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An extensive back porch of a mansion overlooking the Connecticut River. A man sits on the porch and some clothes hang drying.

A woman stands over a hole in the ground holding a rope and drawing water. A basin with a washboard inside. A wooden gate is next to her and connected stone buildings are on the right.

A young white boy stands at the edge of a river looking down deep in thought. Bare trees line the edge of the river and fill in the background.

A view of a number of boats in a harbor with their reflections in the water. Some buildings and trees are by the water in the background.

Three white women sit in a boat, one of them sitting in the middle of the boat rowing, and the other two sitting on the end of the boat. A man is sitting in a second boat further from the shore. A boy stands on a wooden pier looking out at the two…

A man standing in a field holding something in his left hand and picking up a piece on a wooden trap standing chest high on a wooden stick. Tall grass, shrubs and a tree surround him with a stone wall partly visible on the left.

A man sits in a chair looking down at a box in his lap and holding a small bottle in his right hand. He is well lit but everything around him is dark and only a part of wallpaper and a poster hanging above him is visible.

A girl and an older man, identified as Margaret Johnson and "grandpa" Lyman, sit on a boat pulled up the shore of the Connecticut River. He is holding and fixing a net while she is looking at what he is doing. Some buildings are visible on the other…

A view of a stone, two-story building with three chimneys and a tall stone wall lining the path perpendicular to the building. A second, one story building is partially visible on the left, nearer the camera, and a one story house is in the…

A white woman stands by an entrance to an all-stone house with some shrubs growing on the slanted roof. Stone wall runs across before the house and another is on the right. A second house is in the middle ground behind some hedges. An open box and a…

A woman sits in a chair holding a cup and a stick. There is a fireplace to her left with a kettle hanging on a chain above the fire. The mantelpiece above the fireplace holds a clock, flowers, and other decorative items. Some images hang on the wall.

A girl, identified as Katherine Johnson, sits on a low hanging branch of a tree with her feet touching the ground. She is wearing a straw hat with flowers in it and is looking at the camera.

A white woman walks up a cobbled sidewalk near a corner of a building holding a basket in one hand and a loaf of bread in the other. Other buildings are seen in the background on the left side of the street. The caption identifies the village as La…

Pen and ink illustration of a bundled woman with a sack on her back walking on a road.

An older white woman stands looking at the camera holding a bowl in one hand and a cane in the other. Behind her is a small wooden building with bare trees growing in the background.