The Aquarium at Marine Park was opened in 1912. Build by the City of Boston from income derived form the Parkman Fund,
it was a popular and exciting place to visit for children and adults alike. These visitors are approaching the stucco building,
whose cupola is surmounted by a fish weather vane.

The interior of the South Boston Aquarium, showing the huge tanks Robert Lowell viewed as a child.   Despite its popularity, the aquarium was demolished in the 1950s. (Courtesy SBHS.)

Source: Anthony Mitchell Sammarco, Images of America: South Boston, p. 109. Arcadia Publishing: Dover, New Hampshire, 1996.