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Black boys and their dogs in Tennessee
Caption on back: "A boy hunter and his four-legged companions. The dogs have to wait while he shows two of his boy friends just how the gun works. Did you count the dogs?"
Black cemetery in Tuskegee, Alabama
The cemetery used by the black residents of Tuskegee, Alabama. The headstones are small and there isn't much vegetation.
Black children and their schoolhouse
Black students and their teacher (?) stand outside the dilapidated school. Caption on back: "Negro children and their schoolhouse. Such buildings for their race in Southern country regions are far too common."
Black children at the well
A black girl is pulling on the well rope of a tall well house while a boy waits with a pail at his feet. Caption on back: "Did you ever see a well that had as high a roof as this from which the children are getting water?"
Black children meeting at a gate in Virginia
Caption on back: "Four neighbors, three of whom are girls, the other a barefooted boy with a big toe tied up. They live near the Great Natural Bridge that has an arch two hundred and fifteen feet high." Bridge is located south-west of…
Black couple clearing palmetto scrub for a garden
A black couple is hard at work clearing the ground of palmetto scrub to make way for a garden. Caption on back: "Grubbing up palmetto scrub to clear ground for a garden patch".
Black family on their porch in Vicksburg, Mississippi
Caption on back: "A piazza scene on the picturesque outskirts of Vicksburg. The weather is warm, and that is why the baby's head is protected from the sunshine by a towel. A broken window, and the condition of the steps show plainly that the family…
Black man and woman with horse in a Tennessee yard
A black man grazes a horse in his yard and talks to a woman. In the background, children are sitting on the steps of the house.
Black man in a cart stops to talk with two black women in Tennessee
A black man driving a cart has stopped in the road to speak with two black women.
Black man splitting wood in Virginia
A black man splitting boards for a roof in Virginia.
Black woman and child read together in Louisiana
An older black woman seated in a chair, and a child, possibly her daughter or granddaughter, read together in Louisiana.
Black woman milling rice, Oakley, South Carolina
A black woman in Oakley, South Carolina mlls rice by pounding it with a pestle in a large wooden mortar. A man looks on from the doorway.
Black woman rowing home in Vicksburg, Mississippi
A lone black woman begins to row across the Mississippi River to her home near Vicksburg, while a second looks on from the bank.
Black woman selling cabbages from a cart in Charleston, South Carolina
A black woman sells cabbages from a cart in Charleston, South Carolina. A man has come to buy and is weighing one in his hand.
Black woman watering plants
Caption on back: "This house is on Bull Run Battlefield, and at the time of the fighting was the home of a free negro. The little boy is watching his mammy water the plants."