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A man gathers Spanish moss from a tree he climbed on while a second man stands on the ground looking up. A small boat sits in a stream nearby.

A white girl stands on a top step of a stile looking down at a boy standing on the ground. A wooden fence is behind her and an open gate is on the right.

A white woman sits at a table, possibly holding a blackboard while a boy stands near her, also looking down. A second boy stands on the right lifting a mug off a shelf. A fireplace is on the left. Caption on the back reads: "A curious schoolroom. The…

A black boy and three girls walk down a dirt road near a white building on the right with different fences around. A horse and a carriage stand on the left in the middle ground.

An elderly black woman sits in a chair on a porch holding a book in her lap while a barefoot black child stands next to her, also looking at the book.

A group of five black boys, four standing and one sitting, paddle a boat. Two are looking at the camera, one holds a large glass bottle, and two hold paddles. Boats are moored in the background near houses.

Logs which serve as causeway extend away from the camera towards a man standing on the edge of the water steering a canoe towards the shore with a paddle. Three girls stand near him on the causeway and anotehr man is in the background. Some houses…

A dirt road extends through a town with buildings lining both sides. Three bare trees stand on the right with their barks whitewashed. A man sits on a grazing horse in the middle ground and utility poles run on the left.

A view of Burnside's bridge crossing Antietam Creek. A road extends on the right with bare trees growing across the bridge.

A white man stands at the door of a wooden shack with a raised beam serving as the toll-gate. Utility poles run along the road on the left.

Two white women and a white man stand in front of a wooden house with a stone and brick chimney attached looking at a boy leading a younger boy across a plank over a stream.

A white woman stands on a plank by a stream holding a child and looking at the camera while two children stand next to her. A second woman stands nearby washing her hands in a bowl resting on a tree stump. A three story white building is behind them…

A white woman stands holding a pail and looking at the camera. There is a spring behind her with a stone wall separating it from a higher ground on the right and a brick building on the left. Other farm buildings stand uphill on the right.

A view of the Maryland State House in the background with a dome rising above the trees which obscure much of the building. A car is parked on the cobbled street in the foreground and a a woman walks on the sidewalk.

A white boy stands holding a pail and looking at the camera. A second child stands in the middle ground facing away from the camera looking at white man working near a wooden fence. A small shack holds straw on the right and a larger building stands…