Envelope 1 contained ten strips of two to five photos each, including some duplicates. Handwritten, on the outside of Envelope 1: Battle Creek Mich / 3472-1. Stamped, on the outside of the Envelope 1: A Duplicate Set of 30 of these Pictures can be had at any time by sending the number on this envelope with 27c in 2c stamps to Morris Penny Picture Studio, Battle Creek, Mich. Handwritten, on the back of one of the strips of photos: Winona Lake Indiana / July 1905 / Ruth Thompson.

Envelope 2 contained eleven single photos and seven strips of two or five photos each, including some duplicates. Handwritten, on the outside of Envelope 2: To always keep / 3489-3. Stamped, on the outside of Envelope 2: [same as on Envelope 1] Handwritten, on the back of one of the strips of photos: Battle Creek Michigan / August 1905 / Ruth Thompson. Handwritten, on the back of another strip: Indianapolis Indiana / January 1906 / Ruth Thompson.

Each small photograph is a portrait of one or two individuals, none of whom is identified. The photographs were divided between two cut-off envelopes.