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A white man sits on a small wagon hitched to a horse. A second man rides on a mule next to him. Some wooden houses are visible in the background.

A black man stands near a wooden well with a sack over his back and pulling on a rope lowered into the well. Some trees grow in the background.

A black woman bends over a wooden tub resting on a bench near some bare trees. Other bugs of various sizes are arranged on two benches in an L shape. Two kettles are on the ground in the foreground and some linen rest on the ground.

A black woman, identified on the back as Mrs. Whitaker, holds a plow pulled by an ox in a field. A boy stands in front of the ox, looking at the camera.

A South Carolina landscape with a tree with some moss hanging off its branches covering up much of the left side in the foreground and a view of a field and a river in the middle ground.

A white man stands on a wooden platform outside a wooden cottage holding up pieces of gold in his hands and looking at them.

A white girl stands and a boy sits on the ground, both looking down hill to the left. A tree is in the middle ground and a town is visible on the bottom of the hill in the background. Caption: "A little girl with her doll and small brother on a steep…

A white boy sits on a bent branch of a tree while a second boy looks on and a third looks on from a birch tree he climbed. Other trees fill out the background.

An older white woman holds the hands of a girl and a boy walking on her sides up a path. Houses and other buildings are in the middle ground lining the road and smoke rises from many chimneys. Mountains fill out he background.

A white girl and boy standing on a wooden gate. A boy stands in front of the gate looking at them and a dog sits at his feet. Some farm buildings are in the background and trees and mountains are in the background. Caption: "The girl and small boy…

Two white boys peek into a dark entrance of a cave with boulders making up the side of the hill. Stones are scattered near the entrance and a river runs across the foreground.

A white woman stands on a wooden sidewalk next to a corner of a wooden building, holding a pail and smiling widely. A town is behind her and sedimentary rocks are in the background.

A group of white men stand on a wooden sidewalk of a town. A sign over the sidewalk reads "S.E. HARE'S STORE." More town buildings are visible in the background on the right.

A white man sits on a log bench on a porch of a log cabin. He is reading a newspaper or a book. A box and a pail rest against the wall of the cabin and two horseshoes hang on the house, one over the door, and one on the side.

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."