Aquarium & Pet Product Gallery

Interesting full page ad in the Neiman Marcus "NOEL" catalog from 1968. Notice how you can also order this aquarium with cultured pearls for only ...

A nice Hendryx birdcage ad from the Fall 1964 edition of Pet Life Magazine. I love the Asian-style roof birdcage on the top right side! ...

A two-page ad spread from the July 1967 edition of Pet Industry. One page shows Italian birdcages, and the second page shows Genykage cages from ...

Full page ad for EHEIM power filters, 50 years ago! EHEIM was distributed by Kordon Corporation back in the 1970s. Today's EHEIM filters can be ...

The 1970s saw the introduction of acrylic aquariums. Acrylic is lighter than glass, clearer than glass, and allows for round corners or tunnels. It was ...

The famous guppy hobbyist, Paul Hahnel, is endorsing fish food from Aquarium Stock Company. From the July 1962 edition of Tropical Fish Hobbyist ...

Ah, what's better than a Lucky Strike AND a fish tank! Ad from 1958 ...

Many Hollywood actresses kept canaries as pets, including actress Penny Singleton, star of Columbia's "Blondie" pictures. 1950s ad published in Women's Day Magazine ...

Interesting page advertising Maxim Fish Food in 1934. I did not know that Maxim Sales Co. distributed Christopher Coates' book "Tropical Fish as Pets". Coates ...

An ad for an unusual birdcage manufacturer (Hershey Company) that specialized in cages to breed or show birds. From the July 1955 edition of American ...

"Tame your parakeet in 15 minutes." If anyone has ever purchased this or knows about this product, please let us know. From the December 1961 ...

One of the earliest plastic frame aquariums (pre All-Glass aquariums). From the December 1961 edition of Pet Shop Management ...

Longlife Products circa 1961. From the December 1961 edition of Pet Shop Management ...

Yet another full page ad for Kaytee bird seed talking about how Capital Airline Constellations fed their company parakeets traveling on planes with Kaytee Bird ...

Full page spread in a 1970s Hagen Catalog for Hagen Italian birdcages. Several U.S. companies imported birdcages from Asia, Belgium, Italy, and England from the ...

I could never figure out why a squid flake product wasn't successful? From the August 1975 edition of Aquarium Industry ...

Innerspace Products, the manufacturer of the famous Vortex Diatom Filter made a strange "Pro-Filter 400" in 1975. Never Seen one, have you? From the August ...

It's mind-boggling that the number 1 manufacturer (at the time in 1961) of kitty litter also made Hamster-Lite (litter). Ever seen one? From the December ...

Quite possibly the very first "over the counter" remedy for pet turtles! From the December 1961 edition of Pet Shop Management ...

A full-page ad listing the 37 bird products American 3 Vees Co. made in 1955. From the July 1955 edition of American Cage Bird Magazine ...

Hershey's "Atomite" electric automatic steam vaporizer-difuser insect spray. "Effective against mites, lice, roaches, fleas, mosquitoes, and ants." Never seen one of these but would love ...

A rare bird product called "bird tutor" that will teach your bird to talk from a recording of your own voice. Never seen one but ...

Four interesting piston pumps sold by Aqua-Life Products in 1961. The second row, right side one is shaped like a fish! ...

Several aquarium tank manufacturers have tried their hand at manufacturing aluminum-framed aquariums. Starting with Peerless and Jewel Aquarium in the 1910s-1920s and ending with Sternco ...

Interesting ad showing APPCO (Aqua Pump and Products Corp) line of pumps and filters. Their pumps had a clear, blue-tinted cover to show how the ...

People sometimes ask what product we are missing in the museum that we would love to find. This "Jensen Air Pump De Luxe" is one ...

MARCO was a well known aquarium pump manufacturer from the 1930s through 1950s. For a short while they made these (outside the tank) filters, which ...

Would this be the "muscle car" of outside hang-on power filters for the aquarium? Ad slick/product flyer from 1977 ...

When air-driven filters (for aquariums) were king! Scattergood's Filterking of course. And yes, we want one!! From the November 1953 edition of The Aquarium ...

A rare automatic fish feeder. Very unusual that they used a gelatin-based capsule that dissolved in 20 minutes to feed your fish. Never seen one! ...

Wil-Nes (later turning into the Metaframe Co.) was the first to manufacture a heater and thermostat all in one glass tube! From the November 1953 ...

A few unusual size containers of Tetra Flake Food. I have never seen the sample size counter display box ...

A cute "picnic bench" made for your pet parakeet. Made by Boshardy's Wood Products in the USA ...

Sea Life live phytoplankton. Could this be the first commercially available food to feed to live corals, sponges, baby seahorses, etc?? From the June 1984 ...

A very unusual acrylic "space ship" shaped aquarium. Manufactured over 50 years ago. I've never seen one, have you? ...

A silly “pet” which in reality was just brine shrimp. Hard to believe they sold “over 3 million worldwide”! ...

A unique bird cage manufactured by K.C. Wire Products in 1972 ...

An unusual aquarium with a plastic bow front! We would love to find one of these. From the May 1965 edition of Pet Shop Management ...

A crazy bar scene ad that advertises a mid-century bird cage from Pacific Cage and Screen Co., of Los Angeles. From the May 1965 edition ...

The classic Bubble-Up Filter invented by Wil-Nes and later moved to the Metaframe brand. From the May 1965 edition of Pet Shop Management ...

Ad for "Living World" Complete Aquarium Kits by Metaframe (owned by Mattel Toys at the time). From the February 1972 edition of Pets/Supplies/Marketing ...

Interesting "Septic Drain" Aquarium allowing for easy cleaning. Manufactured by Septic Drain Aquarium Co. Ever seen one? From the February 1972 edition of Pet/Supplies/Marketing ...

Lustar was an American-based injection molding company that also made a line of bird and reptile products. The turtle bowl debacle ultimately led to the ...

An unusual ad, even for 1947, for Don Compton, a breeder of monkeys for more than 20 years! ...

An Advertisement for a record to teach your parakeet to talk, laugh, and whistle.  The MOAPH Museum has over 30 albums on how to teach ...

A two-page ad for Longlife Aquarium Products from Pets/Supplies/Marketing magazine 1972 ...

A "Space Age" air pump by Buchanan Products Co., of Long Beach, CA ...

Ferret Television is Gone!  If anyone out there has any vintage ferret products or tapes from FerretTV.com, please get in touch with us ...

An interesting outside hang-on filter that connected to the under-gravel filter.   ...

The well-known bird food company Kaytee - was originally owned by the seed merchants, Knoug & Tesch of Chilton, Wisconsin ...