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A young girl, possibly Edith Barstow or Hettie Johnson, standing in front of the blackboard in the Hockanum schoolhouse reading her composition to the class.

A woman sits in a chair near a fireplace reading a letter. A kettle is hanging on a chain in the fireplace.

Two white girls sit on the threshold of a house with an open book between them. Some stones line the entrance and form a small garden along the wall of the house with some plants growing under a window.

Two bearded white men, sit outside a house. One is wearing a three-piece suit and holding a newspaper while the second is wearing an overcoat and holding his hat in his hand.

A boy sitting in the haymow reading a book with a next to him in the hay.

A black man sits on a chair on a porch of a house looking down at a boy sitting on the porch, leaning against a column, and holding a newspaper.

A girl, identified as Katherine Johnson, stands on a boat pulled up on the shore, holding a fishing pole in one hand and a tin can of worms in the other.

A boy, identified as Arthur Johnson stands facing the camera holding onto something that could possibly serve as a jump rope.

Two young black men sit on horses while a third man stands nearby, holding the bridle of one of the horses. A fence runs across the middleground with a number of trees on the far side and a farm building visible on the left. Caption reads: "Ready to…

An entrance of a house with a woman, identified as Anna McQueston Johnson, standing on the steps holding a bowl. A boy, identified as Stephen Johnson, is standing on the brick walkway in front of the steps and is holding a hay fork and rake.

A boy and a girl, identified as Irving and Katherine Johnson, stand by a horse and carriage partially outside a barn. She is adjusting the bridle while he is looking on.

A young white woman sits on a horse holding a basket on one arm while a second woman holds the horse's halter. A dog stands nearby on the cobbled courtyard between two stone buildings.

A white man wearing a black hat bent over reaping stalks of a cereal crop in a field.

A white man cutting down oats with a scythe or cradle while another man stoops down nearby and a third one stands watching. A farm building is in the middle ground on the right with hills rising in the background.

A white man standing with his back to the camera cutting down oats with a scythe or cradle with roofs of farm buildings visible in the middle ground with trees and hills in the background.