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Two white women sitting outside a stone house, sewing. A third woman stands in the doorway looking at them. Caption identifies the place as Orry, possibly Orry-la-Ville.

A white woman sits on a doorstep of a house with the door open, sewing. There is a basket in front of her, a couple potted plants are on a windowsill with a broom resting next to them. Town identified as Maxey, likely referring to Maxey-sur-Meuse.

A black girl sits on a chair on a porch sewing while a second girl sits on the floor next to her holding a doll and looking up at the first girl. Two wooden tubs are on the side of the building.

A number of small boats and nets on the shore near a river. Two men stand around and a large building is visible behind a tree on the right.

A man and a woman stand among the graves of a cemetery, with the man stooping down towards a grave. Bare trees grow along the cemetery with town buildings visible in the background.

A view of the pond in the background with foliage framing the whole image with a couple plants growing in the middle of the shot drawing most attention.

A large two story building with an attached side expansion behind a wooden fence broken up by a mounting platform. Some bare trees grow around.

Two men are planing the surface of a long mast in a shipyard on the edge of the harbor. Caption on back: "Shaping a mast."

Two men working on a trunk of a tree with other trunks strewn about. Shavings litter the ground. Water is visible behind them with a building on the right in the foreground and buildings visible on the left in the background.

View of two men planing a long length of wood in a shipyard, preparing it to become the mast of a ship. Large slips of wood shavings litter the ground all around. The harbor and surrounding buildings are visible in the background.

A white man sharpening a scythe in a field with knee-high crop or grass growing near him.

A young boy stands next to the entrance of the Hockanum schoolhouse, facing away from the camera, sharpening his pencil against the bricks on the right side of the door.

A black man sits on a wooden bench shaving wooden boards into shavings. Numerous shavings are on the right and boards are on the left. A wooden fence is in the middle ground and trees grow in the background on the left.

A herd of sheep grazing in a field with town buildings, houses, and two steeples visible in the background.

A group of sheep grazing in a field near water with mountains rising on the left and in the background.