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This 1874 photo of a squid draped over a bathtub was the first ever taken of a giant squid. It belonged to the Reverend Moses Harvey of Newfoundland. More about the giant squid can be found in the Giant Squid section.
Jul 1, 2016 · LAID OUT: The first photograph of most of a giant squid, now displayed in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, was taken for amateur naturalist Moses Harvey of St. John’s, Newfoundland, in 1874.
Dec 26, 2023 · By 1874, the image of the giant squid was in international periodicals — front-page news that a sea monster was actually real.
Aug 11, 2016 · This 1874 photo of a squid draped over Harvey's bathtub was the first ever taken of a giant squid. Image: Wikimedia Commons. Although Harvey's intentions were good, his inexperience working...
Jul 21, 2021 · Giant squids have long been subject to humankind's fascination-- but while images of them may be easily accessed today, there was a time when they were littl...
By Richard King. The first giant squid ever photographed, in Moses Harvey’s living room, in 1873. Image courtesty of wikipedia.com. The first known photograph of a nearly complete specimen of a giant squid was taken in 1873 in the living room of a reverend living in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
This 1874 photo of a squid draped over a bathtub was the first ever taken of a giant squid. It belonged to the Reverend Moses Harvey of Newfoundland. (From Verrill, A.E., 1882, Report on the Cephalopods of the Northeastern Coast of America)
