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John Burroughs sits writing at his desk. Caption on reverse reads "The desk that Burroughs himself made from crooked sticks gathered in the wilderness."

John Burroughs stands by a flowering bush next to a large rock formation. Caption on reverse reads "A flowering bush at the margin of Slabsides Swamp."

John Burroughs stands outside on the porch steps of a two story wodden house with a man and woman. Caption on reverse reads "John Burroughs Roxbury"

A two story building sits next to a graveyard. Caption on reverse reads "The yellow church of the Old School Baptists, with its house- sheds and graveyard. Here the father and mother of [John] Burroughs worshipped, and here they are buried.

Two men sit in rocking chairs, one smoking and the other reading a newspaper. Caption on reverse reads " At the right, This is Chant Burroughs (nephew of the Naturalist). At the Burroughs Homestead. At the left- this could be Frank Brandow, son of…

Dessie Burroughs, daughter of Curtis Burroughs stands near a doorway holding a metal pail and stool. Caption on reverse reads "Dessy Burroughs, daughter of Curtis, brother of JB [John Burroughs]."

Curtis Burroughs stands at the spigot, his wife Eliza Burroughs in the background. Caption on card reads "Roxbury- the old farmhouse springwater at the back door."

A man with a larger beard sits in front of a class of school children. Caption on back reads "Catskills a visit from the committee man."

A man stands looking at two gravestones. Caption on back reads "the little cemetery at the turn of the road not far from the Burroughs home. It used to scare him when he was a boy if he had to pass it at night."

A flock of sheep graze under the shade of a large tree. Caption on reverse reads "New York Catskills In a Roxbury sheep pasture."

An elderly woman sits in a rocking chair paring apples. Caption on reverse reads "Catskills Paring apples. Mrs. Grant, mother -in- law of both Curtis and Eden Burroughs, at the Homestead."

A two story wooden home sits alongside a rode. A long full laundryline stretches out from the home towards the camera. Caption on reverse reads "Catskills a wayside home."

A man works in a cornfield, a white house is seen in the background.

Snow covers the fields and rolling hills, a large hill is seen in the background. Caption on reverse reads "New York Winter in the Catskills."

A horse drawn sleigh sits in the snow outside of a two story home. Three women and a man sit in the sleigh, while another person attends to the horses. Another man is seen holding an axe. Caption on reverse reads "Catskills Roxbury Going to town."