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A white woman stands by a large pot mixing it with a long ladle. A fence runs across the yard behind her with other pots and a barrel resting against it.

A barefooted white boy climbing over a wooden fence smiling at a girl who is standing on the over side. The gate is closed near them and a corner of a brick house is on the left.

Two white girls, one sitting in a small rocking chair, and the other standing next to her, both look down at a book the sitting girl is holding. They are on a porch of a house with a window and a door behind them.

Two white men sit on a fence at the edge of a field while two horses are resting near them. Bare trees and bushes stand behind the fence.

A group of four cows and a calf grazing. The calf is looking at the camera and bare trees grow in the background.

A white man and a boy stand by a crate resting on the ground on its side. The man is resting a hammer on the box and looking at the boy hammering. Caption reads: "Chickens are hatching, and the boy is helping his father to build a hen coop."

A white woman sits in a chair in front of a fireplace, knitting. There is a clock, a lamp, and a number of bottles on the mantelpiece and the wall behind is covered in newspapers.

Three covered caravans pulled by horses stand on a dirt road. Three white women sit in the first wagon and a man sits in the second. Two other man converse on the side of the road while another man stands holding the reins of the horses in the last…

A bearded white man leans against a tree smoking a pipe looking at a second white man in front of him who is reading a newspaper. A wooded fence runs right behind them and some bare trees fill out the background.

A bearded white man sits on a horse riding towards the camera on a narrow path among bare bushes. He is holding a wicker basket on his arm.

A bearded white man chops wood while a boy stands next to him. A wooden house with a stone chimney is behind them with bare trees on the left.

A view of a number of sandbags with some poles helping them stand in place.

A view of a wooden cabin surrounded by a wooden fence near water. Trees grow on the left and a steamer is faintly visible on the water in the background.

A black woman stands in the entrance of a house while three black children, two girls and a boy, lie on their stomachs on the front porch, all looking at the camera. Caption reads: "Three children taking their ease on a piazza floor which a flood has…

A young white woman stands on a footpath holding a pail in her hand and looking at the camera. A barefoot white boy stands next to her, also looking at the camera. There is a river on the right with a tree growing near the shore and a building and a…