The original interior of the Belle Isle Aquarium

Photo from the Library of Congress

Geraldine Myres and Moses the sturgeon in January 1963

Detroit News photo from the collection of Vance Patrick

Fourth-grade teacher Chester Deadle of River Oaks School in Dearborn Heights shows his students about the black fin colomossa of the Amazon River in March 1972. They are, from left, Natalie Ashker, Gary Iteny and Edward Talungo. The child in the background was not identified.

Detroit News photo from the collection of Vance Patrick

Gar in the aquarium in December 1931

Photo from the collection of Vance Patrick

The Aquarium in December 1931

Photo from the collection of Vance Patrick

The entrance of the Aquarium

Photo from the collection of Vance Patrick

The Aquarium in April 1962

Photo from the collection of Vance Patrick

The interior of the Aquarium in 1955

Detroit Free Press photo from the collection of Vance Patrick