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A white woman stands by a back door of a house covered with white siding, covering her eyes and looking towards a man holding a pail and walking towards the house. Two horses hitched to a cart are in the middle ground and a second cart stands in…

A young black man stands among tall grass and trees holding a rifle in his hand and looking down at the ground. A second man is behind him looking at a g walking next to him.

A white woman stands near a door of a house holding a ladle in above a bowl resting on a table affixed to the side of the house. There is a wooden pail near her and a chair behind her.

Two black men stand by a burning kiln. Smoke obscures the view of trees in the background.

A young black man stands in front of a wooden trough holding a pole attached to a pail. He is lowering the pole into a dug out hole. A wooden barrel is in front of the trough. Caption reads: "Dipping tar out of the earth reservoir into which it flows…

A sign affixed to the trunk of a tree reading: "ASK TO SEE THOSE 75¢ SHOES 4¢ GINGHAMS 4 1/2¢ CALICO AND 5¢LAKE GEORGE SHEETING AT WILLIAMS AND JESSUP BROS."

A view of a dirt market square with buildings on the right and in the middle ground. Utility poles run across the market and into the background. A building with a clock tower is in the middle ground. Some people walk around the scene.

A black man shoveling among grasses with smoke seen on a small hill in the middle ground. Trees are visible through the haze in the background.

A black boy stands holding a mug while a black man kneels on the ground by a fire pit. He is petting a dog that is standing next to him. A second dog is near a standing wooden pole holding up a small camp. Caption reads: "the man is getting dinner…

A black man stands at an edge of a stream holding a rifle in his hands and looking to the right. A fallen tree trunk stands behind him and trees fill out the background. Caption identifies the location as Spout Springs.

A view of a column monument made of a granite column with a statue of a woman with wings blowing a trumpet and holding a laurel. A horse pulling a wagon stands near the monument with a number of cadets walking around.

A view of some buildings of the Academy at West Point as seen through an stone arch entrance to a courtyard with the Cadet Chapel, a gothic revival building with stone arches, seen on a hill in the background.

A dirt road passes a stone gate framing the photograph and turns right. A cannon stands at the short stone wall in the middle ground with a lake and mountain rising on the right in the background.

Ruins of a stone building with some walls standing. A trench runs across the foreground and some trees grow on the right.

A view of a two story house so covered in wisteria, only a window and parts of the roof are visible. A road turns on the left and trees grow in the background and on the sides of the photograph.