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Glass Models of Marine Invertebrates by Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-2012-027-Artifact
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 48 glass models of various cephalopods, nudibranchs, sea slugs, and invertebrates crafted by Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka, along with their associated back boards and labels. The back boards are the original boards created for the models when acquired by the Academy, and the armatures and bases of the jellyfish models are confirmed to be the original pieces by Miranda Lowe of the Natural History Museum, London.
The models are in various states of disrepair and are...
Dates:
1879-1938
"Ward's Museum of Mineralogy, Geology and Zoology" Pamphlet
Item
Identifier: ANSP-2012-060
Scope and Contents
Eight-page pamphlet found folded inside back cover of Academy Library's copy of "Catalogue of Casts of Fossils, from the Principal Museums of Europe and America, with Short Descriptions and Illustrations" by Henry A. Ward (1866), ANSP Call Number QE716.W25.
Dates:
1 June 1879
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