A number of log rafts float on water near the shore. Other logs and rafts rest on the shore. A person stands on a boat and other people are making a raft in the middle ground. A bridge runs across the river .
A white man sits on a stone looking out at a river flowing past. A number of fishing boats are near the shore, one of them overturned. A barge is anchored near them. City buildings are visible across the lake in the middle ground.
Two white men meet on a road, one facing away from the camera and the other, sitting on a horse, facing the camera. They both have sacks with them, one on the horse, the other over his shoulder.
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.
A white man stands over a leaching barrel reaching over its edge with a pail. A hollowed out half-log is under the barrel guiding lye into a second pail on the ground. A house is partly visible in the background.
Three white boys stand on the side of a dirt road facing the camera. One of them is pushing a wheelbarrow with another boy sitting inside. Utility poles run along the road on both sides.
A white woman stands at the doorstep of a house holding a bowl in her hand and looking down at two girls sitting on the porch. Caption: "The little girl is very busy, while her mother and sister are watching to see if she succeeds in doing what she…
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.
A white girl and boy stand in the foreground holding pails looking towards a group of children standing near a tree and others near a school building. Caption: "The girl with a hand behind her holding a dinner pail, has bigger bows in her hair than…
A wooden buildings stands on top of a hill in the background, partly obscured by trees and a utility pole in the middle ground. A road goes over a bridge on the right and a second road splits off into the stream flowing across the image.