![]() I will finish this section with the following: Henry Bishop was twice blessed by the names he was known by. I must here skip over many things including goldfish breeding pond management (at one time more than 35 acres), his outpourings of poetry, his song writing (and singing), his patent medicine side business, his hard work to help with the development of a zoo in Baltimore, etc., etc. In addition, several buildings for maintaining and handling stock and the shipping were added to his business. In June of that year, he opened his first predominately bird store and it was basically all uphill from there expanding over the years to two stores selling birds and aquaria fishes and all the needed supplies. In 1874, family in tow, he moved to Baltimore which would be his home for the rest of his life. On one road trip the Hippodrome appeared in Baltimore Maryland and Bishop was enchanted by the city and what it had to offer. He stayed with Barnum for about three years, and again, his interests in natural history were greatly rewarded by this position and the numerous individuals that he had access to during the time. In 1871 he was back in New York City and secured a job working for P.T. It has been noted that during this time he used all opportunities to enhance his studies of natural history. Subsequently, he served on several different ships for about six years on trips to Central America, Brazil, and various Caribbean islands in addition to other U.S. ![]() At the age of 16 he signed on as a crew member on a steamer and headed for New York City. He was very interested in natural history, and this was to be a major factor in charting his life. He was born in Germany, became an orphan at the age of four, whence he was raised by relatives who saw to his education. ![]() But such a project is already in its early stages, and I hope to be able to present a good look at the man and his accomplishments in the not-too-distant future.īut, for now I would like to offer some short and very highly abbreviated comments on Henry Bishop (1847-1907). Unfortunately, now is not the time to address Bishop’s great contributions to the pet industry and hobby (and several other areas). It also became obvious that in more current pet history related literature that Bishop has received comparatively little space (see for example Grier, 2006 and Klee, 2021). His business was widespread, and he sold and shipped his products all over the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. As additional materials on Bishop were unearthed it became obvious that he was not just another retailer/wholesaler of birds and goldfish (and other pets also) and all the necessary supplies for their maintenance. I had initially planned to do a lead in with some basic background information on Henry Bishop and his lengthy involvement in the pet industry. The opening of the MOAPH has now presented an opportunity to revisit the project and a good time to dust them off and jump into the project. Our idea kind of went nowhere at the time and some materials that had been gathered up were shelved to await their use in the future. This “tank” had its premiere in a combination book/catalogue published in 1893 by Baltimore Maryland pet dealer Henry Bishop. The lead-in to it has proved to be one of those bumpy roads that can drive a writer a bit up the wall.Ī few years back Gary Bagnall (hereafter Gary), the Founder/Director of MOAPH, and I had discussed putting together an article on the Columbus Aquarium. The Columbus Aquarium part, which is further down was, with some noted caveats, not particularly problematic. When I began work on this piece it appeared that it would be an easy, and rather straightforward, article to put together.
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