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A white boy stands near a stream facing the camera with a dog at his side. They are looking at a girl on the other side of the stream with her back to the camera. Caption reads: "The boy and his dog are ready to help the girl who feels somewhat timit…

A white girl and boy play near an angled door of a storm cellar covered by dirt and with a vent on top. A fence runs along the foreground and a wooden building is behind the shelter in the background. A large steel container on legs rests on a wooden…

Two barefoot black girls and one barefoot black boy prepare a boat for a voyage. One of the girls stands in the front bailing out water, while the second is sitting on an oar in the back. The boy is standing at the shore looking at the girl bailing…

A young white woman stands on a footpath holding a pail in her hand and looking at the camera. A barefoot white boy stands next to her, also looking at the camera. There is a river on the right with a tree growing near the shore and a building and a…

A black woman stands in the entrance of a house while three black children, two girls and a boy, lie on their stomachs on the front porch, all looking at the camera. Caption reads: "Three children taking their ease on a piazza floor which a flood has…

A view of a wooden cabin surrounded by a wooden fence near water. Trees grow on the left and a steamer is faintly visible on the water in the background.

A view of a number of sandbags with some poles helping them stand in place.

A bearded white man chops wood while a boy stands next to him. A wooden house with a stone chimney is behind them with bare trees on the left.

A bearded white man sits on a horse riding towards the camera on a narrow path among bare bushes. He is holding a wicker basket on his arm.

A bearded white man leans against a tree smoking a pipe looking at a second white man in front of him who is reading a newspaper. A wooded fence runs right behind them and some bare trees fill out the background.

Three covered caravans pulled by horses stand on a dirt road. Three white women sit in the first wagon and a man sits in the second. Two other man converse on the side of the road while another man stands holding the reins of the horses in the last…

A white woman sits in a chair in front of a fireplace, knitting. There is a clock, a lamp, and a number of bottles on the mantelpiece and the wall behind is covered in newspapers.

A white man and a boy stand by a crate resting on the ground on its side. The man is resting a hammer on the box and looking at the boy hammering. Caption reads: "Chickens are hatching, and the boy is helping his father to build a hen coop."

A group of four cows and a calf grazing. The calf is looking at the camera and bare trees grow in the background.

Two white men sit on a fence at the edge of a field while two horses are resting near them. Bare trees and bushes stand behind the fence.