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People working alongside the Erie Canal as a barge moves through the lock. Caption on reverse reads "New York Passing through the locks of the Erie Canal opposite Troy."

A white man and a boy stand on a barge with the writing "DAVID M. HUTTON" painted on the back. Two other men sit on the barge, all looking at each other. A utility pole and two houses are visible on the other side of the canal. Caption on reverse…

A white man stands in front of a water pump pouring water into a ladle. A trough stands in front of the pump and a wooden fence runs across the middle ground. A part of a house is visible on the left with a roofed porch. Another house is visible in…

A white man sits on a wagon pulled by a horse next to a small booth on the side of the road. A wooden building is partly visible on the left behind the booth. Utility poles run along the road on the left and bare woods stand behind them.

A view of a four-step stile leading over a wooden fence into a cemetery filled with gravestones. A short windmill with long wooden sails. A bare tree grows on the left.

A two story salt box house with a wooden fence out front. Caption on reverse "New York Easthampton, Long Island. The John Howard Payne house that inspired Home, Sweet, Home."

A elderly white man sits in a rocking chair at a writing desk and looks down at papers spread in front of him. He is holding a pen in his right hand. Many papers are stacked on the desk and on the shelves above. A large mirror hangs on the wall to…

A white man wears gloves and kneels in the soil sowing. A line connected by two sticks guides him across in a straight row. A wooden fence cuts across the middle ground and trees and planks are visible behind it in the background.. Caption on reverse…

A white man shapes a log with an axe. There are wood shavings on the ground around him. Piles of logs are on the right and behind him. Multiple wooden building stand in the background with some trees growing behind them. Caption on reverse reads "NY…

A statue of a man holding a boy and leaning forward holding his right hand on the neck of a dog standing next to him. The statue is positioned on a large rock and partly covered by vines. A part of a building is visible on the left and a gate stands…

A view of a cemetery with numerous gravestones. Some trees grow around the cemetery, partly obscuring a view of a church in the middle ground. Other town buildings are visible in the background.

A white man stands on top of a ladder painting a side of a house. Two other buildings, one made of stone, the other of wood, stand on the left. Trees grow in the background.

A marble statue with a figure of a man on top representing Leatherstocking from the novels by James Fenimore Cooper. A path circles the monument and some bushes and trees surround it. Roofs of houses are visible in the middle ground with a lake and…

A white man sits in a chair on a porch in front of a building wearing a top hat and holding a walking stick in his hands. There is a burlap sack on the porch next to him. A younger white man stands on the ground resting one arm on his side and the…

A snow covered road leads towards a two story home, Caption on reverse reads "Roxbury in the Catskills. The steep rock-walled road leading up to the farm from Roxbury village."