John Burroughs sits in a wooden chair hat in hand. Caption on reverse reads "A pause in the heat of the day, while incidentially enjoying the rusitic seat he made himself."
John Burroughs stands next to a gnarled tree. Caption on reverse reads "an old apple tree that the birds frequented on land adjacent to that owned by Burroughs."
Eliza Burroughs stands outside the homestead with two pails. Caption on reverse reads "Catskills Roxburry Going a-milking. The stones --- on the terrace of the old farm house of John Burroughs.