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exhibit was the finest thing in the whole Exposition, and 

 the universal verdict was heartily favorable. 



Miss Lucy Baird in her reminiscences refers to the 

 matter as follows: 



"In the winter of 1873-74 a bill was passed for the 

 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. A government 

 board was appointed, my father being put in charge of 

 the Museum and Fish Commission work. With his usual 

 energy he began to prepare a very carefully elaborated 

 scheme in which the staff and Professor G. Brown Goode 

 rendered invaluable aid. The summer of 1875 during 

 which time Wood's Hole was the scene of the Summer 

 campaign of the Fish Commission was, to a certain 

 extent, dominated by the necessary preparations for the 

 Exposition, and during the entire year collections were 

 being made and all the material brought together for 

 making an extensive display. 



"My father was, of course, in Philadelphia from time 

 to time before the period of the opening of the Exposition; 

 and in May, we took up our permanent abode there, to 

 remain until its close. Professor William P. Blake, of 

 New Haven, who was actively associated with the work, 

 and my father, took a house together on the corner of 

 Preston and Hutton Streets, in West Philadelphia, in 

 order that they might be within walking distance of the 

 Exposition. My father remained in Philadelphia until 

 the early part of December, the only long absence being 

 a vacation of two or three weeks spent in Carlisle, for my 

 mother's benefit; as she had been made very ill by the 

 intensely hot weather. After the close of the public 

 exhibition, my father remained, to see to the packing 

 up of the exhibits under his charge for return to Washing- 

 ton. During this time, with the aid of Professor William 



