Welcome to Library Fun Finds! An ongoing series where we share some of the fun and unique items we come across in the library and archives collections.
Coming from the construction files, an early draft of a familiar sight.
This quick sketch on the back of the announcement of committee members for the Decoration and Development of the Fish and Oceanic Halls in April 1925 shows a quick idea for a new whale pose.
Whale models and whale displays have been an iconic part of the museum since early days. Based on photographs from the 1930s remodel, it does not seem like that pose was used at the time...
...but it does look an awful lot like the current whale we know and love!
For more interesting facts about the this icon and inspiration, watch What Color Is a Blue Whale?
This entry was written by Lauren VanDenBerg, Shelby White & Leon Levy Project Archivist.