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A white woman stands on the deck of a houseboat with a rug in front of her and a dog sitting pretty on a chair and looking at the woman's outstretched hand holding a treat. A second woman stands in the door of the house boat holding a baby in her…

A flooded area with a two story house in the middle ground flanked by tall trees by either side. Other houses and buildings are on the left in the background.

A black woman sits on the edge of a porch of a house boat with her legs dangling over the side. A young black boy is lying on the porch with his head on his hands looking into the water. Some clothes are drying on a line above them. A fence runs…

A black woman stands holding a long rod stirring a pot resting on the ground. She is looking at a man sitting in a chair near her and looking on. He is leaning against a corner of a wooden building with a second building on the left in the…

A black woman sits on a porch of a wooden house with a child in her lap. A second woman stands nearby looking towards the baby. A black boy sits on the stairs of the house looking away from the camera at the woman and the baby. The house stands on a…

A white man sits on a log by the edge of water with a boat moored on the water in front of him and covered in a tent. A chimney sticks out of the front of the boat. Piles of lumber rest on the ground along the shore.

A black woman holding a child's hand stands on a dirt road looking at a black man sitting on a mule with a second mule standing next to them. A fence runs along the road behind them.

A black woman sits outside holding a bowl in her hand looking at a girl sitting on a rock near her who is looking at her hands in her lap, likely eating as well. A part of a wooden house is visible behind them on the left.

A staircase up a small hill leads toward a house with two young black women standing on the back porch. A fence runs halfway up the hill with an opening for the stairs. Some trees grow near the house.

A black woman sits in a boat holding the oars. Two baskets rest on the boat near her and a second black woman stands on the edge of the water looking at the first woman.

A view of a forest with a number of broken trees and smoke covering the middle ground and background.

A Native American woman stands near an entrance to a house bending down towards her three children. A baby is in a papoose, a girl stands tall, and a boy is holding a basket and looking at the camera. A clothesline is visible on the side of the house…

Two white men stand and one sits on a log near the edge of the Mississippi river. There are a number of logs around them and some floating on the river. The two standing men are holding long poles and bare trees line both shores.

A white man stands in a small boat near a shore holding a long pole. Trees and bushes grow on the shore and four men stand on the end of a jetty in the background.

A wigwam standing near the edge of a lake. Two Native American children stand near the entrance looking at the camera.