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A young white girl sitting on a doorstep of a brick building, holding her head up with her arm and smiling at the camera.

A woman, identified as Anna Johnson, stands in a small lane holding a basket in her arm and looking at her camera. There is a small wooden building on the right and a large, three story, brick building on the left. Another brick building is in the…

A black girl stands next to a desk with a man sitting on a chair. He is holding a pen and they are both looking at a notebook resting on the desk in between them. A world map hangs on the wall in front of them and a calendar and portraits hang on the…

A small wagon standing in the shade of a small, "shed" held up by a few poles and with a straw roof. A wooden building stands on the right and a house is on a hill in the background.

A white man sits at a foot of a tree with some bushes on the left. He is looking out at a river flowing past. A mountain rises on the right and in the background on the left.

A view of a village with houses on the right in the middle ground and other buildings on the left. A small stream flows through the foreground, crossing the road. A small beam serving as a footpath crosses the stream.

A white man sits on a horse looking at the camera while the horse is drinking from a small stream crossing a road. A fence extends on a small hill on the right following the road. Two trees, one on each side of the road grow in the middle ground.

A white woman walks up a dirt road holding a pail in her hand. A small hill is on the right with a small fence and trees growing on it. A house is on top of the hill.

Two bare-foot white boys walk down a dirt road holding a pail between them .They are looking at a dog walking alongside them which is sniffing the ground. Wooden split-rail fences run along the road on both sides and trees grow in the middle ground…

A white family in front of a house. A woman stands on the porch leaning against the railing while a man holds a child in his arms looking at two boys playing in the yard. A fourth child is hiding behind the man.

Two white men stand in a field. One is looking on while the other is hoeing the ground. A fence and a house stands on a hill in the middle ground.

A woman stands on a plank which crosses a stream in front of a three-story stone mill with a water wheel on the left and a small wooden addition on the right. Two white boys sit on the plank with their feet in the water. Caption: "A two-plank bridge…

A view of a town street with brick buildings on the left and right. People walk around on the sidewalks and in the streets. Two horse-pulled wagons are on the street. A number of store signs hang off buildings. A mountain rises in the background.

Three white boys play in a boat near a shore. A house stands near the far shore with trees filling out the background. Caption: "Three brothers navigating a boat in a swift current. Fortunately the boat was anchored. It was here at Harpers Ferry that…

A steamship called "Arion" nearing a shore of a river.