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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 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 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 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 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 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 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…

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 leads two donkeys on a dirt road along a canal with a barge moored near them. Series of locks go up in the middle ground and a bridge runs across on top. Some buildings are on top of the hill on the left.

A man stands on a barge pulling up a rope on the side of the barge. The rope is tied to a lock on the barge. A path follows the water on the left with trees filling in the background. A steeple rises above the trees on the right.

A white man stands on a barge wearing a straw hat shielding his eyes. Two boats are sailing in the middle ground on the canal. Raised earth with a dirt road cuts along the canal with a wagon pulled by horses and two people walking in the middle…

A white man wearing a straw hat stands on a barge husking corn in his hands. There is a bowl in front of him containing more corn.

A white man stands on a barge wearing a straw hat pushing down on a wooden pole. A house and a steeple and roof of a house are partly visible above the treeline on the left shore.

A white man stands at a steering wheel of a barge looking forward while a second man stands at the front facing the camera, looking down, and working. Some people and horses walk along a dirt road on the left.

A white man leads a mule up a plank towards a barge. The back of another mule is visible on the left.