Consists of 20 black and white photographic prints of various places and people in Chinatown, San Francisco. Some photographs are marked as being locations on Dupont Street or Waverly Place. One photograph was taken of Bartlett Alley. The majority of the prints are of street views with some images of storefronts, store interiors, and restaurant interiors. Some of the stores depicted include Sun Kam Wah, Sang Kee, and Sing Fat & Co. A few of the prints depict the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, with one image depicting the aftermath of the disaster on Dupont Street. One photograph depicts a dragon dance performance being presented in a very crowded street.

There are several portrait photographs of Chinese Americans. A couple of these feature a single person inside or in front of their store. There are two group photographs, one of which appears to depict a family in front of their ancestral shrine, but they are looking away from the photographer. The other group photograph is of three women, three children, and a man seated on park benches. Most of the people are looking at the photographer. The inscription, "Chinese Family," is in negative on the print, though it is not clear how these people are related, or if they are.

Several of the images include inscriptions in negative of a photographer named "Perkins," often with additional captions describing the photograph, though in most prints this information is cropped out (e.g. "Chinese Restaurant Interior"). One other photographer identified in this collection of photographs is Willard E. Worden. There are also images from Shaw & Shaw and James O. Rue, as indicated by stamps on the reverse of the photograph. These photography studios are associated specifically with images taken of the San Francisco earthquake and fire, though most of the images of Chinatown appear to be prior to the disaster.