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View of the Wittenberg Mountains in the background and a cow in a pasture with a stone wall, wood fence, and house in foreground. Caption on reverse states, "New York | Catskills The Wittenberg from Woodland Valley"

John Burroughs sits at his old desk at the West Settlement schoolhouse while a group of schoolgirls stand facing him

John Burroughs burial place with Anna Tweed McQueston Johnson (Clifton Johnson's wife) standing on hillside. Caption on reverse reads "John Burroughs burial place beside 'boyhood rock'"

A small wooden shack sits among the trees. Caption on reverse "New York Catskills Roxbury sugarhouse at the edge of the Burroughs sap-bush."

John Burroughs at Riverby packing grapes into wooden crates. Caption on reverse reads "He was an official fruit farmer, and here he is getting grapes ready for the city markets.

John Burroughs sits writing at the desk he made at Slabsides. Caption on reverse reads "A busy day at Slabsides"

John Burroughs sits writing at his desk. Caption on reverse reads "The desk that Burroughs himself made from crooked sticks gathered in the wilderness."

John Burroughs stands by a flowering bush next to a large rock formation. Caption on reverse reads "A flowering bush at the margin of Slabsides Swamp."

John Burroughs stands outside on the porch steps of a two story wodden house with a man and woman. Caption on reverse reads "John Burroughs Roxbury"

A two story building sits next to a graveyard. Caption on reverse reads "The yellow church of the Old School Baptists, with its house- sheds and graveyard. Here the father and mother of [John] Burroughs worshipped, and here they are buried.

Two men sit in rocking chairs, one smoking and the other reading a newspaper. Caption on reverse reads " At the right, This is Chant Burroughs (nephew of the Naturalist). At the Burroughs Homestead. At the left- this could be Frank Brandow, son of…

Dessie Burroughs, daughter of Curtis Burroughs stands near a doorway holding a metal pail and stool. Caption on reverse reads "Dessy Burroughs, daughter of Curtis, brother of JB [John Burroughs]."

Curtis Burroughs stands at the spigot, his wife Eliza Burroughs in the background. Caption on card reads "Roxbury- the old farmhouse springwater at the back door."

A man with a larger beard sits in front of a class of school children. Caption on back reads "Catskills a visit from the committee man."

A man stands looking at two gravestones. Caption on back reads "the little cemetery at the turn of the road not far from the Burroughs home. It used to scare him when he was a boy if he had to pass it at night."