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Eliza Burroughs stands outside the homestead with two pails. Caption on reverse reads "Catskills Roxburry Going a-milking. The stones --- on the terrace of the old farm house of John Burroughs.

Eliza Burroughs, wife of Curtis Burroughs stands near a flower garden, a cat at her feet.

Eliza Burroughs, wife of Curtis Burroughs, washes pans and pails in the yard outside her home.

John Burroughs sits by the pond holding a hat in his hand.

John Burroughs stands on a dirt trail holding a basket and thermos. Caption on reverse reads "On the way to Slabsides to spend the night. The gloom in the background is an evergreen thicket."

A teacher stands by a student seated at a desk with two students at the desk in front of her. Caption on reverse reads "New York : A schoolroom corner in the Catskills. John Burroughs studied in one of these desks in boyhood"

Four cows graze in a pasture behind a low stone wall. Hills are seen in the distance. Caption on reverse reads "A catskill region of mountain farms, where John Burroughs was born in 1837."

A log lays over a small brooks waterfall. Caption on reverse reads "New York Catskills A Catskills waterfall and troutbrook that attracted Burroughs to them In his youth."

A figure stands in a field, with two crates in their hands. Caption on reverse reads "a swamp no more."

John Burroughs stands looking out over a pond. Caption on reverse reads "A wayside pond near slabsides. Burroughs just naturally stopped there on a hot day, Lastly to rest, but more to find out what was going on amoung the creatures of the woodland…

John Burroughs stands next to a large tree, reaching up to a birdhouse.

John Burroughs stands speaking to a woman in a dorrway. Caption on reverse reads "Burroughs, on a Catskills walking trip, stops at a farmhouse to ask directions."

A cow stands near John Burroughs study. Caption on reverse reads "The bark covered study where Buroughs did mainly all his writing."

John Burroughs lays across a wooden bench. Caption on reverse reads "New York, What he called the most restful position."

John Burroughs stands newspaper in hand next to the door of a house. An american flag hangs to his left. Caption on reverse reads "At the backdoor of the 'Nest.' It was in this house that Burroughs lived during his last years."