The aquarium was started in 1910 in the old Iron Springs Sanitarium Building, and later relocated to a house on Martin St. until the permanent aquarium building was built in 1920. It closed in 1942, and the building was demolished.
Printed on front: Interior Deep Sea Aquarium and Museum. Salters Point, Steilacoom, Wash.
Deep Sea Aquarium Ed Bair, operator -aquarium started in 1910 in the old Iron Springs Sanitarium Bldg., later relocated to a house on Martin St. until the permanent aquarium bldg. was built in 1920 -aquarium closed in 1942, bldg. demolished and the boards used to construct a house -address approximate TDL 6/20/1915 p.9 Rare fish make unique exhibit TDL 8/9/1925 p.G4 Deep Sea Aquarium only one of its kind (il) TDL 5/9/1926 p.G7 (il) T.Times 7/30/1937 p.4 Deep Sea Aquarium on Saltar's Point (il,interior il) T.Times 7/22/1938 p.4 Aquarium at Steilacoom (interior il) TNT 6/14/1940 p.10 (il) (hard copy only) TNT 7/13/2003 p.D1 A dream that went out with the tide (il,interior il) 979.72 St33S Summer 1994 p.1 Ed and his Steilacoom Aquarium (il) 979.778 P393S p.70,71,91 (il)
