Testing for fish 'talk' at the Zoological Society Aquarium, New York City, 1945

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Photograph. Dr. Christopher Coates testing fish 'talk' at the Zoological Society Aquarium. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/8/45--Fish talk--Fish utter sounds varied in pitch and intensity according to their condition or mood. With the help of waterproofed microphone lowered into the tank and connected with an oscillograph which optically registers the sound waves obtained, Dr. Christopher Coates of the New York Zoological Society Aquarium was able to detect the sounds and classify them in three groups. When fish get excited, their voices are loud and rapid; when eating, they are loud and steady; when at ease, a kittenish purr.--PBL Photo--Serviced by Rome OWI (A List out). Approved by appropriate military authority. 6533-1." New York, New York. 8 June 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.607
Date: 
06/08/1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Fish--New York
Sound recording--New York
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Items from the service of Isaac "Ike" Bethel Utley, who was born in Smith Mills, Kentucky on 3 March 1920. Ike enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 19 January 1942. He was shipped overseas to the European Theatre and worked with a supply division based out of the city of Naples with an office set up in a residential villa. Utley worked with the Office of War Information and used their photographs in news articles to inform soldiers of the progress of the war. At war's end, Utley returned stateside. A trunk full of over 800 photographs from the O.W.I. arrived on his doorstep from his office in Italy, sender unknown. This collection consists of those photographs.
Geography: 
New York
Latitude: 
40.700
Longitude: 
-74.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Fish--New York
Sound recording--New York