A man sits on a chair in full profile with a towel tied around his neck. A barber stands behind him facing the camera cutting his hair. A boy sits next to the them keenly observing the haircut.
A group of seagulls wade around the water or stand on rocks in the foreground with a number of boats scattered around the water. Across the water, a rocky shore of the island can be seen.
A group of white women and men sitting on the edge of a wooden promenade. The Hudson River is in the middle ground with a barge on the river and some buildings on the far shore. One man stands holding a parasol.
Edith Barstow stands in front of the blackboard in the Hockanum schoolhouse looking at a math problem. The names Luther Barstow and Oscar Johnson are written in chalk on the top of the blackboard.
A white man bending over a stack of corn in a field, tying them together. Two women stand in the middle ground tying another stacks. Houses stand in the background.
Two boys facing away from the camera push a cartful of hay. One holds the drawbar while the other pushing by the cart wall. A barn with open doors stands on the left and a wheel of a buggy can be seen on the right.
A boy walks towards the camera carrying a forkful of hay from the haystack to the barn. The camera is looking toward Mount Holyoke from the shade of a large tree with a wooden barrel next to it.
A view of Hudson River in the foreground with a barge on the river. The city is visible on the far shore with the Singer Tower rising above the city skyline.
A man stands in front of a monument of a large bronze book supported by a pyramid of cannonballs. Two cannons flank the monument and a large tree stands behind it. A granite obelisk monument to the United States Regulars stands in the background.