A black girl is pulling on the well rope of a tall well house while a boy waits with a pail at his feet. Caption on back: "Did you ever see a well that had as high a roof as this from which the children are getting water?"
John Burroughs sits in a wooden chair hat in hand. Caption on reverse reads "A pause in the heat of the day, while incidentially enjoying the rusitic seat he made himself."
John Burroughs stands next to a gnarled tree. Caption on reverse reads "an old apple tree that the birds frequented on land adjacent to that owned by Burroughs."