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Two Native American girls stand near a small wigwam made of blankets. One is holding a pail in her hand. Caption reads: "Indian children and their play-wigwam. Farther back is the bark wigwam that is their home."

A young boy stands by a frame of a wigwam holding a branch as a walking stick. Trees fill in the middle ground behind the wigwam.

A Native American woman stands in front of a wigwam covered in hides. She is holding a baby on her back. A young boy stands in front of the wigwam next to a sitting man. Bare trees fill the background.

A Native American woman stands in front of a house holding a baby in a baby carrier (papoose). A second child stands next to them, also looking at the camera. Some clothes are drying on a clothesline on the right and some trees grow in the…

A dirt path leading towards a headframe of an iron mine on the right with a large open pit on the left. Piles of logs lie on the ground on the right.

A Native American kneels in a canoe holding an oar in his hand and looking at a man standing near him on the edge of the water, also holding an oar. Trees line the edge of the lake into the background.

A wigwam standing near the edge of a lake. Two Native American children stand near the entrance looking at the camera.

A white man stands in a small boat near a shore holding a long pole. Trees and bushes grow on the shore and four men stand on the end of a jetty in the background.

Two white men stand and one sits on a log near the edge of the Mississippi river. There are a number of logs around them and some floating on the river. The two standing men are holding long poles and bare trees line both shores.

A Native American woman stands near an entrance to a house bending down towards her three children. A baby is in a papoose, a girl stands tall, and a boy is holding a basket and looking at the camera. A clothesline is visible on the side of the house…

A view of a forest with a number of broken trees and smoke covering the middle ground and background.

A black woman sits in a boat holding the oars. Two baskets rest on the boat near her and a second black woman stands on the edge of the water looking at the first woman.

A staircase up a small hill leads toward a house with two young black women standing on the back porch. A fence runs halfway up the hill with an opening for the stairs. Some trees grow near the house.

A black woman sits outside holding a bowl in her hand looking at a girl sitting on a rock near her who is looking at her hands in her lap, likely eating as well. A part of a wooden house is visible behind them on the left.

A black woman holding a child's hand stands on a dirt road looking at a black man sitting on a mule with a second mule standing next to them. A fence runs along the road behind them.