{"1": {"fulltext": "-H379\\nU5S5", "height": "3506", "width": "2198", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "o V\\n*W\\nL v\\nj5\\nH o\\nV", "height": "3445", "width": "2234", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3445", "width": "2234", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "Digitized by the Internet Archive\\nin 2011 with funding from\\nThe Library of Congress\\nhttp://www.archive.org/details/freshwaterpearlsOOsimm", "height": "3445", "width": "2234", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3445", "width": "2234", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3457", "width": "2338", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "am\\nPearls.\\n1NE SIMM\\nPrice 50 Cents.", "height": "3457", "width": "2338", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3445", "width": "2234", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3445", "width": "2234", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3445", "width": "2234", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "py w^ime smnmhs\\nCopyright 1899\\nBy Vane Simmonds\\nSECOND COPY,\\nOFF GEOF THE\\n79739 OEC 8 1889", "height": "3445", "width": "2234", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "49537", "height": "3445", "width": "2234", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3445", "width": "2234", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "The Author.", "height": "3445", "width": "2234", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "FRESH WATER\\nPEARLS\\nBy Vane Simmonds\\nThe simple expression, gathering pearls,\\nhas a fascination for the uninitiated, and creates\\na lively interest in the minds of many who still\\ncling to the romantic side of life but let them\\ngaze into a plush-lined jewel case containing\\nhundreds of glistening fresh-water gems, and I\\ndoubt not their lively interest would develop into\\na case of pearl fever.\\nWhere are pearls found? What Specie of\\nshells bear pearls In what part of the shell are", "height": "3445", "width": "2234", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "FRESH WATER PEARLS\\nthey found? Which is the most valuable color?\\nWhat are they worth Who buys them\\nThese questions and many more are asked\\ndaily by those seeking information.\\nThat much desired information regarding\\nboth marine and fresh-water pearls is meagre.\\nScience does not handle the subject very clearly\\nas to their origin; hence our highest authority\\nmust be termed short-sighted upon this chapter\\nof Nature s handiwork.\\nMeanwhile the pearl the only precious gem\\nwhich is not fashioned by the hand of man\\npasses through its various stages of growth\\ntoward perfection, hanging suspended from the\\nglittering walls of its beautiful prison until re-\\nleased by some lucky pearl-hunter.", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "J* FRESH WATER PEARLS jft\\nThe clam migrates as regularly as the seasons\\nchange. In shallow water during the summer\\nmonths; then seeking a depth of from five to ten\\nfeet as the cold weather advances. Here it lies\\npartly dormant until the following spring, when\\ngrowth and activity are again resumed. Nearly\\nevery stream and lake east of the Missouri River\\ncontains, to a greater or less extent, pearl-bearing\\nmussels. Many of these tributaries are lined\\nwith lime-stone ledges (claimed to be a pearl\\nproducing quality). Many of those that are not\\nnavigable have mill-dams crossing them at\\nintervals of every ten or twelve miles. In\\nthe mud and sediment of the backwater\\nthe rough-shelled Unios (the richest pearl-\\nbearer) accumulate by the thousands. It is", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "FRESH WATER PEARLS j*\\nhere the fisher wades or rakes the mussels from\\nthe soft mud.\\nIt is interesting to know that the aborigines\\nof this country appreciated the beauty of pearls\\nquite as much as do the most cultivated Ameri-\\ncans of to-day. W. E. Myer, of Carthage, Tenn.,\\nopened an Indian burial place and found a gor-\\nget or necklace of scallops strung with pearls.\\nThe latter were of remarkable size, but long\\nburial and contact with the earth had rendered\\nthem chalky and valueless. Professor Warren K.\\nMoorehead of the Ohio State University and\\nProfessor G. W. Putnam of Harvard University\\nopened a sacrificial mound near the great Serpent\\nMound in Ohio and took from it two bushels of\\npearls. All were ruined and bore evidence of", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "Specimens of Fresh Water Pearl-Bearing\\nUnios.", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "j* FRESH WATER PEARLS\\nhaving been subjected to a hot fire at the time\\nthey were offered in sacrifice probably to stay\\nthe ravages of a plague or the invasion of an\\nenemy.\\nAt Paterson, N. J., in 1857, were discovered\\nthe first fresh-water pearls brought to public at-\\ntention in America. In 1878 settlers along the\\nLittle Miami River, in Ohio, found a few good\\nspecimens in the mussel shells of that stream.\\nNot until 1883, when pearls were found in as-\\ntonishing numbers in shells taken from the Cum-\\nberland River, in Tennessee, did the industry\\nof fresh-water pearl fishing have a beginning.\\nFrom the year of its discovery to the present the\\nCumberland has yielded an annual pearl crop\\nworth $150,000. No finer white pearls are found", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "FRESH WATER PEARLS\\nanywhere than those taken from the Tennessee\\nstreams. The greatest find in the fresh-water\\nfield is that of White River, Ark., discovered in\\n1879. The year following the opening of these\\nfisheries they yielded at the lowest calculation\\n$400,000 worth of exquisitely colored pearls which\\nwere brought to New York and sold to various\\nhouses, but mostly to Herman Myer, the Maiden\\nLane pearl expert. When American pearls were\\ndiscovered London dealers, thinking they would\\nflood the market, as an excuse to gain time to\\ndispose of Orientals, said that American pearls\\nwould lose color and lustre. Because of this re-\\nport still obtaining credence among wearers,\\nAmerican pearls do not bring one-half the price\\nof Orientals of the same quality, shape and size.", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "j\u00c2\u00bb FRESH WATER PEARLS\\nFour Wisconsin pearl-hunters fished the Cedar\\nRiver for many miles a few years ago. The writer\\nvisited their camp, located a mile above Charles\\nCity, la. Here was displayed all the abandon of\\na happy-go-lucky crowd. Having made the\\nshaded banks of the stream their home for many\\nweeks, this mode of life gave to them a shiftless,\\neasy-going style, so readily adopted by those fol-\\nlowing this line of work.\\nEach member of their party was furnished\\nwith a boat, rubber wading-pants, a long-handled\\nbasket rake and an ordinary case knife. Stepping\\ninto the stream where the shells were thick, it\\ntook but a short while to load a boat with them.\\nDrawing the batch beneath the first friendly\\nshade, the process of opening was in order. For", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "FRESH WATER PEARLS\\nthis purpose a common table knife was used.\\nRunning the thin blade entirely through the clam\\n(following the hinge) severs both muscles and the\\nvalves easily part. The thin mantle of flesh\\nlining both walls are hastily felt over with the\\nthumbs, for one can feel what the eye cannot de-\\ntect although this process is quite unnecessary\\nwhen the pearl is of good size, for the flesh-cov-\\nering is so slight it is readily noticeable.\\n(Note. Scientific authorities claim that all\\npearls originate from an irritation caused by for-\\neign substances, that is, a small particle of sand\\nor wood, or even an abortive egg. As to how\\nthis mantle takes up or envelopes these particles\\nwith flesh, and forms a spherical gem, is left to\\nthe imagination of common mortals).\\n12", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "j\u00c2\u00bb FRESH WATER PEARLS\\nHaving the power of secretion, this mantle\\nthrows over these irritating particles a nacer-\\nous covering which is the fundamental growth\\nof pearl and shell.\\nAs to the industry of fresh-water pearl fishing,\\nit is certainly in a most undeveloped stage.\\nAbout $500,000 worth of pearls are annually\\ntaken from the streams of this country, and this\\nis only a fraction of what the pearl crop might be\\nmade to be every year, for where there are clam\\nor mussel shells there are pearls. To make this\\nstatement is easy, but to convince people living\\nalong a stream not known to have produced\\npearls is a difficult matter. A river, like a\\nprophet, has generally little honor in its own\\ncountry. What pearls in our own home river?", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "FRESH WATER PEARLS\\nis the question asked on a new stream when it is\\nendeavored to set the industry in motion. Then\\nthe incredulous often add: Well, it ll be time\\nenough to believe that when I can dig gold out\\nof the garden.\\nThe opinion seems to prevail that the value\\nof a pearl depends on its size. This is not at all\\ntrue. It depends mainly on the color and lustre,\\nand next, on its shape. Another popular error is\\nthat a pearl having an irregular, warty or pitted\\nsurface may be cut or ground to a desired shape\\nand a smooth surface. This is not the case, as\\nthe touch of the instrument completely destroys\\nthe lustre.\\nThe most expert and conservative dealers in\\npearls are now ready to admit that the silvery globe", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "A Pearl Hunter s Kit.", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "j\u00c2\u00bb FRESH WATER PEARLS\\ntaken from the American clam is superior to the\\nOriental article.\\nThe former has the brilliant lustre of a drop\\nof mercury, while the latter is more like a globule\\nof cream.\\nTo be successful in the pursuit of pearls, one\\nmust bear with patience the possible disappoint-\\nments which are liable to occur on the first trial\\nor two. Gold in the Klondike is not found with-\\nout one hundred-fold the trials that even a novice\\nat pearl fishing will incur.\\nThe pearl, which your mind s eye has fash-\\nioned, while gathering the bivalves, may be in the\\nfirst or last shell of your boatload. Always thinking\\nthe next one will be a $500 beauty, however,\\nholds one fascinated until the last shell is opened.", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "FRESH WATER PEARLS\\nAsk a pearl-hunter any fair question and if he\\nis not soured by ill-luck, he usually has a will-\\ning and ready answer; ask him what luck he\\nis having, ten to one he is mum. Possibly the\\nabove-mentioned hunters took pity on me and\\nmy burning curiosity, for, just before leaving\\nthem, they displayed (and with just pride) a pearl\\nthe size of a bullet, of remarkable sheen and as\\ngreen as grass. It weighed fourteen grains, and\\nafterwards sold for $400.\\nA few years later, when the writer had hunted\\nto some extent, no blame was ever attached to a\\nnon-committal reply from a pearl-hunter, when\\nasked his luck.\\nThe Cedar River, Iowa (or rather that section\\nof it flowing through Floyd and Chickasaw Coun-", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "j\u00c2\u00bb FRESH WATER PEARLS J* J*\\nties), has yielded about three hundred pearls, vary-\\ning from one-eighth to one-half inch in diameter,\\nor from two to eighteen grains in weight. One\\ncollector in particular has sixty pearls that weigh\\n211%. grains the two largest (button shape)\\nweighing 24*4 grains. They are of a ruby wine\\ncolor and of matchless lustre.\\nNot long ago the writer found the largest\\npearl known to have been taken from the Upper\\nCedar River, Iowa. It was of the size of a hazel-\\nnut, spherical in shape, and weighed 18^ grains.\\nPink, wine, violet, green and blue, with all the\\nintermediate shades, are found in river gems.\\nThe finest and, indeed, costliest pearls in the\\nworld are taken from a stream in Wisconsin.\\nPearls of a beautiful metallic green and possess-\\n19", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "FRESH WATER PEARLS j*\\ning a superb lustre are peculiar to this little\\nstream. Generally speaking, these pearls are\\nworth about twice as much as first-class white\\nspecimens. Nothing found in the Orient ap-\\nproaches in beauty the superb green pearls of\\nWisconsin.\\nA perfect pearl should be of good color, fine\\nlustre and shape (either ball, button or pear) to\\nbe marketable.\\nThe transparent film that lies along the hinge\\ncontains only spatter, floater, or hinge\\nslugs often of nice color, but of little com-\\nmercial account.\\nPearls that become detached from the flesh\\nare either lost out or fastened to the shell with a\\nthin coating. In two or three years the contin-\\n20", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "A Pearl Fisher at Work.", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "FRESH WATER PEARLS\\nued pressure from the inside forces the pearl\\nnearly through, when the action of mud and\\nwater soon starts it to decay.\\nThe up-to-date operator confines himself to\\nmore business-like methods than when the indus-\\ntry was young.\\nCarrying a camping outfit, good tent, etc.,\\nliving in a true sportsmanlike style while at\\nwork, this form of work usually pays more than\\nany other form of common labor, and when cou-\\npled with hunting and fishing, is a pleasant devi-\\nation from the regular outing with many camp-\\ners and although one may not be on his luck,\\nstill he experiences that feeling of anticipation\\nwhich always accompanies the undertaking.\\nNo work on pearls would be complete without\\n23", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "j* FRESH WATER PEARLS\\nmention of Herman Myer, the Promoter of the\\nInterior Pearl Fisheries of America; more gener-\\nally known as the Pearl King, with headquarters\\nat 41 and 43 Maiden Lane, New York City.\\nHe has done more to advance the cause of\\nAmerican Pearl Fisheries than all other men\\ncombined.\\nMr. Myer is a graduate of Harvard College,\\nand a man thoroughly in love with his work, and\\nhe gives all his time and talent, money and brains\\nto the work he so loves.\\nMany thousand pearl fishermen owe their\\nwell-lined pockets to the work of Mr. Myer in\\ncalling their attention to the search for pearls\\nand persuading them to give it a trial. Some-\\ntimes it has been no easy task for him to intro-\\n24", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "j\u00c2\u00bb FRESH WATER PEARLS j*\\nduce the work on a river where the presence of\\npearls has not previously been noted. Once\\nbegun, its own fascination and the large reward\\nit gives, soon renders the work popular.\\nIt is a rare treat to visit Mr. Myer s headquar-\\nters at 41 and 43 Maiden Lane, New York City,\\nand see the choice pearls and exquisite pearl-work\\nhe has to exhibit in such vast numbers to his\\nfriends. It is related of him, that one day a\\nreporter who was interviewing him, asked the\\nquestion, How many pearls have you To\\nthis question Mr. Myer gave no reply in words,\\nbut in his characteristic manner replied by deeds\\nand sending out for a gallon measure, poured box\\nafter box into it until it had been filled four times.\\nHe then showed, in addition to these four gallons,", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "j* FRESH WATER PEARLS\\nseveral of his rarest pearls separately. This is\\nsaid to be the largest amount of pearls ever gath-\\nered together, and his collection is more remark-\\nable for beauty than for size. Indeed, almost all\\nthe rare, unique and fine pearls found for years\\nmake their way to this collection. It is a saying\\nof Mr. Myer s, that I would like an opportunity\\nto bid on every pearl found on Earth many of\\nthem are not shown to me at first, and while I\\nshould prefer to pay the full value to the original\\nowner, still, I am sure that nine out of ten Amer-\\nican pearls will get to me sooner or later I\\nalways pay one price for them and that the full\\nvalue.\\nHis magnificent pearl, nearly one inch in\\ndiameter and perfect in all respects, is known as\\n26", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "FRESH WATER PEARLS\\nMyer s Beauty, It is said to be the largest abso-\\nlutely perfect pearl in the world. Another of his\\ntreasures is an old necklace, consisting of over\\ntwenty thousand pearls, said to have been made\\nfor one of Napoleon s household came into\\nAmerican hands after the shakeup at Water-\\nloo, finally reaching Mr. Myer. The art and\\nhistory of this magnificent necklace add to the\\nattraction of its great beauty and value. Mr.\\nMyer is proverbial for his courtesy and aid to\\nbeginners in pearl fishing and it would be well\\nto write him, for you are sure of a prompt, cour-\\nteous reply and all information it is in his power\\nto give.\\n27", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "THE P. S.\\nBALL BEARING\\nE. O. PEELER, President.\\nT. V. SLOAT, Treasurer.\\nC. H. BROUGHTON, Bus. Mgr.\\nc\u00c2\u00a3* i2\\nPrincipal Office,\\nft A TT C(\\\\ Whitehall, N. Y., U. S. A.\\nJ5A11 VjXj. Factory, Sayre, Penn.\\nSole Manufacturers of\\nTHE NEW FLY, TROLL AND CASTING BAIT.\\nTHE MOST ATTRACTIVE. The Best Spinner on Earth-Always\\nPlays. Has no Eqnal in any\\nTHE SUREST KILLER. Water-Brook, Lake or Ocean.\\nThe Famous P. S. Ball Bearing\\nTroll and Casting Baits\\n...ARE...\\nThe Greatest Killing: Lure in the World.\\nThe Peer of All Others\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Anglers Triumph.\\nHave no competition on the following points\\nFor Why\\nAttraction The handsomest baits in the world.\\nEasy Action A breath will spin it.\\nSurest Twirler Never dead, they always play.\\nExpert Anglers praise them to the skies.\\nTwenty-five different styles. Send for Catalogue.\\nNote. I can tell true stories that are stranger than fiction, after using\\nthe P. S. B. B. Baits. Forty seven fish, weight 162 pounds, deep\\ntrolling, average nearly 3^ pounds each. Atithor Fresh Water Pearls", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "IT S AN\\nOPEN^e\\nSECRET\\nThat the Bristol Steel\\nFishing Rod has many\\na friend and user who\\nwill not say anything\\nabout it (the Bristol)\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nfor sportsmen s reasons*\\nFor Instance: Every mother s son who\\nuses a rod likes to pile up a good score,\\nand, if he (an individual sportsman) has\\ndiscovered a good thing/ he keeps it to\\nhimself See The BRISTOL STEEL\\nFISHING ROD is a MIGHTY good thing\\n-See?\\nWe d like to send you a Catalogue, if\\nwe only had your address,\\nTHE HORTON\\nMANUFACTURING CO.\\ncat. No. 29. Bristol, Conn,, U* S* A.", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "THE flUTOPTIC-COPIBINHTION F1SHINQ REEL.\\nTHE REEL OF 99,\\nWinds the line automatically by the action\\nof a spring controlled by the little finger of the\\nhand holding the rod. Never any slack line in\\nplaying a fish.\\nChanged instantly from automatic to free-\\nrunning by the pressure of a slide. Any kind\\nof a cast can be made with it.\\nSpring re-wound or tension increased by\\nturning key on outside of spool. Winds auto-\\nmatically any amount of line.\\nThe\\nLittle\\nFinger\\nDoes It\\nSend for\\nCatalogue which\\nis free for the\\nasking, to\\nYawmau\\nHrbe\\nfflfg. Go.\\nRochester, N. Y.\\nDept. Z.", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "1M. g srfs\\nAfielcf\\nThe leading Western Magazine on field sports,\\nhunting, angling, natural history and amateur\\nphotography. Many able writers contribute in-\\nteresting articles each month.\\nBright as the brightest, and as a gentlemen s\\nmagazine, promotive of outdoor recreation, it\\nhas won merited success.\\nSubscription $1.50 a year.\\nPublished by\\nSporljTIfield Putli^Rin^ Co.\\n353 De^rtorn $I M ^kic^o.\\nEdited by Claude King.", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "fesfe\\nTHtBROV.vfjRtE.NC0.\\nm^ -38:", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "v^C,\\nvv\\n^s", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "jgms r *w\\no\\nV...V**V...\\n3", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3415", "width": "2155", "jp2-path": "freshwaterpearls00simm_0056.jp2"}}