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Identifier	Centennial_00602
Title	Mother Stanislaus and John Prescott looking at an octopus
Creator	Unknown
Date Created	circa 1961
Subject (Topic)	Universities and colleges--Faculty; Nuns; Octopuses; Aquariums
Subject (Name)	Marineland of the Pacific (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.); Marymount College (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Subject (Place)	Palos Verdes Estates (Calif.)
Type	Image
Form/Genre	Photographs
Physical Description	1 photograph: black and white
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/collections/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Copyright Holder	Loyola Marymount University
Collection Identifier	Loyola Marymount University Archives
Item/Call Number	PhotoPrints 15B
Description	Mother Stanislaus, R.S.H.M. is shown a 15-pound octopus by Marineland Aquarium's Curator of Fishes John Prescott.
Historical Background	Mother Stanislaus was the chair of Biology at Marymount College in Palos Verdes. Both faculty and students frequently visited Marineland of the Pacific to see marine exhibits and displays. Marineland of the Pacific was in operation from 1954 to 1987, and was located on 90 acres along the beach in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. At the time, it was the largest oceanarium in the world.
Cited In	Starr, Kevin. Loyola Marymount University, 1911-2011: A Centennial History. Los Angeles: Loyola Marymount University, 2011.
Image Caption	"With affiliation and merger, Marymount College acquired a stronger program in the natural sciences. Sister Patricia Lacy, RSHM, taught at Marymount, Loyola, and LMU" --Starr, K., Loyola Marymount University 1911-2011.
Additional Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Project note	Centennial