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Office space in the balcony of 

 the Smithsonian (lastle's 

 (ireat Hall, prohahly well 

 before 1910. 7^1 e specimens 

 beini^ studied are mollusk 

 shells. 



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Hall of Fisheries in the 

 Smithsonian Castle, some- 

 where between 1880 and 

 1910. The life-size models of 

 the octopus and the giant 

 squid were moved to the new 

 National Museuvi, where 

 they remained on exhibit 

 until the 1950s. Later they 

 were transferred to storage at 

 Silver Hill, Maryland, but 

 they lost some plaster in 

 moving and eventually 

 were discarded. 



The United Stales National Museum 



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