the house of magic

Gloria Hollister Anable, Jocelyn Crane Griffin, Else Bostelmann and more

This newsletter is made possible by an unbelievably generous gift from Ruth Ann Harnisch and her husband Bill. Words fail me — thank you! 

Gloria Hollister Anable, then a 28-year-old research scientist, pictured here in the bathysphere. (image via The Library of Congress)]

The locals in Bermuda called Gloria’s lab “the house of magic.” 

In 1928, the then 2…