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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.
A load of prairie hay on the way of town
A wagon filled with hay is pulled along a dirt road by two horses moving away from the camera. Utility poles run along the road on both sides of the road.
A well
A white man crouches over a well in the ground holding a rope and lowering it. Two planks of wood serve as an open door. A house stands in the middle ground.