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A giant lobster
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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.
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2016-pc-723
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A small aquarium with water plants
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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 sand in the bottom to hold roots of the plants. Keep the aquarium in the light but not in sunshine; it should be in a room where the temperature is uniform, 50 to 60 degrees. A ten-gallon aquarium is easier to manage than one of smaller size. Do not crowd the specimens; a few small fishes will thrive better than several large ones. A rectangular or round aquarium is better than a globe. Feed moderately as waste food will foul the water. It is best to buy prepared foods. Put in a few fresh-water snails to eat green moss off the glass, and a couple of tadpoles to help clean up waste food. Take out refuse with a rubber syphon. Destroy fishes which become diseased. Get an aquarium book and study important details; the New York Aquarium can supply "The Care of Home Aquaria" for 25 cents a copy.
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2016-pc-725
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Alligator and Snapping Turtle, or, Alligator and Spotted Turtle
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Front caption: How to care for Turtles and Small Alligators. Cold-blooded reptiles such as turtles and alligators cannot thrive in captivity during the winter months without a temperature of 75 to 85 degrees. They require permanently warm water and also a dry place upon which they can crawl to enjoy the heat of the sun. Some kinds of turtles feed only under water, but for most of them the water need be only a few inches deep. Alligators and snapping turtles are flesh eaters and may be provided with minnows, frogs, tadpoles, worms, grubs, crayfish, shrimps, small crabs, either live or dead. They will also eat chopped meat, fish, clams and oysters. Many kinds of turtles will eat the above foods,as well as snails, small aquatic mollusks and insects. Others like tender green vegetables such as tomatoes, lettuce, celery and various water plants. The wood turtle, box tortoise and other kinds usually found on dry land, eat berries and mushrooms as well as many of the foods already mentioned. Turtles should be supplied with a variety of foods until those most suitable are ascertained. A Madagascar tortoise at the New York Aquarium has long been fed on bits of apple, peach and banana. Turtles and alligators will feed freely enough when their quarters are kept permanently warm. They need access to sand, earth, warm water and sunshine.
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2016-pc-757
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Angel fish, squirrel fish and spanish hogfish
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Back caption: Angel fish, Squirrel fish and Spanish hogfish, at the Government Aquarium and Museum, Bermuda. Painted by Dr. Andrey Avinoff, eminent naturalist, entomologist, artist, and late Director of the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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2016-pc-797
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Aquarium, Battery Park, New York City
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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 most valuable and complete collection in the world of over 7000 deep sea fish and other sea specimens. Admission free to the public.
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2016-pc-697
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Atlantic cowfish
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Back caption: New York Aquarium / (Stage One, on the ocean front at Coney Island) / Atlantic cowfish / Lactophrys tricornis
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2016-pc-667
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Atlantic walrus
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Back caption: New York Aquarium / (Stage One, on the ocean front at Coney Island) / Atlantic walrus / Odobenus rosmarus
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2016-pc-663
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Black angel fish
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Back caption: Black Angel Fish. Florida and West Indies. Reaches a length of 2 feet. Migrates north to New Jersey.
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2016-pc-735
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Blue crab
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Front caption: Blue Crab--New York Aquarium
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2016-pc-741
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Blue devils
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Back caption: New York Aquarium / (Stage One, on the ocean front at Coney Island) / Blue devils / Chromis sp.
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2016-pc-665
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Broad-headed cichlid
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Back caption: Broad Headed Cichlid. Aequidens latifrons. One of the better known aquarium fishes from South America. Although handsome, it is somewhat disposed to fight.
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2016-pc-783
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Brochure, New York Aquarium, 1960
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Brochure for the New York Aquarium including map, transportation directions, admission costs, hours of operation and general information about the Aquarium
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wcs-2016-nya-gen01
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Brochure, New York Aquarium, 1967
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Brochure for the New York Aquarium including map, transportation directions, admission costs, hours of operation and general information about the Aquarium
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wcs-2016-nya-gen02
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Brochure, New York Aquarium, 1986
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Brochure for the New York Aquarium produced in its 90th anniversary year detailing highlights of the aquarium.
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wcs-2016-nya-gen08
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Brochure, New York Aquarium, circa 1960-1969
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Brochure for the New York Aquarium including map, transportation directions, admission costs, hours of operation and general information about the Aquarium
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text
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wcs-2016-nya-gen03
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Brochure, New York Aquarium, circa 1970-1979
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Brochure for the New York Aquarium including map, transportation directions, admission costs, hours of operation and general information about the Aquarium
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wcs-2016-nya-gen04
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Brook trout, New York Aquarium
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Back caption: Brook Trout. The most beautiful and best known of American trouts.
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2016-pc-711
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Butterfly fish
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Front caption: Butterfly fish, New York Aquarium
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2016-pc-699
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Coney Island Improvement Ground Breaking Ceremony program
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Program for the ground breaking ceremony of the Coney Island Improvement project which included the site for the new New York Aquarium managed by the New York Zoological Society
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wcs-2016-nya-eve20
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Crescent fish
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Back caption: Crescent Fish / Pterophyllum scalare. One of the most handsome of small aquarium fishes. A native of the Amazon River.
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2016-pc-767
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Crimson sea anemone and channelled whelk
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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.
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2016-pc-733
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Eigenmann's gymnotus
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Back caption: Eigenmann's gymnotus / Eigenmania virescens. A peculiar species which propels itself almost entirely by a long fin attached to the lower surface. A relative to the well-known Electric Eel, a native of South America.
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2016-pc-787
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Elephant seal, New York Aquarium
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Back caption: Elephant Seal. Guadalupe Island. West coast of Mexico. A nearly extinct species. Reaches a length of 20 feet.
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2016-pc-715
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Feeding the crocodile
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Front caption: Feeding the Crocodile -- New York Aquarium
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2016-pc-687
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Florida sea anemone & sergeant major
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Back caption: New York Aquarium / (Stage One, on the ocean front at Coney Island) / Florida sea anemone & sergeant major / Condylactus gigantea and Abudefduf saxatilis
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2016-pc-679
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Flying characins
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Back caption: Flying Characins / These small fishes, Gasteropelicus and Carnegiella strigata, are true flying fishes capable of skimming over the water for short distances. They are natives of South America.
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2016-pc-769
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Frogs and salamanders
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Front caption: How to care for Frogs and Salamanders. These animals may be kept in aquaria or other vessels provided with sufficient water to cover them. Provision must be made for space upon which they can rest when out of water. Pieces of damp moss are excellent for salamanders. Frogs will rest on projecting stones or blocks of half submerged wood. Large salamanders require running water. Small varieties may be kept in still water changed daily in winter and oftener in summer, and maintained at a temperature of 68 to 75 degrees Fahr. Frog tadpoles may be kept in balanced aquaria, two to each gallon of water. Specimens fed live food can catch their prey better in shallow water. The common newt accepts food at all seasons of the year. Most salamanders and frogs are cannibals and only those of approximately the same size should be placed together. Frogs in the tadpole stage eat aquatic plants, also chopped fish, liver and meat. Adult frogs eat every moving object they can swallow- earthworms, grasshoppers, crickets, spiders, etc.-and in captivity will also take mealworms dropped in the water and strips of raw beef dangled before them on a stick. Very young salamanders thrive on the white worm. (Enchytraeus) and larger ones eat mealworms, earthworms, insects and small mollusks--snails, slugs, etc. When taught to eat from a feeding stick they will take chopped fresh beef, fish and shellfish.
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2016-pc-755
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Giant grouper
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Back caption: Giant Grouper / Florida and West Indies. A good food fish. Reaches a weight of 400 pounds.
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2016-pc-763
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Giant leatherback turtle, New York Aquarium
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Back caption: Leatherback Turtle. Captured at Belmar, New Jersey. Weighed 840 pounds--the largest on record.
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2016-pc-713
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Giant snapping turtles
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Back caption: Giant Snapping Turtles. Lower Mississippi region. Largest fresh-water turtle. Greatest weight 150 pounds. Jaws very powerful. Used for food.
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2016-pc-745
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Glass fish
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Back caption: Glass Fish / Ambassis lala. A remarkable, nearly transparent fish from the East Indies. The internal details of anatomy can be plainly seen.
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2016-pc-775
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Green and spotted moray
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Back caption: Green Moray, Spotted Moray. Florida and West Indies. Active and voracious. Green Moray reach a length of 9 feet.
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2016-pc-743
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Green moray, New York Aquarium
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Back caption: Green moray. Florida and West Indies. Active and ferocious. Reaches a length of 9 feet.
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2016-pc-703
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Hermit crabs
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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.
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2016-pc-729
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