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A white man walks through tall grasses holding a very long rod over his shoulder. He has a hatchet hanging on the belt behind his back. Some trees are faintly visible in the background on the right.

A white man stands over a swamp bending over the water with his hand holding his nose and his mouth open.

A white man stands among tall grasses of a swamp holding the head of an alligator shut.

A white man walks through a swamp with tall grass around him, holding a pinioned alligator on his shoulders.

A young white man ties the front limbs and head of an alligator while two other young men look on. One stands on top steps of a wooden cabin leaning against the side while the other stands on the outside.

A black boy and a white boy kneel on a floor of a wooden cabin playing craps while a white boy stands between them looking on.

A group of black men and women work in field while a man rides a mule holding a stick and looking at the workers.

A black woman stands in a field holding a hoe and taking a mug from a black boy holding a pail next to her.

A white man rides a small cart hitched to a horse and looks at a black woman standing near a fence. A child bends towards the ground next to the woman. A fence runs along the path on the right and some houses line in behind fences.

A black man sits on a box on a porch of a wooden house. A boy stands on the grass looking at three children sitting on the ground in front of a tree. Two barrels rest against the porch and a dog sits near a door of the house.

A young white woman stands by a gate in a wooden fence holding a turtle on a string and looking down at it. Trees fill in the background.

A barefoot white boy stands on a dirt road holding a pail over his left elbow looking towards a man standing on a cart and riding towards the camera. Fields stand on both sides of the road and a row of trees and houses line the background.

A white man stands over the edge of a deck holding a long pole with a sharp tip, preparing to launch it into the water. A ship is moored to the deck in the background with some buildings visible on the right.

A paddle steamers moored at a dock. Its wheel is on the right end and the name "AMERICA" is written on its side.

Two black boys, one sitting, one standing on a deck. A ship is moored to the deck in the background and a tarp covers something in the foreground on the right.