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Two fishermen are studying the fishlines that are piled up on the deck of the boat which is tied up to the wharf. Caption on back: "Looking over the fishline."

A man stands on the dock looking down to the stern of a sailboat with sailors facing him. Across the harbor are many sailboats tied up along the wharves with the village beyond. Caption on back: "Hello there."

Three fishermen are spreading fish out on a long table to dry. A sea of masts provides a backdrop. Caption on back: "Spreading fish out to dry."

Three fishermen in their slickers are processing fish on a dockside table. Caption on back: "Cleaning fish."

The farmer is working the well which is surrounded by a fairly elaborate board housing. Caption on back: "The old farmhouse well."

Sailboats, one under sail, in the harbor with the village rising up the hill behind. Caption on back: "Gloucester wharves."

Two sailboats, with sailors on board, are tied up at the dock. Caption on back: "The spider web rigging."

A business-lined street with trolley tracks and pedestrians. Caption on back: "The foreign-looking Main Street."

A group of men, on the dock, are preparing fish for salting. Caption on back: "Preparing fish for salting."

Two men are planing the surface of a long mast in a shipyard on the edge of the harbor. Caption on back: "Shaping a mast."

A one-page, typed, signed letter from George Washington Carver to Clifton Johnson, on Tuskegee Institute stationery. Carver thanks Johnson for sending him some photographs and hopes Johnson will visit Tuskegee again.

A black woman stands at the steps of the one-room school house used by the black community of Oakley, South Carolina. In the background is the Baptist church. Caption on back: "A negro schoolhouse and Baptist church"

Caption on back: "A piazza scene on the picturesque outskirts of Vicksburg. The weather is warm, and that is why the baby's head is protected from the sunshine by a towel. A broken window, and the condition of the steps show plainly that the family…

The cemetery used by the black residents of Tuskegee, Alabama. The headstones are small and there isn't much vegetation.

Professor Carver stands on a forest path surrounded by bare trees with one of his pupils facing him holding wildflowers in Tuskegee, Alabama