Historic Awards, Trophies, & Posters

A large award collage made by Pam Chin. Pam is a well-known aquarist writer, speaker, traveler, and fish breeder. She is also one of the founding members of the “Babes ...

The Canadian Aquaria Society Annual Challenge Trophy was given to one recipient each year who accumulated the most breeder award points. One recipient, Paul Wettlaufer, owned Piranha Aquarium in Toronto, ...

Award for third place betta fish received by Gary Bagnall at the 21st annual Harbor Aquarium Society show. And living proof that I never throw anything away! (53 years later!) ...

Variety of trophies for dwarf cichlids and Tanganyikan cichlids awarded from 1986-1991. Trophies were won and donated by Laif DeMason ...

Two fish judging award plaques that were given to Enoch Gray from the Swansea Aquarium Club (Canada). Plaques are from the Robert Harris collection ...

An early German exhibit poster from 1914, exhibiting aquarium fish, reptiles, and amphibians ...

A large treasure-trove of beautiful cage bird trophies and plaques. Most from bird shows in Northern England and dated from the 1980s. MOAPH would like to thank Brian Redhead for ...

Two medals that were given out at tropcial fish shows in the 1970s. One is from the long-gone Pan Pacific Guppy Association in California. (Let us know if anyone out ...

A nice group of tropical fish show trophies awarded to our friend Bob Harris. These awards date from the 1960s through the 1970s and were for guppies, minnows, and livebearers ...

A rare small "Cruft's Dog Show" plaque from 1956. The most famous and longest-running dog show in Europe was started by an employee of Spratt's Dog Food Company ...

A nice colorful group of "Canary Breeders Club” award ribbons from the 1950s ...

Show award presented to Fred Olynyk for the Aquarium Society of Winnipeg's 1994 Fish Festival. He shared with us: "This is in my opinion one of the most unique and ...

1960s plaque presented to Walmart for being in the ALPO Multi-Million Dollar Club ...

First and second place trophies from Brampton Aquarium Club’s 1996 event. Plaques donated courtesy of the Bob Harris collection ...

Great collection of white metal trophies, mostly from the Cage Bird Society including one for the Best Norvic Budgerigar! ...

An interesting lot of award ribbons were issued in the 1960s-1970s by the Midwestern Aquarists Club. The elaborate red, white, and blue ribbons with metal emblems have the fish category ...

Three beautiful rosette ribbons from the Winnipeg Aquarium Society dated 1975. Winnipeg (population 750,000) had the first formally organized aquarium society in Western Canada documented back to 1934. MOAPH would ...

Awards from England taken from the Neal Teitler collection ...

Awards ranging from 1964-1969. From the Neal Teitler collection ...

Norwalk Aquarium Society 1st Prize award to Harry Oaks, 1959. From the MOAPH archives ...

1960s-1970s era aquarium society ribbons from the Davis Aquarium Society, Peninsula Aquarium Society, Sacramento Aquarium Society, Salinas Aquarium Society, San Francisco Aquarium Society, and the San Jose Aquarium Society ...

1940s era bird club ribbons for various canary and roller canary events. Ribbons are from Peoria Bird Club, First American Color Breeders National Show, Minnesota Roller Canary Club, Central States ...

Gold Circle Award presented to Phillip M. Cooper by the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council for distinguished and exemplary service in support of the pet industry and PIJAC ...

Two trophies from the Pet Care Trust recognizing PCI ...

A nice collection of award ribbons from 1916 & 1917 for the Central Society of Canary Breeders and Empire Cage Bird Association, both of New York. The show was held ...

This new MOAPH section will showcase trophies won at aquarium, bird, and pet shows in the past. We will also showcase various posters announcing these shows and pet hobbyists. If ...