John Burroughs stands next to a gnarled tree. Caption on reverse reads "an old apple tree that the birds frequented on land adjacent to that owned by Burroughs."
A black woman sits in a chair with a plate in her lap, eating. A dog sniffs for food at her feet and a second dog is tied on the left. A house stands behind her with a barrel and bucket standing on the right near a window.
A dirt road extends straight ahead from the camera's perspective. A narrower side road goes up hill to the right among the trees. Trees line the left side of the main road and are visible in the background.
An older white man sits in a chair on a porch of a house looking straight at the camera. A woman stands in the door of the house on the left looking at the man. A broom rests against a wall next to the man.
A view of a run-down street with a pig smelling a stone in the foreground. Some barrels stand near a large steel piece of machinery on the right and houses line the street on both sides. A boy walks towards the camera, while two horse-drawn wagons…
A Native American woman stands next to a wagon pulled by two horses holding a baby in her arms and looking at the camera. A second woman sits on the wagon while a child stands on the wagon.
A white man stands in a field holding a hoe in his right hand and looking at a stone he is holding in his left. There is a wooden house in the background and some trees growing around it.