Pet “Find” of the Month
Singing Canary Guarantee Certificate 1962
A singing canary guarantee certificate from the W.T. Grant Department Store in 1962 ...
Victorian Image of a Woman in Edinburgh with Canaries
A Victorian Stereoview image of a woman on the streets of Edinburgh, Scotland, selling pet birds (canaries?). Notice she is knitting to pass the time until another customer comes along ...
Spratt’s “Sing-Song” Box
This beautifully illustrated box would have held 12 small boxes of Spratt’s Sing-Song Food from the 1920s. Some pet store owner must have also thought this box illustration was beautiful, ...
Illusion Bird cage
MOAPH recently acquired a rare "Illusion Bird Cage" made in Holland around 1850-1875. The fish bowl on top of the cage is in 2 parts, so the canary can fly ...
Bird Cage Fishbowl Combo
This rare "Bird Cage/ Fishbowl" combo was painted yellow (not original), so we changed it back to its original brass-plated color. Made in 1887 by the O. Lindemann & Co. of ...
Maxwell Mica Bird Cage
Maxwell Mica Bird Cage from the museum collection. "Mica" is a 2-dimensional silicate material. This cage was featured in Maxwell's 1849 catalog and was listed to come in two colors, ...
Spratt’s Bird Foods & Parrot Mixture Sign
Sign made by Spratt's showing off several of their products designed for a feed or pet store ...
R. Hyde & Co. Egg Food for Canaries Sign
Sign made by R. Hyde & Co. for their Egg Food for Canaries. R. Hyde was a big bird food manufacturer in England in the 1800s. Sign possibly made in ...
Girl with J.W. Fiske Aquarium
Incredibly rare photograph of a young girl looking into a J.W. Fiske Aquarium in the 1880s ...
Kordon Mod Filter
We recently found two brand-new Mod-Four filters at the closed Carl Naja Aquarium Wholesaler. It is amazing to find two rare “brand new” Mod-Four filters that are actually 50 years ...
South Sea Aquarium
One of the earliest “plastic” aquariums that was used as a promotional give-away. This modern design led to Will-Ness and Metaframe making similar larger-sized plastic aquariums in the same shape ...
1960s Pam’s Parakeet Cartoon
A fun cartoon advertising Folger’s coffee with the help of a pet parakeet, originally published in the 1960s ...
Canary Purchase Certificate
A certificate given by a pet store in 1951 for the guarantee of a recently purchased canary to sing within 21 days of purchase ...
Fitzsimmon’s Bird Gravel
Rare metal can Bird Gravel container for “Fitzsimmon’s Bird Gravel”, manufactured in South Brooklyn, New York. Uncommon late 1800s metal bird gravel tin ...
Eclipse Bird Food
Rare paper tube birdseed container from the 1920s or before. Most of these did not survive the test of time being they were in paper cardboard tubes and very fragile ...
Parakeet Leash
Thin brass chain (leash) with parakeet emblem and small plastic clip. 1960s era and uncommon, but it shows how bird keepers found interesting ways to connect with their pet birds ...
Hard Hammered Copper Aquarium from the 1920s
The Museum of Aquarium and Pet History is offered many historical pet artifacts from time to time. Some we purchase and some we don’t. (And some are donated to the ...
Parlor Aquarium
Since our friend Emiliano wrote a wonderful article this month on Parlor Aquariums I thought we would showcase a recent acquisition of an American-made Parlor Aquarium. We are not sure ...
E-Z Dog Dryer by the Postcraft Company
If you ever dreamed of pampering your pup with a spa-like experience, then our Pet Find of the Month will resonate with you. The E-Z Dog Dryer is a salon ...