Post by jhyatt on Apr 26, 2016 17:11:02 GMT -8
Sometimes when I spread an old lep specimen from a paper triangle, the triangle turns out to be more interesting than the bug itself.
For instance, I just spread a rather beat-up O. lydius from the mid-1970's. Not a very interesting specimen, (poor data) but when I looked at the triangle paper, it turned out to be a folded-up flier or small poster with a printed text. The text reads as follows:
Something New!/ Grand Opening/ of the one and only butterfly/ and insect museum/ on Staten Island./ Hundreds of rare and beautiful/butterflies, moths and insects/ from all over the world:/ Hours weekdays 9-11. 1-3/ Wed. evening 7-9/ Michael Zappalorti, Sr./ 123 Androvetter Street/Charleston, S.I. 10309 (followed by phone numbers and a sentence about equipment and souvenirs for sale).
Have any of you old-time New York area collectors ever heard of Mr. Michael Zappalorti, Sr. and his butterfly museum? Does anyone know what became of his collection, or what was in it?
What have you run across printed on triangle papers that was interesting? Tell us about it!
For instance, I just spread a rather beat-up O. lydius from the mid-1970's. Not a very interesting specimen, (poor data) but when I looked at the triangle paper, it turned out to be a folded-up flier or small poster with a printed text. The text reads as follows:
Something New!/ Grand Opening/ of the one and only butterfly/ and insect museum/ on Staten Island./ Hundreds of rare and beautiful/butterflies, moths and insects/ from all over the world:/ Hours weekdays 9-11. 1-3/ Wed. evening 7-9/ Michael Zappalorti, Sr./ 123 Androvetter Street/Charleston, S.I. 10309 (followed by phone numbers and a sentence about equipment and souvenirs for sale).
Have any of you old-time New York area collectors ever heard of Mr. Michael Zappalorti, Sr. and his butterfly museum? Does anyone know what became of his collection, or what was in it?
What have you run across printed on triangle papers that was interesting? Tell us about it!