Museum Letters
Pet Shop News: Gates A. Halfin Writes a Letter 1937
Great letter from Gates Halfin on the joy of owning a pet shop and the joy customers receive from having a pet! From the April 1937 edition of All-Pets Magazine ...
Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward Letter
Letter shared by our friend Emiliano Spada. Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward was the Inventor of the “Warden Case” which is the modern-day Vivarium or Terrarium ...
California Academy of Sciences
Interesting reply letter to famous aquarist Gene Wolfsheimer from Robert Dempster of the Steinhart Aquarium in 1965. Gene wanted to spearhead the development of a public aquarium in Los Angeles ...
Modern Pet Shop
A letter to Miss Elsie L. Jones inquired about purchasing a Newfoundland puppy from Modern Pet Shop of Philadelphia. A follow-up card was sent thanking her for the purchase and ...
Pittsburgh Aquarium Society 1919
Pittsburgh Aquarium Society 1919: An interesting original letter from the president of the Pittsburgh Aquarium Society thanking Charles H. Townsend, director of the New York Aquarium, for pamphlets he had ...