Black and white photograph of an automobile parked at the bottom of a gravel pit with two boxes on the ground next to the car.

Black and white photograph of a man and woman sitting on the front step of a house. The woman is feeding some chickens.

Black and white photograph of the Fountain Geyser at Yellowstone National Park. Steam is rising from the geyser, and a pine tree stands between the geyser and the photographer.

Black and white lantern slide of railroad tracks next to the Great Wall of China, taken near the Nankow Pass.

Black and white lantern slide of the Great Wall of China, showing a caravan traveling through the Nankow Pass.

Black and white lantern slide of the Nankow Pass gate of the Great Wall of China.

Black and white lantern slide of the arched gateway of the Nankow Pass, Great Wall of China.

Black and white lantern slide of the Great Wall of China, showing a caravan traveling through the Nankow Pass.

Black and white lantern slide of the Great Wall of China, taken from the Nankow Pass gate.

Black and white photograph of Green family (one man and three women) in front of a house, Amsterdam, New York.

Black and white photograph of the town of Greenwood, New York.

Black and white photograph of homes and groin structures along the shoreline in Macatawa, Michigan.

Black and white photograph of the Cumae grotto and Acropolis.

Black and white photograph of the Grotto Geyser at rest, Yellowstone National Park.

Black and white photograph of a group of seventeen people at Angel's Rest, Yellowstone National Park.

Black and white photograph of a group of people standing next to a line of automobiles parked along a road. Two men are standing at the top of a bioherm, an ancient moundlike reef mad of marine invertabrates, next to the road.

Black and white photograph of a group of people (five men and six women) at Ellis, Kansas. Eleven people are visible, including Merrill's wife Lena.

Black and white photograph of five people, three men and two women, on lawn of a golf course in Melbourne, Florida. A tree is visible in foreground of the image. Trees, a set of bleachers, and a house is visible in the background.

Black and white photograph of a group of people standing next to railroad tracks that are placed in a ravine.

Black and white photograph of five men standing in front of a rail or trolley car in Medina, New York.

Black and white photograph of a group of five people, two men and three women, in Delaware Park, Buffalo, New York.

Black and white photograph of eight whitepeople, three men, four women, and a toddler, sitting on the porch of a brick building with white windows and dark painted shutters. Photograph was taken by Robert Merrill in the Chinese coastal resort area…

Black and white photograph of nine people, two men and seven women, on the steps of a porch. Taken by Robert Merrill in Fultonville, New York.

Black and white photograph of people seated on the steps of a porch. The photo appears to be poorly framed, but six people are partially visible. Taken by Robert Merrill in Fultonville, New York.