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A woman standing by an entrance to a house scraping corn on a board resting on a table. A boy stands behind her, near a barrel, looking up at her.

A man stands by a table and barrel holding a fish while a young man stands next to the barrel. A wheelbarrow stands in front of them and other men work behind them. Town buildings are visible in the background.

View of a group of men and teenage boys processing fish in a small square. Piles of fish are laid out on tables. One man appears to be scraping the fish while a boy waits with a long-handled spoon, ready to pour something over the fish. The are…

Two boys, identified as Roger and Arthur Johnson, stand by a horse on a day in spring, ready for a parade celebrating the end of the war. One is wearing a white shirt, tie, frock coat, white pants, riding boots and a top hat. He is holding a whip.…

Two barefoot black girls and one barefoot black boy prepare a boat for a voyage. One of the girls stands in the front bailing out water, while the second is sitting on an oar in the back. The boy is standing at the shore looking at the girl bailing…

A woman sits on a chair by a window with a bowl on her lap paring apples. A second chair with another bowl stands in front of her. There is a fireplace next to her with a kettle and a bucket hanging over a fire.

A white man shapes a log with an axe. There are wood shavings on the ground around him. Piles of logs are on the right and behind him. Multiple wooden building stand in the background with some trees growing behind them. Caption on reverse reads "NY…

A girl, identified as Margaret Johnson, kneels and plays with a horse on the floor while a doll and a broom are resting against a wall. Some stockings with toys hang above her.

A group of men, on the dock, are preparing fish for salting. Caption on back: "Preparing fish for salting."

A man sawing wood with one leg up on a piece of wood on the sawhorse. He is in front of a porch with the whole house shown.

A man, identified as Professor Alvord, stands by the side of a house by an open woodshed holding a stick. A shirt hangs on a hook on the wall and there is a sawhorse on the grass before him.

A two story house with two chimneys and a balcony on the second floor. Trees surround the house. A wooden fence extends on the left next to the house and other buildings are partly visible in the background.

A prairie schooner style wagon drawn by four horses. Two men are in the driver's seat and a third man is running toward the wagon. A wooden building with a porch is in the middle ground with the sign "SOUTHERN HOTEL" on top of the roof, and a second…

A bearded white man, identified as either Professor Alvord of South Hadley or Grandpa Pease, stands in front of a house resting a leg against a wooden horse and looking at the camera. A two story wooden house is behind him and a wooden well is in…

A large, two-story building with a spire stands on a hilltop surrounded by a fence. Several gravestones stand on the side and behind the building. A second building stands further back.