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Mending nets in front of Old 

 Main. MBL Archives. 



it was worth well over a half-million dollars, with dividends that also 

 exceeded that amount. 



Yet this business relationship was not an unalloyed joy. It meant that the 

 MBL collectors spent time preparing things like thousands of pickled 

 starfish and dogfish and less time in gathering specimens for classes and 

 investigators. Great business, maybe, but problematic science. Then the 

 emphasis shifted back toward priority for MBL scientists, and finally the 

 MBL sold its stock to obtain additional funding for building projects. 



Willium Procter with skiff at Great Harbor, 1923. 

 Photograph by Alfred F. Huettner, MBL Archives. 



Captain John Veeder in the wheelhouse of the Cavadctta, 

 1923. Photogiaph by Alfred F. Huettner, MBL Archives. 



