History of the Marine Biological Laboratory

Mrs. Grinnell's Cat

Mrs Grinnell's Cat

Created: 1894

View along Road To Falmouth from Woods Holl to Falmouth

View of road with stone walls

Created: 1890s

Fields North East of Woods Holl Mass: at night on road to Quissett

Fields

Created: 1894-07-12

Residence of Mrs. Sheehan: Woods Holl

Mrs. Sheehan

Created: 1896-06-22

Nobska Point:near Woods Holl Mass

Nobska Lighthouse (Mass.)

Created: 1890-08

Marine Biological Laboratory:Woods Holl Mass

First Laboratory Building

Created: 1890s

Marine Biological Laboratory: Woods Holl Mass Interior View

Interior View of working laboratory

Created: 1890

Little Harbor Woods Holl Mass: Government Light Ships

Little Harbor with lights ships and undeveloped Juniper Point

Created: 1890-08

H.V Conair in Boat:Dock of United States Fish Commission

H.V Conair in rowing boat August 1890

Created: 1890-08

The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. 1935

1 black and white video; sound (musical accompaniment only); reformatted digital

By the 1930s, the MBL had become "the" place to go during the summer for biological research and training. Luminaries such as Frank Lillie, Edmund Beecher Wilson, Edwin Grant Conklin, and Thomas Hunt Morgan took their students, packed up their families and research labs, and headed to the MBL. They worked in labs, ate together in the Mess, and they often lived in the limited on-campus housing. Life at the MBL was a life where fun, family, and science intertwined. This film, taken in 1935 by B. R. Coonfield of Brooklyn College, captures snippets of life at the MBL.

Created: 1935