INC. 
BELDT’S AQUARIUM, 
OUR LOCATION, TERMS, POLICIES 
We are located 12 miles west of St. Louis City 
Limits, west of the Municipal Airport, near the junc- 
tion of Highway 66 and 140. The Lincoln-Mercury 
Assembly Plant is located on the east side of this 
Junction. To reach our place, turn west on Utz Lane 
and go to the end; it is only about half a mile long, 
and turn north on Howdershell Road about one half 
mile. You will find our place on the west side of How- 
dershell Road. There is a large brick chimney with 
our name 20 feet long. 
WE HAVE NO RETAIL STORE 
Our business is mainly a wholesale and mail order 
business. Inasmuch as we operate on several acres of 
ground and our merchandise is perishable and cannot 
be kept on a shelf, it is advisable to mail your order 
several days in advance, together with your remit- 
tance, so that you can take advantage of 
OUR PICK-UP SERVICE 
If you are living within driving distance, and would 
like to pick up your order, we shall be glad to accom- 
modate you, and get the order ready for you. You can 
give us the pick-up date and we will have the order 
ready just as long as the order gets here at least three 
days in advance. 
BUSINESS HOURS 
Our office and shipping department are open on 
weekdays from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., and on Satur- 
days from 8 a.m. until 11 am. Closed Sundays and 
holidays. If you want pick-up service on Saturday 
afternoons between 2 and 4 p.m. and Sunday morn- 
ings between 8 and 10 a.m., we can accommodate you 
by keeping your order at the hatchery. Someone 
is there during these hours to take care of various 
INTRODUCTION 
BELDT'S 
AQUARIUM 
CHICAGO —* 
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necessary chores, so we are able to accommodate you 
on a Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning, but 
not on any c.o.d. business; only on orders which have 
been paid for in advance. 
GOLDFISH PICK-UPS 
We cannot extend goldfish order pick-ups on Satur- 
day afternoons or Sundays, as we have no facilities 
in our tropical fish hatchery to keep these in cans; 
therefore all goldfish orders must be picked up during 
the time the department is open before 11 a.m. Satur- 
days. 
VACATION NOTICE 
It is next to impossible to stagger our vacation time 
this year; therefore we have decided to close for va- 
cation the first two weeks in July. Telephone TEm- 
ple 7-3350. 
A FEW LETTERS FROM SATISFIED CUSTOMERS 
When you send us an order you are not taking a 
chance. We have been shipping aquariums, water 
plants and fancy fish for over thirty years. We 
know how to pack and promise to ship only the best 
of merchandise. We pride ourselves on the quality 
goods we ship. We get letters from coast to coast 
from our customers. Even a common, ordinary fish 
globe which was sent by parcel post to Panama ar- 
rived in good order. Read these letters, and you, 
too, can rest assured of satisfactory dealings and 
prompt service. 
Beldt’s Aquarium, Inc. 
Robertson, Mo. 
I have received my order of fishes in 
good condition. They are all satisfactory 
and very beautiful. Since they have ar- 
rived, three females have given me a 
nice family. Many thanks for the extra 
fishes added to my order. You will sure- 
ly have my patronage when in need of 
nice breeding fishes. 
Yours truly, 
Mrs. Leon Morel, 
Quebec City, Canada. 
Beldt’s Aquarium, Inc. 
Robertson, Mo. 
Please rush me your catalog of tropi- 
cal fish. I had the pleasure of buying my 
tropical fish, goldfish and water lilies 
from you last summer. They all ar- 
rived in good condition. 
Guy Walton, 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Beldt’s Aquarium, Inc. 
Robertson, Mo. 
The 25 neon tetras arrived Tuesday 
the 13th in excellent condition. Thank 
you for your prompt service. 
Mrs. Frank Mueller, 
Hialeah, Fla. 
Beldt’s Aquarium, Inc. 
Robertson, Mo. 
The No. 72 aquarium arrived in good 
condition. I am very pleased with it as 
well as your promptness in filling orders. 
The aquarium is exactly the right size. 
Sincerely yours, 
Hunter C. Belt, 
Lexington, Ky. 
Beldt’s Aquarium, Inc. 
Robertson, Mo. 
I received the dip tube and feed ring 
today, and want to thank you for the 
fine job of packing, and also the very 
nice tube and ring. I always send to 
you for my aquarium needs. 
Sincerely, 
Miss Judy Nelson, 
Stevens Point, Wisc. 
Beldt’s Aquarium, Inc. 
Robertson, Mo. 
Gentlemen: 
The Thiberg air pump works wonder- 
fully and the fish love it. Everyone ad- 
mires our aquarium, and we tell them 
it is the plants, help, etc., we have re- 
ceived from Beldt’s. 
Yours truly, 
Mrs. Chas. R. Snyder, 
Pinckneyville, IL. 
Beldt’s Aquarium, Inc. 
Robertson, Mo. 
I was very well pleased with the 
fish order and would like to thank you 
for the speedy shipment. I am enclos- 
ing another order. 
Robert Kaffeldt, 
LaCrosse, Wisc. 
Beldt’s Aquarium, Inc. 
Robertson, Mo. 
With reference to your letter, we beg 
to inform you that all the parcels sent 
us by post have arrived in perfect con- 
dition, and we thank you very much 
for effecting this dispatch in such an 
efficient manner. 
J. Green & Co., 
Cairo, Egypt. 
Beldt’s Aquarium, Inc. 
Robertson, Mo. 
Although I have received nearly all the 
large aquarium supply companies’ cat- 
alogs, including yours, I have found 
that your supplies are most nearly what 
I want, and I like your way of doing 
business, 
Patricia Marr, 
New York 21, N. Y. 
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Beldt’s Aquarium, Inc. 
Robertson, Mo. 
My order arrived in good shape and 
I am well pleased. Thank you. 
Yours truly, 
Mrs. Irene Hatch, 
Parma, Idaho. 
Beldt’s Aquarium, Inc. 
Robertson, Mo. 
Our order of tropical fish arrived safe- 
ly, and we are more than pleased. 
Yours truly, 
V. W. Harris, 
Pensacola, Fla. 
Beldt’s Aquarium, Inc. 
Robertson, Mo. 
Just received the 2-gallon drum bowl 
from you and would like to say that I 
am more than pleased with its quality 
and with the excellent job of packing 
that was done. I frequently receive broken 
glassware from such shippers as Sears- 
Roebuck, but I would have no fears 
about ordering fragile items from Beldt’s 
after seeing this packing job. 
Appreciatively, 
G. C. Ball, Jr., U.S.N., 
Lt. Commander, 
Headquarters Caribbean 
Command, 
Quarry Heights, 
Canal Zone. 
