Two men stand on a pier, one with his hand on a boat. A second boat approaches them while a third boat is moored on the shore by a large tree. The North End bridge visible in the distance.
Two white boys with their shoe shine boxes over their shoulders stand at the edge of a dock watching the unloading of a large white merchant ship moored near a large wooden building with the sign "Pier No. 12" above its large open doors.
Three white men and two women on a boat nearing the Giant's Causeway. One man rows while another stands near the women and the third is about to jump out of the boat. Hills are hazily visible in the background.
Brook in the foreground leading to a bridge in the left of the photograph. Beyond the brook is a grassy area with a historic marker commemorating the "Battle of Bloody Brook." A house stands in the background among trees
A bridge crosses a stream in the foreground with bare trees and shrubs growing on the right. Blarney Castle stands in the middle ground with some trees and shrubs growing in front of it.
A curving road through the center of the photograph and a woman standing looking toward the blacsmith shop on the right. Also, a building is visible on the rise on the left surrounded by trees.
Caption on back: "This house is on Bull Run Battlefield, and at the time of the fighting was the home of a free negro. The little boy is watching his mammy water the plants."