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A black girl walks on a dirt path towards two boys talking to each other near a small, wooden building surrounded by bare shrubs and some plants. Trees fill in the background. Caption reads: "Negro children and their schoolhouse. Such buildings for…

A black boy holding his right hand on a bottom step of a staircase, getting out from under a wooden building with multiple eggs in his hat.

A view of shrubs in the foreground and thin trees growing in the middle ground and background.

A large, partly broken metal saw hangs on a chain tied to a plank nailed to two trees. Two black boys stand near it, one ringing the saw, and the other leaning against the tree, looking on. The caption reads: "Nearby is a little church that belongs…

Two black boys, one standing and the other kneeling, work on tomatoes in baskets around them. A man stands over a large barrel holding a cabbage and breaking off some of its leaves. More cabbages lie on the ground and farm buildings are in the…

A black woman and man work on clearing up a patch of earth. They are both bending over the ground, the man holding a wooden implement, possibly a hoe. Some trees grow in the background.

A black boy walking up a dirt path with wooden fences on both sides. Three houses stand on the left with a group of people standing on the porch of the one nearest the camera. Trees grow in the background.

A black girl is pulling on a rope of a well looking at a black boy standing next to her. The well is covered in wooden planks. There's a pail next to the boy. A ladder stands on the left and a box sits on a cast iron table in the center. Brush and…

A schooner rests partly in water with debris scattered on the beach near the camera. One of its masts is bent while two stand tall.

A group of four black children standing near an entrance of a wooden house. The oldest is holding a younger child by the hand as they look towards chickens walking around. A third child is holding a broom, sweeping, and the fourth stands by the door…

A road running across with a wooden house across the road. Some clothes dry on a line on the right near a water pump and a wooden fence is partly visible on the right running along the road. A stone marker is near the house on its right.

A white woman stands on a brick path sweeping it while a man stands at a water pump holding the crank and looking at the camera. A house is behind him with some broken windows near the woman.

A white man wading by a shore pulling a large net into the water with some of it on the shore and most in the water.

A white man stands holding a pitchfork and resting his left foot on a step to a wooden barn. A second man stands in the door of the barn, resting his right hand on his side and his left hand on the frame of the door.

A white woman, possibly Anna Johnson, touching the shackles of a whipping post. A boy stands next to her, looking at the post. A two-story stone building stands on the right and a tree and another building, barely visible due to exposure are drawn in…