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Bench and scenic view on Mount Pollux.

Edward Hitchcock described Mount Pollux, and its twin, Mount Castor, as a "small, rounded eminence, which is cleared and opens from its top one of the most lovely panoramas which nature has formed. All around…

Image of three children in front of building doorway, hands on a rope, ringing bell not shown. All dressed in spring attire, short sleeves and light weight pants.

A two story Federal style building with an entry porch and a smaller side building behind a picket fence. A number of trees grow in the yard and nearer the camera.

Two white boys holding long poles look at an older woman who stands in front of them by the corner of a wooden house. Caption: "Informing their Aunt Jane that they want to go fishing."

A woman and a man carrying large sacks on their backs and holding hands walk away from the camera down a road with flowers and trees lining it on both sides.

A group of women and men gathered in front of a stone church, talking in groups. Two houses stand on the left with a horse and wagon near the entrance of one.

Two women pray near by a tall metal fence separating them from the grotto with a statue of Our Lady of the Lourdes.

Five white men sitting in front of a building, two on chairs, three, opposite them, on benches. Two are toasting, while another is holding a bottle, about to pour. Town identified as La Chapelle on caption.

Three straw beehives in front of wild shrubs.

Five beehive skeps, three covered with straw and two with blankets, one with a clay bowl on top while two have pot covers. Planks lead from ground level to the beehive and a hedge stands behind them.

View of a bee-keeping class posed outside on the grass. There are fruit trees in the background and a large container marked "Cowan's Rapid Extractor" next to the group. Cowan's Rapid Extractor is a device invented in England in 1875 for the quick…

A row of homemade beehives, some made with planks of wood, some from hollowed out tree stumps. They are arranged on wooden benches with a tree in the center, a fence on the far side and a wooden roof over them. A top of a wooden building is visible…

A three-mast schooner with a small boat attached resting on calm waters. Mountains are visible in the background.

A brook running through a field with clumps of grass all around and a wooded area in the background.

A boy, identified as Oscar Johnson, uses a long rod to beat the dust out of a carpet in the yard. A house, partly obscured by the hanging carpet, is behind it and some trees are visible on the left.