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A white man stands on a barge pumping out water from a pipe over the side of the barge. A second barge is tied next to his and other barges, some with people walking around on them, are in the middle ground and background.

Two white men sit on a barge, talking. A clothesline hangs on the left.

A white woman stands on a barge filled with planks looking towards two men sitting on the planks. The barge is tied to a wharf.

A white woman stands on the steps to the lower deck of a barge blowing a horn. The barge is tied to a wharf. A dog walks on the deck. Other barges are tied to the wharf in the middle ground and background and some other people work on those barges.

A young white woman stands on a barge holding her hand high. A dog stands on its hind legs reaching up and a second woman stands watching. Caption reads: "A girl's pet on an Erie Canal boat. 'Speak!' she says as she holds up a bone. The girl and the…

A white woman stands on a deck of a barge washing linen in a tube resting on a stool in front of her. A pile of wood rests next to the stool and a bowl with linen rests near her. A washing line runs across the image with two white linen drying.

A white man stands on a bumboat near a wharf with two men and a woman sitting and looking at the item in his hand.

A view of a river with a ship in the middle ground and some city buildings faintly visible in the background. A tree grows on the right obscuring parts of the image. A railroad track cuts across the foreground, below the point of view of the camera…

A view of numerous logs resting on top of stones placed near the edge of a river. A town is visible in the middle ground with trees obscuring some buildings. Mountains rise in the background.

A view of a deck of a ship with a white man working in the middle ground. The steamer is towing another ship in the middle ground. A mountain is on the right with a bridge faintly visible in the background.

Boats in a harbor with a few white men walking around the decks of some. City buildings are visible in the background.

A view of the Cohoes Falls on the Mohawk River with some trees in the foreground and trees growing on both shores in the middle ground and background.

A view of the Hudson River with some grasses growing in the water in the foreground and buildings on the left shore in the background.

A view of some trees surrounded by the Hudson River on three sides. A rocky ground is in the foreground and a mountain is visible on the left in the background.

A view of a steamship from a pier. A mountain is on the right in the middle ground with some houses and trees near the water. Other mountains are faintly visible on the left in the background.