Bufford's fishing cards, nos. 454

Print shows an uncut sheet of six fishing scenes with titles: "Caught on the Fly" which shows a man caught by the hook of his own line while casting; "Fishing in Earnest" which shows a man helping a fisherman who has fallen into the water; "Fishing" which shows a young man and a young woman in a boat, he is teaching her how to fish, while a cat raids the picnic basket at the front of the boat; "Into the Water We Go" which shows a fisherman and a small dog falling into the water when the log on which they were standing, breaks, he pulls another man into the water with him; "Tables Turned" which shows a two fishermen, one watching the other who has caught hold of a fish in his arms, dropping his fishing pole and slipping off a rock, into the water; and "A Good Bite" which shows a dog biting a fisherman by the seat of the pants and holding him while a policeman runs toward them, there is a "No Trespassing Allowed" sign on a tree where the man is fishing.
K3400 U.S. Copyright Office.

Copyrighted 1879 by J.H. Bufford's Sons, Boston.
Sheet shows registration marks for the individual cards.
Each card on the sheet measures approximately 4.4 x 10.8 cm.
Copyright stamp and inscribed number appear on the upper left of the back of the sheet.
The b&w negative shows two series of comic cards issued by Bufford, "Farm Scenes" at top and "Fishing Cards" at bottom.