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Peter Buerschaper is senior technician in the ichthyology department at the Royal Ontario Museum whose drawings of fish are becoming well known. Some of his work will be displayed at the annual meeting of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists to be held at Niagara Falls from April 10 to 12.
Peter Buerschaper is senior technician in the ichthyology department at the Royal Ontario Museum whose drawings of fish are becoming well known. Some of his work will be displayed at the annual meeting of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists to be held at Niagara Falls from April 10 to 12.

Peter Buerschaper is senior technician in the ichthyology department at the Royal Ontario Museum whose drawings of fish are becoming well known. Some of his work will be displayed at the annual meeting of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists to be held at Niagara Falls from April 10 to 12.

Date3/9/1970
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0125673F
Don't worry, they're pickled. Dr. E. J. Crossman, head of the Royal Ontario Museum's department of ichthyology and herpetology, checks two sharks he has taken from an alcohol solution. He's making the checks as the museum moves 1 million fish specimens to a warehouse during renovations.
Don't worry, they're pickled. Dr. E. J. Crossman, head of the Royal Ontario Museum's department of ichthyology and herpetology, checks two sharks he has taken from an alcohol solution. He's making the checks as the museum moves 1 million fish specimens to a warehouse during renovations.
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