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- Eelspear Head - People have harvested eels using traps and spears for millennia. Fishers using a spear -- a barbed, multi-pronged spearhead affixed at the end of a long pole -- plunged it into habitats where native eels tend to hide. The eel spear impaled or entangled the slippery ray-finned fish.
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Eelspear Head
People have harvested eels using traps and spears for millennia. Fishers using a spear -- a barbed, multi-pronged spearhead affixed at the end of a long pole -- plunged it into habitats where native eels tend to hide. The eel spear impaled or entangled the slippery ray-finned fish.
- Eelspear Head - People have harvested eels using traps and spears for millennia. Fishers using a spear -- a barbed, multi-pronged spearhead affixed at the end of a long pole -- plunged it into habitats where native eels tend to hide. The eel spear impaled or entangled the slippery ray-finned fish.
- Collections - Artifact
Eelspear Head
People have harvested eels using traps and spears for millennia. Fishers using a spear -- a barbed, multi-pronged spearhead affixed at the end of a long pole -- plunged it into habitats where native eels tend to hide. The eel spear impaled or entangled the slippery ray-finned fish.
- Electric Eel, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939 - Electra, the electric eel, demonstrated her shocking talents at the 1939-40 New York's World's Fairs. This photo shows her being hooked up to restart the "Cycle of Production" exhibition at the Ford Pavilion. The exhibition had been shut down temporarily to test the eel's ability. Electra did not disappoint -- with a 500-volt jolt the display came back to life.
- May 29, 1939
- Collections - Artifact
Electric Eel, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
Electra, the electric eel, demonstrated her shocking talents at the 1939-40 New York's World's Fairs. This photo shows her being hooked up to restart the "Cycle of Production" exhibition at the Ford Pavilion. The exhibition had been shut down temporarily to test the eel's ability. Electra did not disappoint -- with a 500-volt jolt the display came back to life.
- Eelspear - People have harvested eels using traps and spears for millennia. Fishers using a spear -- a barbed, multi-pronged spearhead affixed at the end of a long pole -- plunged it into habitats where native eels tend to hide. The eel spear impaled or entangled the slippery ray-finned fish.
- Collections - Artifact
Eelspear
People have harvested eels using traps and spears for millennia. Fishers using a spear -- a barbed, multi-pronged spearhead affixed at the end of a long pole -- plunged it into habitats where native eels tend to hide. The eel spear impaled or entangled the slippery ray-finned fish.
- Electric Eel, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939 - Electra, the electric eel, demonstrated her shocking talents at the 1939-40 New York's World's Fairs. This photo shows her being hooked up to restart the "Cycle of Production" exhibition at the Ford Pavilion. The exhibition had been shut down temporarily to test the eel's ability. Electra did not disappoint -- with a 500-volt jolt the display came back to life.
- May 29, 1939
- Collections - Artifact
Electric Eel, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
Electra, the electric eel, demonstrated her shocking talents at the 1939-40 New York's World's Fairs. This photo shows her being hooked up to restart the "Cycle of Production" exhibition at the Ford Pavilion. The exhibition had been shut down temporarily to test the eel's ability. Electra did not disappoint -- with a 500-volt jolt the display came back to life.
- Photomicrograph of Skin of Eel with Scales in Situ, 1890-1915 - In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the <EM>New York Herald</EM>. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. She also documented collections of private individuals and museums -- some of which were featured in magazine articles for collectors. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives.
- 1890-1915
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Photomicrograph of Skin of Eel with Scales in Situ, 1890-1915
In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the New York Herald. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. She also documented collections of private individuals and museums -- some of which were featured in magazine articles for collectors. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives.
- Eelspear - People have harvested eels using traps and spears for millennia. Fishers using a spear -- a barbed, multi-pronged spearhead affixed at the end of a long pole -- plunged it into habitats where native eels tend to hide. The eel spear impaled or entangled the slippery ray-finned fish.
- Collections - Artifact
Eelspear
People have harvested eels using traps and spears for millennia. Fishers using a spear -- a barbed, multi-pronged spearhead affixed at the end of a long pole -- plunged it into habitats where native eels tend to hide. The eel spear impaled or entangled the slippery ray-finned fish.
- Electric Eel, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939 - Electra, the electric eel, demonstrated her shocking talents at the 1939-40 New York's World's Fairs. This photo shows her being hooked up to restart the "Cycle of Production" exhibition at the Ford Pavilion. The exhibition had been shut down temporarily to test the eel's ability. Electra did not disappoint -- with a 500-volt jolt the display came back to life.
- May 29, 1939
- Collections - Artifact
Electric Eel, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
Electra, the electric eel, demonstrated her shocking talents at the 1939-40 New York's World's Fairs. This photo shows her being hooked up to restart the "Cycle of Production" exhibition at the Ford Pavilion. The exhibition had been shut down temporarily to test the eel's ability. Electra did not disappoint -- with a 500-volt jolt the display came back to life.
- Eelspear - People have harvested eels using traps and spears for millennia. Fishers using a spear -- a barbed, multi-pronged spearhead affixed at the end of a long pole -- plunged it into habitats where native eels tend to hide. The eel spear impaled or entangled the slippery ray-finned fish.
- Collections - Artifact
Eelspear
People have harvested eels using traps and spears for millennia. Fishers using a spear -- a barbed, multi-pronged spearhead affixed at the end of a long pole -- plunged it into habitats where native eels tend to hide. The eel spear impaled or entangled the slippery ray-finned fish.