by Emiliano Spada | Dec 11, 2024 | Article Archives
William Alford Lloyd: New Unpublished Letters Unveiled – Part 1 Printable Version of Article For more than a century, The Zoological Station at Naples (Italy) has preserved the world’s largest collection of letters and postcards handwritten by the greatest...
by James Murphy | Dec 11, 2024 | Article Archives
Portrait of a Herpetologist as a Young Man – Part 1 Printable Version of Article From the Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society “THOSE WHO CARE FOR THE STUDY OF AMPHIBIA AND REPTILES — THE HERPETOLOGISTS, TO GIVE THEM THEIR SCIENTIFIC TITLE...
by Hermann Ruhe | Dec 11, 2024 | Article Archives, Wild Animals Free Delivery
Chapter 4: Difficult Years – Wilde Tiere Frei Haus (Wild Animals Free Delivery) Printable Version of Article Starting in September 2024, the Museum of Aquarium and Pet History (MOAPH) will be releasing a chapter a month on the translated autobiography Wilde...
by Lee Finley | Nov 8, 2024 | Article Archives
On the Track of What Might Well Be America’s First Aquarium Book Printable Version of Article As I write this, the publication of the first two aquarium books in the United States has been documented (Finley, 2008). Both were published in 1858, and they are, in...
by David Urmston | Nov 8, 2024 | Article Archives
History of the Red Canary Printable Version of Article Man’s ability to control his/her environment has followed many diverse routes including shaping plants and animals. One of the more bizarre developments has been the urge to breed a ‘red’ canary. The wild canary...
by Phil Cooper | Nov 8, 2024 | Article Archives
A Look Back At: The Ritzow Bros. – All-Glass Aquarium Printable Version of Article There was a time when you walked into any pet store you would see a stack of 25, or more, 10 gallon aquariums or aquarium kits for sale. This stack of low priced starter kits...
by Hermann Ruhe | Nov 8, 2024 | Article Archives, Wild Animals Free Delivery
Chapter 3: The Company Grows – Wilde Tiere Frei Haus (Wild Animals Free Delivery) Printable Version of Article Starting in September 2024, the Museum of Aquarium and Pet History (MOAPH) will be releasing a chapter a month on the translated autobiography Wilde...
by Emiliano Spada | Oct 1, 2024 | Article Archives
Collecting Vintage Plastic Aquariums Printable Version of Article My career as a fishkeeper started when I was just a baby. It happened thanks to a plastic “aquarium”. Actually, it was an educational toy that my father secured to one of the sides of my crib, a...
by Lee Finley | Oct 1, 2024 | Article Archives
William Alford Lloyd and His Connections to American Aquariums Printable Version of Article In an obituary for U.K. master aquarist William Alford Lloyd the British journal Nature (July 29, 1880, Page 299) noted that he had been connected with the establishment of...
by Hermann Ruhe | Oct 1, 2024 | Article Archives, Wild Animals Free Delivery
Chapter 2: The White Earth – Wilde Tiere Frei Haus (Wild Animals Free Delivery) Printable Version of Article Starting in September 2024, the Museum of Aquarium and Pet History (MOAPH) will be releasing a chapter a month on the translated autobiography Wilde...
by Frank Suerth | Sep 6, 2024 | Article Archives
The Jewel Aquarium Company Printable Version of Article Chicago is known for being a leader in many industries, hosting some of the most famous companies in the United States. At one time, it was the largest candy producer in the country, with companies like Mars,...
by David Urmston | Sep 6, 2024 | Article Archives
The History of the Budgerigar in Captivity Printable Version of Article The wild budgerigar has a very long history, though confined to the one continent of Australia. It is a small grass parakeet that is found widely throughout the country though it is rarely...
by Hermann Ruhe | Sep 6, 2024 | Article Archives, Wild Animals Free Delivery
Chapter 1: The Good Old Days – Wilde Tiere Frei Haus (Wild Animals Free Delivery) Printable Version of Article Starting in September 2024, the Museum of Animal and Pet History (MOAPH) will be releasing a chapter a month on the translated autobiography Wilde...
by Emiliano Spada | Aug 9, 2024 | Article Archives
At the Dawn of Zen Aquascaping Takashi Amano as Told by a Collector Printable Version of Article The entrepreneur, professional photographer and aquascaping master Takashi Amano has been, without a shadow of a doubt, the Steve Jobs of the aquarium industry. Born in...
by Sharon Weintraub | Aug 9, 2024 | Article Archives
Floating Folk Baderkinder and Bathing Beauties Printable Version of Article Beginning in the 1860s, German factories began producing badekinder (bathing children). Of bisque or china, these unjointed figures typically portrayed a plump nude child, standing with legs...
by Steve Feinberg | Aug 9, 2024 | Article Archives
My Life in the Pet Industry – Part 5 Printable Version of Article If you missed parts 1-4 of this article, read them at the links below. Read Part 1 Read Part 2 Read Part 3 Read Part 4 Pet Supermarket was entering new markets. Using the psychographic data that...
by MOAPH | Aug 9, 2024 | Article Archives, Vintage Pet Records
Virginia Belmonts Famous Singing and Talking Birds Printable Version of Article Thank you to Anthony Olszewski of PETCRAFT.com for permission to use this information, which he purchased the rights to when Belmont Bird & Kennel store closed at Rockefeller Center....
by Alex Haro | Jul 12, 2024 | Article Archives
Exploring the Legacy of Johann and Ferdinand Maresch Terracotta & Majolica Manufacturers from 1860 to 1948 Printable Version of Article Early Life of Johann Maresch: Johann Maresch was born on July 11, 1821, in Austria-Hungary1 (present-day Austria). He was a...
by James Murphy | Jul 12, 2024 | Article Archives
Aquaria Terraria The following is a PowerPoint presentation on “Nature Enclosed in Glass,” covering antique aquaria, terraria, vivaria, and fern cases from the mid 1800s up until the 1920s. MOAPH would like to thank James Murphy for permission to release...
by Steve Feinberg | Jul 12, 2024 | Article Archives
My Life in the Pet Industry – Part 4 Printable Version of Article If you missed parts 1-3 of this article, read them at the links below. Read Part 1 Read Part 2 Read Part 3 It was 1985. There were still 10 Pet Circus stores. They were small, full-line pet shops...
by Sharon Weintraub | Jun 10, 2024 | Article Archives
For the (Water) Birds *(German Bisque Bird Aquarium Floaters) Printable Version of Article In the early 1900s, in response to the demand for aquarium ornaments, German manufacturers produced a wide variety of fish tank fancies, from nubile sea nymphs and craggy...
by Emiliano Spada, Luca Mizzan* | Jun 10, 2024 | Article Archives
The Forgotten Aquariums of Venice – Part 2 by Emiliano Spada and Luca Mizzan* * Director of the Natural History Museum of Venice. Printable Version of Article If you missed part 1 of this article, read it at the link below. Read Part 1 Our research on the...
by David Urmston | Jun 10, 2024 | Article Archives
Posture Canaries* *Including the Scotch Fancy, the Belgium, Japanese Hoso, Gibber Italicus, Spanish Gibboso, Melao de Tenerife, the Llarguet Espanol, and the Persian Rasmi. Printable Version of Article The name ‘posture’ tends to be utilized to refer to all canaries...
by Steve Feinberg | Jun 10, 2024 | Article Archives
My Life in the Pet Industry – Part 3 Printable Version of Article If you missed parts 1 and 2 of this article, read them at the links below. Read Part 1 Read Part 2 We had seven Pet Circus stores. Rolf C Hagen had agreed to sell to us as a direct account. Hagen...
