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Negatives - group 2: freshwater fishing, freshwater lake storage or hatchery

 Sub-Series — Shelf: Top of Shelf 1, Box: Fairmount Aquarium, Folder: s
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains materials related to the Philadelphia Aquarium collected from 1904 to 1989. The collection consists of paper documents, photographs, and recorded video. Items in the collection range from newspaper clippings, letters of inquiry, and press releases to correspondence, inventories, and radio program transcripts. Some publications in the collection are loosely related to the Philadelphia Aquarium, but provide insight into comparable aquarium operations during the time...
Dates: 1904-1989; Majority of material found within 1911-1962

Negatives - group 3: family photographs, group shooting, aqueduct construction

 Sub-Series — Shelf: Top of Shelf 1, Box: Fairmount Aquarium, Folder: t
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains materials related to the Philadelphia Aquarium collected from 1904 to 1989. The collection consists of paper documents, photographs, and recorded video. Items in the collection range from newspaper clippings, letters of inquiry, and press releases to correspondence, inventories, and radio program transcripts. Some publications in the collection are loosely related to the Philadelphia Aquarium, but provide insight into comparable aquarium operations during the time...
Dates: 1904-1989; Majority of material found within 1911-1962

Negatives - group 4: family photographs, freshwater fishing, group shooting

 Sub-Series — Shelf: Top of Shelf 1, Box: Fairmount Aquarium, Folder: u
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains materials related to the Philadelphia Aquarium collected from 1904 to 1989. The collection consists of paper documents, photographs, and recorded video. Items in the collection range from newspaper clippings, letters of inquiry, and press releases to correspondence, inventories, and radio program transcripts. Some publications in the collection are loosely related to the Philadelphia Aquarium, but provide insight into comparable aquarium operations during the time...
Dates: 1904-1989; Majority of material found within 1911-1962

Negatives - group 5: fishing, captured frogs, photographs of people in what is possibly Key West, Florida

 Sub-Series — Shelf: Top of Shelf 1, Box: Fairmount Aquarium, Folder: v
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains materials related to the Philadelphia Aquarium collected from 1904 to 1989. The collection consists of paper documents, photographs, and recorded video. Items in the collection range from newspaper clippings, letters of inquiry, and press releases to correspondence, inventories, and radio program transcripts. Some publications in the collection are loosely related to the Philadelphia Aquarium, but provide insight into comparable aquarium operations during the time...
Dates: 1904-1989; Majority of material found within 1911-1962

Negatives - group 6: fish storage lagoons, river ferry, freshwater fishing, unidentified house

 Sub-Series — Shelf: Top of Shelf 1, Box: Fairmount Aquarium, Folder: w
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains materials related to the Philadelphia Aquarium collected from 1904 to 1989. The collection consists of paper documents, photographs, and recorded video. Items in the collection range from newspaper clippings, letters of inquiry, and press releases to correspondence, inventories, and radio program transcripts. Some publications in the collection are loosely related to the Philadelphia Aquarium, but provide insight into comparable aquarium operations during the time...
Dates: 1904-1989; Majority of material found within 1911-1962

Negatives - group 110 (post-1972): group 6.1 + 6.2, Fairmount in disrepair, aquarium tanks with broken glass, exterior of Fairmount Water Works

 Sub-Series — Shelf: Top of Shelf 1, Box: Fairmount Aquarium, Folder: x
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains materials related to the Philadelphia Aquarium collected from 1904 to 1989. The collection consists of paper documents, photographs, and recorded video. Items in the collection range from newspaper clippings, letters of inquiry, and press releases to correspondence, inventories, and radio program transcripts. Some publications in the collection are loosely related to the Philadelphia Aquarium, but provide insight into comparable aquarium operations during the time...
Dates: 1904-1989; Majority of material found within 1911-1962

Footage of the Fairmount Water Works

 Item — Shelf: Top of Shelf 1, Box: Fairmount Aquarium
Scope and Contents

Video of the grounds of the Fairmount Water Works and Philadelphia Aquarium, renovations of the Fairmount dam, water flowing over the Fairmount dam, aquarium sea lions during feeding time, aquarium fish on display in the tanks, people walking on the grounds of the Fairmount Water Works, and exterior shots of Independence Hall.

Dates: 1904-1989; Majority of material found within 1911-1962

Sergeant major

 Sub-Series — Shelf: Top of Shelf 1, Box: Fairmount Aquarium, Folder: 12a
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Photographs of fish on display in the aquarium.

Dates: 1904-1989; Majority of material found within 1911-1962

Golden carp, killifish, and roach

 Sub-Series — Shelf: Top of Shelf 1, Box: Fairmount Aquarium, Folder: 12b
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Photographs of fish on display in the aquarium.

Dates: 1904-1989; Majority of material found within 1911-1962

West Indian snapper

 Sub-Series — Shelf: Top of Shelf 1, Box: Fairmount Aquarium, Folder: 12c
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Photographs of fish on display in the aquarium.

Dates: 1904-1989; Majority of material found within 1911-1962