Cigarette cards featuring images of fish, issued by the Piedmont brand of the American Tobacco Company. Dating to 1910-1919, they swim in the archives at the Alabama Department of Archives and History in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Albino Brook Trout, Number 303. 1910-1919. American. One of a series of cigarette cards featuring images of fish, issued by the Piedmont brand of the American Tobacco Company. Collections of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/photo/id/47173/rec/7

Blue Gill Sun Fish, Number 305. 1910-1919. American. One of a series of cigarette cards featuring images of fish, issued by the Piedmont brand of the American Tobacco Company. Collections of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/photo/id/47175/rec/7
Canadian Red Trout Male, Number 311. 1910-1919. American. One of a series of cigarette cards featuring images of fish, issued by the Piedmont brand of the American Tobacco Company. Collections of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/photo/id/47181/rec/7
Catfish, Number 312. 1910-1919. American. One of a series of cigarette cards featuring images of fish, issued by the Piedmont brand of the American Tobacco Company. Collections of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/photo/id/47180/rec/7
Dog Fish or Mud Fish, Female, Number 318. 1910-1919. American. One of a series of cigarette cards featuring images of fish, issued by the Piedmont brand of the American Tobacco Company. Collections of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/photo/id/47188/rec/7
Goldfish, Number 321. 1910-1919. American. One of a series of cigarette cards featuring images of fish, issued by the Piedmont brand of the American Tobacco Company. Collections of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/photo/id/47191/rec/7
Lobster, Number 324. 1910-1919. American. One of a series of cigarette cards featuring images of fish, issued by the Piedmont brand of the American Tobacco Company. Collections of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/photo/id/47194/rec/7
Pompano, Number 331. 1910-1919. American. One of a series of cigarette cards featuring images of fish, issued by the Piedmont brand of the American Tobacco Company. Collections of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/photo/id/47201/rec/7
Rose Fish, Number 342. 1910-1919. American. One of a series of cigarette cards featuring images of fish, issued by the Piedmont brand of the American Tobacco Company. Collections of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/photo/id/47212/rec/7
Porpoise, Number 333. 1910-1919. American. One of a series of cigarette cards featuring images of fish, issued by the Piedmont brand of the American Tobacco Company. Collections of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/photo/id/47203/rec/7

There are six screens worth of fish in the archive. This is a small selection. You can visit them all here https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/photo/id/47173/rec/7

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