A white man stands in a field looking over a river which flows on the left. There is a small pier in the middle ground and a fence divides the field from the background. Some trees grow in the middle ground and background.
A white man stands near a fence looking down at a boy standing on the other side of it. Two girls are sitting on the ground near the fence and another man looks on. A wooden house stands in the middle with a brick chimney on the left.
A white woman sits on a chair on a small porch in front of a house. A girl stands on the porch in front of her and a man stands nearby. A wooden shack and fence are in the middle ground and trees fill out the background.
A black man sits on a wooden bench shaving wooden boards into shavings. Numerous shavings are on the right and boards are on the left. A wooden fence is in the middle ground and trees grow in the background on the left.
A dilapidated house with only half a roof stands in the middle ground with two people standing in front of it. Trees and shrubs grow on the right and hills and mountains rise in the background.
Two bare-footed white girls stand near a house, each holding a pail. A staircase behind them leads towards the entrance and a large brick chimney is on the side of the house near them.
An older, bespectacled white woman pulls on a string attached to a bell in a yard. There is a wooden fence in front of her and a wooden building stands on the other side of it on the left.
Two white women stand in a garden while a bearded man faces them holding a hoe. Waist-high plants grow on the left and a fence separates the garden from a wooden building and a dinner bell in the middle ground.
A view of a dirt road crossing a ford in the middle ground. A ramp on the right leads up to a footpath. A sign on a pole reads: "FORD IS BEST NEAR THE FOOT BRIDGE."