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About twelve men crossing the Connecticut river on a ferry installing the wire. Some ice visible on the near shore.

Men loading hay onto a horse-drawn wagon. One man stands on top of the hay, another is hoisting up some hay and a boy is gathering the scathings behind the wagon. Another person is on the far side of the horses, leading them. A large tree stands to…

A man standing near a large walnut tree in the middleground. Part of a field and grass visible in the foreground.

A large maple tree stands near the road with corn fields on either side of the road.

Two men pick apples from a tree. One man is on a tall laddere picking, the other is transfering apples from a basket to a large barrel. Two more barrows stand nearby, another tree is visible to the left and Mt. Tom looms in the background.

A boy stands on a hay tedder leading a horse in Hockanum. A barn is visible in the background and a mountain on the left.

A large mullein plant with a large tree and gated fence in the background south of Roger Johnson's house.

Main road after a rain shower from Hadley to Hockanum and South Hadley. Edward Johnson's house visible on the right side of the road with a fenced garden and some trees around the house.

A man cutting down rye in a Hockanum field. He faces away from the camera. Woods and Mt. Holyoke visible in the background.

A boy leans on a a hoe in an onion patch in Hockanum. He is looking away from the camera towards farm buildings visible behind. The patch belonged to Edward Johnson.

A boy hoeing corn in a field, looking down, facing away from the camera. Mt. Holyoke visible in the background.

A boy is hanging off the back of a horse-drawn avoiding water while a man steers the horse through the flooded street. A house and barn visible in the middleground and a mountain on the left in the background.

An elderly woman sits in a rocking chair outside a house knitting.

View of two children, a young boy and a toddler girl, carrying firewood, the entrance to a large barn looming in the background. This photograph is an illustration in "The Farmer's Boy," written and illustrated by Clifton Johnson and published in…

Image of an older man standing before the opening of a large, brick charcoal kiln with an armful of wood. Cut firewood, waiting to be placed in the kiln and turned into charcoal, rests in a stack in the foreground. Prescott was one of the towns…