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A two story house
A view of a two story wooden shack with a ladder leading up from near the river to the second floor and a ramp on the opposite end leading towards the land. Some boats are beached near the house. Some trees grow nearby and another building is visible…
Looking over the nets
Two white men look at fishing nets while a third man sits on a boat. More nets are stacked against a tree. A river runs in the middle ground with city buildings visible on the far shore in the background. Caption identifies location as the mouth of…
In front of a Lexington blacksmith's shop
A horse hitched to a cart stands in front of a blacksmith shop standing on the left. The sign above the door reads: "BLACKSMITHING & REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS DONE TO ORDER." A man sitting on a cart leads a horse towards the camera in the middle ground.…
Weeding a tobacco bed
Two white men kneel on the ground and weed a field. Each has a bag next to him. A white tarp covers the ground near them. A fence runs along the field on the right with a large bare tree in front of it. A house and a number of trees are in the…
A village scene
Two black men hitch a cart to a horse on the street while a white man walks behind a horse in the middle of the street. A white man sits in a chair leaning back against a house and a second white man sits on the ground next to him. Some trees grow…
A mansion in the Blue Grass country near Lexington
A view of a dirt road leading up to a large, two-story house in the middle ground surrounded by trees.
The village nearest Lincoln's birthplace
A town square with horses tied to a railings in the center and a number of houses around. A building nearest the camera has a sign reading "HARNESS SHOP."
At the back door
A white woman sweeps the ground outside a house. A girl stands leaning on a column that supports a roof over the entrance of the house and a second girl stands in the doorway looking out. Caption reads: "Grandma, in her sunbonnet and Mother Hubbard…
An old tollgate house on the pike
A view of a road with a hay-filled wagon going down the road. A house stands near the foreground on the right with two children sitting on the closed doorstep. A dog stands on the road and a warped fence runs next to the road near the house. Utility…
Ready to exercise the trotters
Two young black men sit on horses while a third man stands nearby, holding the bridle of one of the horses. A fence runs across the middleground with a number of trees on the far side and a farm building visible on the left. Caption reads: "Ready to…
Among the great level fields
A farmer in the middle ground leading horses working in a field with trees faintly visible in the background.
By the riverside
A man stands on the edge of a river holding a paddle. Two boats are in the water near him. Trees line the shore on the opposite shore.
A "traveler" and his children taking a noontide rest by the wayside
A white man smoking a pipe sits on the ground leaning against a tree and holding a baby in his lap. A boy stands next to them holding a bowl. Two horses eat nearby a wagon in the middle ground. A line of trees run along a fence on the right.
The borrower
A white woman stands on a plank of wood leading towards a veranda of a house, holding a cup in her hand. A second woman stands facing her, holding a child in her hand.
Looking over the morning's catch of fish
A white man crouches over a container while a second man stands nearby holding one foot on a low table. A fishing net, and a boat stand near the edge of water. Town buildings are visible across the water.