Back caption: Giant Snapping Turtles. Lower Mississippi region. Largest fresh-water turtle. Greatest weight 150 pounds. Jaws very powerful. Used for food.

Type of Resource

Photograph

Sturgeon and small shark

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In WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards

Description

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.

Type of Resource

Photograph

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Subject

  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) (87)
  • Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) (87)
  • postcards (76)
  • Battery Park (New York, N.Y.) (57)
  • Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) (54)
  • Fishes (38)
  • invitations (20)
  • admission tickets (11)
  • brochures (10)
  • reply cards (10)
  • Eels (6)
  • souvenir programs (6)
  • Bermuda Islands (5)
  • Aquariums (4)
  • programs (documents) (4)
  • Sea horses (4)
  • cards (information artifacts) (3)
  • leaflets (printed works) (3)
  • Lobsters (3)
  • booklets (2)
  • books (2)
  • Octopus (Genus) (2)
  • Sea anemones (2)
  • Sharks (2)
  • tickets (2)
  • Walrus (2)
  • Alligators (1)
  • Aquarium fishes (1)
  • biographies (literary works) (1)
  • Blue crab (1)
  • building plans (1)
  • Channeled whelk (1)
  • Crocodiles (1)
  • Elephant seals (1)
  • Frogs (1)
  • Green turtle (1)
  • Hermit crabs (1)
  • Leatherback turtle (1)
  • Manatees (1)
  • Porpoises (1)
  • Salamanders (1)
  • Snapping turtles (1)
  • stickers (1)
  • Turtles (1)
  • Wildlife conservation (1)
  • Zoo keepers (1)

Creators/Contributors

  • Show all (47708)
  • (-) New York Aquarium (153)
  • Armbruster, Eugene L., 1865-1943 (9910)
  • Hassler, William Davis, 1877-1921 (4629)
  • Stonebridge, George Ehler (4595)
  • Green, Norvin H. (Norvin Hewitt) (2841)
  • H.F. Dutcher (Firm) (2841)
  • Bjorkman, Fritz E., 1892-1967 (2130)
  • Blumenthal, Herman A., 1916-1986 (2130)
  • Geo. P. Hall & Son (1647)
  • Ingalls, Frank M. (1605)
  • Messenger, Maria Gerard, 1849-1937 (1461)
  • Drucker & Baltes Co. (904)
  • Fulton Group (Firm) (904)
  • General Outdoor Advertising Group (904)
  • Thomas Cusack Company (904)
  • New York Zoological Park (759)
  • Alland, Alexander (717)
  • Bracklow, Robert L., 1849-1919 (717)
  • Smith, James Reuel, 1852-1935 (682)
  • Whitney Studio Galleries (477)
  • American Studio (New York, N.Y.) (476)
  • Boyette (Firm) (476)
  • Klein Brothers Studio (New York, N.Y.) (476)
  • Roege, William J., 1893-1970 (476)
  • New York (State). National Guard (415)
  • Whitney Studio Club (385)
  • Poland. Polskie Siły Zbrojne (313)
  • Force, Juliana, 1876-1948 (312)
  • National Federation of Catholic College Students (U.S.) (311)
  • Brooklyn College (281)
  • H.N. Tiemann & Co. (279)
  • Tiemann, H. N., 1863-1957 (279)
  • Levick, Edwin, 1869-1929 (212)
  • Democratic Party (Kings County, N.Y.) (171)
  • General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York (157)
  • New York Botanical Garden (156)
  • New York Zoological Society (148)
  • Hall of Fame for Great Americans (New York, N.Y.) (146)
  • Brooklyn Democratic Party (145)
  • Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart (138)
  • Whitney Studio (123)
  • Evangelistic Committee of New York City (109)
  • Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930 (109)
  • Johnston, J. S. (John S.) (108)
  • New York Naval Shipyard (106)
  • Rosch, John, 1854-1949 (106)
  • Hostos Community College (102)
  • American Student Union. Brooklyn College Chapter (99)
  • Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (97)
  • Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center (New York, N.Y.) (87)

Owning Institutions

  • Wildlife Conservation Society (153)

Part of Collection

  • WCS Archives, Ephemera Collection (77)
  • WCS Library, New York Aquarium Postcards (75)

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Object Type

  • Photograph (109)
  • Book (42)
  • Collection (1)
  • Map (1)

MIME Type

  • image/jpeg (78)
  • image/jp2 (75)

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