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1911 - 1941 September 1

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract: Exhibition. Held annually beginning in 1911 and ending approximately September 1, 1941. Location unknown within the American Museum of Natural History. The New York Aquarium Society Annual Exhibition featured examples of aquaria, and later included terraria, with live animals.

Summary

The New York Aquarium Society Annual Exhibition featured examples of aquaria, terraria, and live animals. The exhibition was held annually, from 1911 to approximately 1941. The documentation for the exhibition is incomplete; it is mentioned in Museum press releases in 1934 and 1936 and Museum annual reports in 1911, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1928, 1936, and 1941. The 1936 annual report describes various exhibitions held in the foyer (Grand Gallery), Education Hall, and Reptile Hall (Hall of Reptiles and Amphibians), including the Aquarium Society Exhibition, but does not name which exhibitions were held where (1, 1936, p. 13).

Highlights from various years included:

*1911: Tropical fish (1, 1911, p. 51)

*1934: Tanks showing various methods of breeding and reproduction, terraria of snakes and lizards from the Museum's Experimental Biology Department (2, 1934)

*1936: Danios, Basiliscus, sunfish, shiners, dace, catfish, and treefrogs, and an assistant who explained methods of keeping terraria and aquaria (3, 1936)

*1941: Butterfly fish from Congo and Niger Rivers in Africa, Mouth breeders from Africa, guppies, Claud toad, Tilapia, Surinam toad from Brazil, American alligators, Florida snapping turtle, Suwanee turtle, soft-shelled turtle, large northern bullfrog, Coral snake mimics, Collared lizards from Utah, Giant Tree Frogs, striped racer and red-horned toad from Zion National Park; Climbing perch, Egyptian Mouth breeders, a tank of blown glass models of aquatic life, and toads. Exhibitors included the Museum's Department of Experimental Biology and Department of Herpetology, Gilbert Marcrossen, William Holbein, and Lyna Randel (1, 1941, p. 1-3)

This is a condensed summary of the exhibition. For additional information, see Sources and/or Related Resources.

Sources

(1) American Museum of Natural History. Annual Reports. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1911-1941.

(2) American Museum of Natural History. Press Release. September 14, 1934. Departmental Records. DR 101. American Museum of Natural History Library.

(3) American Museum of Natural History. Press Release. September 1936. Departmental Records. DR 101. American Museum of Natural History Library.

(4) American Museum of Natural History. Press Release. August 30, 1941. Departmental Records. DR 101. American Museum of Natural History Library.

Chronology

1911: First annual New York Aquarium Society Exhibit held at the Museum
1912: Exhibition held at the Museum
1913: Exhibition held at the Museum
1914: Exhibition held at the Museum
1915: Exhibition held at the Museum
1916: Exhibition held at the Museum
1917 October 12 - 1917 October 14: Exhibition held at the Museum
1918: Exhibition held at the Museum
1919: Exhibition held at the Museum
1920: Exhibition held at the Museum
1921: Exhibition held at the Museum
1922: Exhibition held at the Museum
1923: Exhibition held at the Museum
1924: Exhibition held at the Museum
1925: Exhibition held at the Museum
1926: Exhibition held at the Museum
1927: Exhibition held at the Museum
1928: Exhibition held at the Museum
1929: Exhibition held at the Museum
1930: Exhibition held at the Museum
1931: Exhibition held at the Museum
1932: Exhibition held at the Museum
1933 September, approximately: Exhibition held at the Museum
1934 September 14 - 1934 September 16: Exhibition held at the Museum
1935 September, approximately: Exhibition held at the Museum
1935 September 5 - 1935 September 7: Exhibition held at the Museum
1937: Exhibition held at the Museum
1938: Exhibition held at the Museum
1939: Exhibition held at the Museum
1940: Exhibition held at the Museum
1941 August 30 - 1941 September 1: Exhibition held at the Museum

Terms

place: New York

Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

: American Museum of Natural History. Department of Experimental Biology.
Contributed to exhibits; 1941, possibly during other years (4, 1941, p. 1)
: American Museum of Natural History. Department of Herpetology.
Called the Department of Amphibians and Reptiles during early years of New York Aquarium Society exhibitions, the department worked with the New York Aquarium Society to present the exhibition (1, 1911, p. 51).
: Holbein, William
Exhibited Egyptian Mouth breeder; 1941 (4, 1941, p. 2)
: Macrossen, Gilbert
Exhibited Climbing perch; 1941 (4, 1941, p. 2)
: New York Aquarium Society
Institutional partner
: Randel, Lyna
Exhibited "two tame and amusing toads", a female named Looney and a male named Bromy, exhibited by Lyna Randel, and "this pair like to have their heads and backs brushed with a long soft water color brush and particularly fond of chocolate; 1941 (1, 1941, p. 2-3)"
: Zaharia, Sidney
Exhibited blown glass models of aquatic life; 1941 (4, 1941, p. 3)

Related Resources

: American Museum of Natural History. Annual Reports. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1911-1941.
For the years 1911, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1928, 1936, and 1941
: American Museum of Natural History press releases, 1933-1990s.
September 14, 1934; September 1936; August 30, 1941

New York Aquarium Society Annual Exhibition (Exhibition)

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