A downhill road leads into the village. A stone wall on the right foreground, a church in the middleground on the right and a couple of houses stand in the middleground on the left. A large tree obscures some houses in the background.
Three men sit on the stairs of a brick building with a dog between them. Two boys stand in the foreground, one looking at the camera, the other at the men.
A boy and a girl stand by a door to a house, both looking down. Two windows are visible, both with closed shutters, a basement entrance on the left and a woodshed in the background.
A horse drawn wagon with two men sitting on the driver's bench stopped on the road by a barrel tied to two posts of a fence. Trees visible in the background.
Looking from the pond to the dam and the river beyond. There are a few dwellings on either side of the dam. A tree covered hill is in the background. Reflection of the trees visible in the pond.
A view of Paradise Pond at Smith College from the shadow of trees which frame the photograph. The Smith College Boathouse and Crew House can be seen across the pond.