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A white man sits on a tree stump on a wooden porch outside a room with an oven and numerous pails behind him. He is shelling corn in a bowl in front of him and three more pails are next to him.

A woman and three children, one holding a large doll, sit on steps as they shell peas into baskets. Another doll rests on the steps next to a girl as she works on the peas in her basket. A cat rests comfortably on the steps between the family.

Pen and ink illustration of a shillalah, a wooden cudgel hanging on a nail by a string.

A view of a whitewashed house in the middle ground with a chimney on the side and a white wooden fence surrounding it. A second wooden building is on the right . Trees grow in the background.

A white man crouches on a boat aiming a rifle while a black man stands next to him looking out. A young white girl plays with a small wooden box on the boat. Some trees are partly under water near the boat.

A view of the Shoshone Falls taken from higher ground with the Snake River flowing in the background. A solitary tree with some bushes around grows in the foreground and the sides of the canyon are visible in the background.

Two white men shoveling snow drifts that cover the road. A tree standing on the left is almost covered in snow and the snow banks are almost as tall as the men. Tall trees stand in the background.

Two boys show grandma their kittens, Battleax and Tomahawk, as she stands on the front step of their house.

A white girl sits on a wheelbarrow shucking corn. A boy stands next to her doing the same. A pail filled with corn is between them and a chicken stands in the foreground. An open barn door is in the background.

A man standing holding a cue pushing disks on a deck of a ship, possibly the Columbia, while other men stand looking on.

A stone wall-lined road leading up to the hill top village with two churches, houses and barns. There are stone walks dividing a meadow and some trees grow by the side of the road.

A girl and two boys, identified as Katherine, Arthur, and Roger Johnson, in front of a barn. One of the boys is crouching holding a doll in front of the girl. The other boy is standing behind them looking down. A barn is visible in the background.

An image of a silhouette figure of a man in top hat, frock coat and knee britches.

Elbridge Kingsley in profile, sitting in a chair, possibly engraving a block of wood.

A group of children playing on the village pond, some on skates, some on sleds. Houses and other town buildings visible in the background and some bare trees are scattered throughout.