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Lower Falls of the Genesee, Rochester NY
Five miles downstream from here, the Genesee River empties into Lake Ontario at Charlotte, and the base of the falls has been a major spawning ground for salmon and lake trout until non-native fish like the alewife reduced their numbers. The…
New York State Hatchery and Fish Ponds, Caledonia NY
Postcard shows the nationally recognized operation created by Seth Green in 1864 and eventually taken over as a state operation in 1875. Despite this source of funding, the hatchery still depended upon publicity--thus the sizable text both on its…
Fishing Scene from "Libeled Lady" (1936)
William Powell plays a city slicker trying to fake a knowledge of angling in Jack Conway's film
Trout Fishing in the Village
Village of Mumford, NY is the location for this watercolor blending elements of natural and built environments
Diagram of Ponds
From Seth Green's 1870 manual "Trout Culture" comes this layout for a series of ponds designed to hatch trout
Seth Green Portrait in "Trout Culture"
Frontispiece to Green's 1870 book on pisciculture
"Trout"
Oil
Bird's-Eye View of Caledonia, NY, 1892
Aerial panorama of Caledonia, NY was published by Burleigh Litho of Troy, NY. According to John William Reps, Lucien R. Burleigh was responsible—whether as artist or publisher—for some 228 lithographic city views (it is possible, even likely that the…