Fig. 299. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago 

 This is the newest public aquarium in America. It is the gift of the late John G 

 Shedd. The building and equipment cost about S3 .000.000. Annual maintenance, ap- 

 proximately S200,000. It contains salt and fresh water fishes and has a fine collection 

 of ''tropicals." The size of the structure mav be judged bv comDarison with the auto- 

 mobiles in the photograph. Daily attendance averases over 12.000. 



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Fig. 300. Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco 

 This aquarium has a striking collection of bizarre, gaudy and weird fishes mainly 

 from Hawaiian waters. The photograph does not do justice to the size of the building, 

 nor give any idea of the crowds which usually throng the institution. An artistically 

 arranged swamp is in the vestibule room, populated with appropriate animals, large 

 and small. 



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