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Booker T. Washington with student driving plow
Booker T. Washington stands in a field with a student who is driving a horse-drawn plow.
Booker T. Washington feeding pigs
Booker T. Washington holds a bucket and feeds a group of pigs.
Black woman watering plants
Caption on back: "This house is on Bull Run Battlefield, and at the time of the fighting was the home of a free negro. The little boy is watching his mammy water the plants."
George Washington Carver with student
Professor Carver stands on a forest path surrounded by bare trees with one of his pupils facing him holding wildflowers in Tuskegee, Alabama
Black cemetery in Tuskegee, Alabama
The cemetery used by the black residents of Tuskegee, Alabama. The headstones are small and there isn't much vegetation.
Black family on their porch in Vicksburg, Mississippi
Caption on back: "A piazza scene on the picturesque outskirts of Vicksburg. The weather is warm, and that is why the baby's head is protected from the sunshine by a towel. A broken window, and the condition of the steps show plainly that the family…
Baptist church and one-room school house
A black woman stands at the steps of the one-room school house used by the black community of Oakley, South Carolina. In the background is the Baptist church. Caption on back: "A negro schoolhouse and Baptist church"
Shaping a mast
Two men are planing the surface of a long mast in a shipyard on the edge of the harbor. Caption on back: "Shaping a mast."
Processing fish on the wharf
A group of men, on the dock, are preparing fish for salting. Caption on back: "Preparing fish for salting."
Street scene
A business-lined street with trolley tracks and pedestrians. Caption on back: "The foreign-looking Main Street."
Sailboats at the dock
Two sailboats, with sailors on board, are tied up at the dock. Caption on back: "The spider web rigging."
View from the harbor of the village
Sailboats, one under sail, in the harbor with the village rising up the hill behind. Caption on back: "Gloucester wharves."
Man working a well
The farmer is working the well which is surrounded by a fairly elaborate board housing. Caption on back: "The old farmhouse well."
Fishermen cleaning fish on the dock
Three fishermen in their slickers are processing fish on a dockside table. Caption on back: "Cleaning fish."
Laying fish out to dry
Three fishermen are spreading fish out on a long table to dry. A sea of masts provides a backdrop. Caption on back: "Spreading fish out to dry."