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	Harold von Braunhut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Harold Nathan Braunhut aka Harold von Braunhut (31 March 1926 - 28 November 2003) was an American mail-order marketer most famous as the creator and seller of Amazing Sea Monkeys.
		Harold von Braunhut was born in Memphis, Tennessee on 31 March 1926.
		Von Braunhut was also a manager of a man whose act consisted of diving 40 feet into a children's wading pool with only 12 inches of water.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/h/ha/harold_von_braunhut.html (401 words)

	Wikinfo \| Harold von Braunhut
		Von Braunhut was also a member of the Ku Klux Klan and Aryan Nations despite family claims that he was Jewish.
		Von Braunhut was also a manager of a man whose act consisted of diving 40 feet into a children's wading pool with only 12 inches of water and raced motorcycles as The Green Hornet.
		Von Braunhut also ascribed to extreme right-wing beliefs and was a member of the Ku Klux Klan and Aryan Nations according to the Anti-Defamation League.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.phtml?title=Harold_von_Braunhut (420 words)

	Blog of Death: Harold von Braunhut
		Von Braunhut, who lived in New York City for most of his life, specialized in creating quirky inventions and marketing them to children.
		She calmed Harold down, explaining that these creatures were simply brine shrimp, and had an IQ barely higher than a rock.
		Well, Harold was a businessman as well as an adventurer, and the rest is history, though I never made a penny from assisting him in his quest.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000613.html (610 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Harold von Braunhut
		Von Braunhut, who held 195 patents for curiosities of various kinds, "discovered" the shrimps (which have the scientific name Artemia nyos) in 1957, probably in a tin of fish food.
		Von Braunhut's comic-book advertisements portrayed the shrimps as grinning, humanoid creatures congregating in happy family groups within Disney-esque palaces.
		Harold Nathan Braunhut was born on March 31 1926 in Memphis, Tennessee, and brought up in New York City, where he lived until the 1980s.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/12/24/db2403.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2003/12/24/ixopright.html (746 words)

	Sea Monkey Worship Page!
		von Braunhut, age 71, is the man behind the magnificent creatures that are Sea Monkeys®.
		von Braunhut explained that lobsters can live a very long time - as we may be aware - but their life expectancy is diminished because they become too large and too slow to gain adequate nutrition.
		von Braunhut discovered that when they are in a confined, small environment they do not molt their shells, which triggers a growth respose, yet they continue to live.
	www.seamonkeyworship.com /creator.htm (1031 words)

	FreeEnterpriseLand.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		According to von Braunhut, the buyer at Sears was almost fired because of it.
		Von Braunhut and his wife, Yolanda, are the only two people who know the formula.
		There is something in the powder von Braunhut formulates that does something to the eggs that nature can't do.
	www.freeenterpriseland.com /PAGEONE/pseamonkeys.html (469 words)

	Sea Monkeys - Bad Fads Museum
		The fact is that that Harold von Braunhut definitely recognized a true freak of nature - and with it, one of the greatest marketing opportunities in history.
		von Braunhut first came across the animal known as Artema nyos (a close relative of the brine shrimp) in 1957.
		von Braunhut saw a potential for offering the shrimp as pets to children which could be sold through the mail without any concern about the animals suffering due to lack of care and feeding.
	www.badfads.com /pages/collectibles/seamonkeys.html (515 words)

	Harold von Braunhut, Seller of Sea Monkeys, Dies at 77 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Harold von Braunhut, who used comic book advertisements to sell whimsical mail-order inventions like Amazing Sea Monkeys, tiny shrimp that pop to life when water is added, died on Nov. 28 at his home in Indian Head, Md. He was 77.
		von Braunhut gravitated toward life's crazier edge, racing motorcycles as the Green Hornet and managing the career of a man who dived from 40 feet into a kiddie pool filled with 12 inches of water.
		Harold Nathan Braunhut was born in Memphis on March 31, 1926, and grew up in New York City, where he lived until the mid-1980's, when he moved to Maryland and set up a wildlife conservation area.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1044719/posts (1354 words)

	Remember When (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In 1957, Harold Von Braunhut gazed into a tank of common brine shrimp and envisioned a school of Sea-Monkeys.
		Von Braunhut knew that brine shrimp lived for years in a state of "suspended animation." He also knew that he wanted to introduce curious kids to the wonders of Mother Nature.
		But von Braunhut knew where to find his customers: the back of comic books.
	www.howdydoodytime.com /seam.htm (98 words)

	SPLCenter.org: Hitler and the Sea-Monkeys
		For the rest of his life, von Braunhut's legendary cleverness deserted him whenever he was questioned about being a Jewish neo-Nazi.
		In December 1995, von Braunhut — who called himself an ordained priest and often wore a clerical collar to Aryan Nations gatherings — presided over the funeral of Betty Butler, the chief's wife.
		When von Braunhut ascended to that great aquarium in the sky last November, he was said to be at work on a pet lobster and an instant frog.
	www.splcenter.org /intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=390 (546 words)

	Sea Monkeys
		HVB: My artist was a fella by the name of Ben Harvey, who was the art director for quite a number of magazines.
		HVB: The original Sea-Monkey logo, the little guy hatching out of an egg was done one night up in a studio by an artist.
		HVB: We had Sea-Monkeys in Superman/ DC comics, we had it in Harvey comics, Archie, in fact every comic book on the market we bought 303 million pages of advertising a year for years.
	www.planetxmagazine.com /seamonkeys.htm (1017 words)

	Sea-Monkey comic ads
		Sea-Monkeys began 'life' in the 1960's, the inventor Harold von Braunhut may not of been the worlds greatest artist but he knew how to catch peoples attention.
		The reason why they appeared in so many publications is that with the invention of television all of a sudden all the toy manufacturers wanted to advertise on TV and ad space on printed media became very affordable.
		Harold was also the inventor of X-ray specs, which allowed the viewer to see simulated X-Rays and the Steel Cobra, which is not an item for children as it's an anti-mugging device.
	www.netfysh.com /seamonkeys/smads.html (118 words)

	Sea Monkey Worship Page!
		Although I never met him face to face and didn't have much contact with him even on a yearly basis, his support has enabled me to fulfill both my dreams and my whimsy for the past few years.
		von Braunhut is gone now, but his achievements will live on forever.
		Every day he could wake up knowing that children and adults around the world were coming together, were learning, or were just having a good time with something he created.
	www.seamonkeyworship.com /haroldremembered.html (562 words)

	Boing Boing: Sea Monkey magnate dead at 77 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Harold von Braunhut, who ingeniously marketed one of the ugliest and most boring aquatic creatures in existence -- the almost-invisible brine shrimp -- as" Sea Monekys," died last month.
		von Braunhut's piece de resistance was Sea Monkeys -- which come from dried-up lake bottoms, not the sea, and are not monkeys but brine shrimp.
		His extravagant claims for the crustaceans -- for example, that they come back from the dead and that they can be trained and hypnotized-- are convincing because they are sort of true.
	www.boingboing.net /2003/12/23/sea_monkey_magnate_d.html (198 words)

	thorninpaw: Hitler and the Sea-Monkeys
		Twisted von Braunhut surely was, but if you asked the legions of baby boomers who mail-ordered his packages of amusing disappointments in the 1960s and '70s, it definitely seemed like the good kind of twisted.
		Butler soon confirmed to the (Spokane, Wash.) Spokesman-Review that von Braunhut was an old pal and "member of the Aryan race who has supported us quite a few years."
		The Washington Post put any lingering questions to rest with a story that made it clear von Braunhut's racist ties ran considerably deeper than your average Sea Monkey aquarium.
	www.thorninpaw.com /mt/archives/000704.html (604 words)

	It's ...
		: : Harold von Braunhut, who used comic book advertisements to sell whimsical mail-order inventions like Amazing Sea Monkeys, tiny shrimp that pop to life when water is added, died on Nov. 28 at his home in Indian Head, Md. He was 77.
		von Braunhut's pièce de résistance was Sea Monkeys - which come from dried-up lake bottoms, not the sea, and are not monkeys but brine shrimp...
		I can not recall who sent off for the the happy sea monkey family, but I remember peering at them through the magnifying glass try to see their faces.
	www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/27/messages/165.html (321 words)

	Shofar FTP Archives: people/v//von-braunhut.harold/references (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Harold Von Braunhut ------------------- "Harold Von Braunhut is a Jewish businessman originally from New York City who moved to Bryans Road, Maryland, in 1985.
		He has contributed significant financial amounts to Aryan Nations and is the leader of the organization's Maryland chapter.
		An April 1988 article in _The Washington Post_ reported that Von Braunhut, who was born and raised in New York City, is a Jew.
	www.nizkor.org /ftp.cgi/people/v/ftp.py?people/v//von-braunhut.harold/references (98 words)

	news from me - ARCHIVES
		Quite a few folks have e-mailed me links to obits like this one for Harold von Braunhut, the man who invented and marketed the "Amazing Sea Monkeys." Most of the pieces spoke admiringly of his ability to merchandise odd items, and I suppose that's worthy of a salute.
		But I wonder how many children were traumatized at an early age because they sent their allowances off to order the Amazing Sea Monkeys and learned that advertising does not always convey the exact truth.
		von Braunhut's x-ray specs also did not let you see through walls or clothing, either.
	www.newsfromme.com /archives/2003_12_22.html (799 words)

	Stupid Question ™
		Exactly 40 years after their introduction, Sea-Monkeys are still being sold through von Braunhut’s Maryland-based Transcience Corporation.
		But with this new “educational” angle, von Braunhut et al.
		However, it might be better than the most common commercial use of brine shrimp: live fish food.
	archives.stupidquestion.net /sq121400.html (444 words)

	Dr. Nucleus -- X-rays vs. Gamma Rays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The so-called "X-rays" were invented in the late 1950s by the great German-American Scientist, Dr. Harold von Braunhut, who advertised them in the back of a Scientific journal as originating from his "x-ray specs".
		They were dubbed "x-rays" (more properly, x-rated rays) because they were used mostly by adolescent boys to look beneath the clothing of unsuspecting secretaries.
		von Braunhut though little recognized by the Nobel Prize Committee (much like another Dr. we all know and love) also gave the world Sea-Monkeys.
	webpages.charter.net /astroweaver/humor/gamma.html (281 words)

	The Falcon Newspaper - Monkeying around in Sea-ttle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Their tale of "rags to riches" all started in 1957 with inventor Harold von Braunhut.
		One of the most extravagant pieces of memorabilia arose when Harold von Braunhut teamed up with Ripley’s Believe it or Not to create the Sea-Monkey Sea-Circus Arena in 1964.
		The aquarium for this kit consisted of a vinyl bag that slipped inside a cardboard carton, decorated like a circus tent, with a large open stage window for proper Sea-Monkey viewing.
	www.thefalcononline.com /printversion.php?s=316 (640 words)

	Sea Monkeys : Retro
		They were thought of as mere fish food for many years until Harold von Braunhut, a man who is famous among toy enthusiasts for inventing X-Ray Spex, discovered these marvels of the sea.
		When it didn’t become an immediate hit, Von Braunhut came up with the brainstorm of advertising the kit in comic books.
		Von Braunhut also noticed that the little brine shrimp resembled monkeys when they grew to adulthood, so he added the phrase “Sea Monkeys” to the packaging of Instant Life.
	www.skooldays.com /categories/toys/ty1065.htm (783 words)

	Timeless Toys: The Passing of the Man that Gave Us Sea-Monkeys
		I asked George Atamian, the president of ExploraToy (the distributors of Sea-Monkeys), if he could arrange an interview with Harold von Braunhut for the Ant Farm and Sea-Monkeys chapter of The Playmakers.
		I asked her who she was and she said, “I’m Yolanda von Braunhut, Harold’s wife.” I thanked her for her generosity and gushed over how I planned to cover Sea-Monkeys and Harold’s other famous invention, X-Ray Spex in The Playmakers.
		Harold was fun to listen to and a great interview.
	www.theplaymakers.com /welcome/archives/000004.html (418 words)

	Blogcritics.org: Bizarre Comic Book Obit
		I was reading the obituary of Harold von Braunhut, the man who sold the world Sea Monkeys, and the more I read, the more his life was like something out of a comic book, albeit probably written by Alan Moore.
		He sold X-Ray Specs, Sea Monkeys and more on the back pages of comic books, he was a salesman, daredevil and member of the KKK and Aryan Nations.
		Harold von Braunhut, who used comic book advertisements to
	blogcritics.org /archives/2003/12/24/165415.php (887 words)

	MagicTimes News Archives - Week Of December 22-28, 2003
		Harold von Braunhut died on Nov. 28 at the age of 77.
		Harold von Braunhut was also a close friend of Dunninger's and was quoted saying that he was also his manager at one time.
		The Fort Myers Magician's Association third annual Holiday Magic Show is the subject of a News-Press article that mentions performers, Tony Dunn, Alex Geiser, Jim Hall, Terry Harris, Dan Tong, Keith Raygor, Don Hillebrands and Doc Hollywood and Kimberley.
	www.magictimes.com /archives/2003/2003-12_22-28.html (1196 words)

	Night Shade Books Discussion Area: Sea Monkey Klavern
		The fact that you had to have previously put in a dollar bill is of no moment, I have it on good information that the Eurozone powers have acquired the prototype and that it is the source of our current currency woes!
		Whatever his political stupidities, Von Braunhut's advertisements formed an integral part of my comics-reading experience when I was a kid, even if I didn't know his name.
		I am grateful to Von Braunhut for his entrepreneurial silliness; his bravura sense of kitsch continues to bring me joy to this day.
	www.nightshadebooks.com /discus/messages/806/1774.html?1072072220 (347 words)

	Crazy Crabs - Hermit Crabs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Full pages ads are expensive and artists cost money you know so in order to do it right, someone with a big budget was needed.
		That is where Harold Von Braunhut comes in.
		Harold Von Braunhut was the genius behind Sea Monkeys and a myriad of other mail order items so hermit crabs probably came naturally to him.
	www.getafreemonkey.com /hermit_crabs.html (140 words)

	Harold von Braunhut - SALESMEN, INVENTOR,WHITE AMERICAN (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Details are hazy, but it’s believed that Prince Hal cracked open a tin of fish food in the mid-1950s and noticed that dried brine shrimp therein sprang back from a suspended animation state if doused with tap water.
		If you didn’t know who Harold von Braunhut was, you’ve now entered a Paul Harvey zone and know the rest…of…the story.
		A Tennessee Jew who inserted the “von” in his name to sound more self-important and Germanic, his fortune turned him into a self-loathing member of the Aryan Nations and the Klan.
	voxtango.net.cob-web.org:8888 /badger/badger17.html (617 words)

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