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HVSchmidt painting depicts a bustling scene at a river port town in mid-1800's America. In the foreground, a team of oxen pulling a wagon is stopped. The oxen are yoked together and the teamster is seen behind them. In the center of the image, a small crowd of people are gathered around a storefront named “Trail Outfitters, Richard Rodgers” under a simple cloth awning. The small crowd appears to be customers buying fabric, and the cloth is a bright canary yellow. They are wearing period-appropriate clothing, women in bonnets and full skirts, men in wide-brimmed hats and shirts. In the background, riverboats line the docks and a paddleboat on the river billows smoke. On the left, a man waves in greeting, perhaps to someone on an arriving boat, or perhaps coordinating the unloading of cargo. The setting appears to be a muddy bank and the general scene depicted is one of industriousness and life.<lora:HVSchmidt1-000007:1>