May 30 ‘I met the gill of my life’

On May 30th, 1930, John G. Shedd Aquarium opened to the public in Chicago. John Graves Shedd rose through the ranks in Marshall Field and Company, from stockboy, to become the president for seventeen years. He felt that Chicago should have a world class aquarium, so he donated $3,000,000 to make that dream become aContinue reading “May 30 ‘I met the gill of my life’”