USFC, NYFC, etc.

George Perkins Marsh

In his 1857 report to the Vermont legislature, George Perkins Marsh declared that "the people of New England are suffering, both physically and morally, from a too close and absorbing attention to pecuniary interests, and occupations of mere routine.

Seth Green

Seth Green was known as the father of fish culture in America.

Robert Roosevelt

Robert Roosevelt is more commonly known today as the uncle of Teddy. However, he was a powerful and well-known man in his own right in the last decades of the 19th century. He was a strong believer in the acclimatization movement and, during his one term in Congress, introduced the bill that ultimately led to the creation of the U.S. Fish Commission.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division LC-BH83- 2593

Spencer Fullerton Baird

Spencer Fullerton Baird was the leader of the U.S. Fish Commission in its first years.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 2, Folder 7

Fish Delivery

National Archives 22-FFB-1001

Spawning Rainbows

Spawning Rainbow trout at a U.S. Fish Commission facility in Iowa.

National Archives.

Stocking Fish

National Archives

Fish Ponds

The U.S. Fish Commission raised fish for several years in ponds on what is now the National Mall in Washington D.C.

National Archives

Fish Arrive in Washington

For several years, the U.S. Fish Commission raised fish in ponds on what is now the National Mall in Washington D.C. In this photo, fish arrive in milk containers on a horse-drawn cart. Note the unfinished Washington Monument in the background.

National Archives 22-FFB-539

USFC Interior

The Interior of the U.S. Fish Commission's Central Station in Washington D.C. The jars in the background are hatching jars for eggs. Fish and eggs from all over the world were collected and distributed from this room.

National Archives 22-ffb-491