Pages 1-21. Union Pacific and Central Pacific railway lines, 1871. Railway construction sites, camps, towns, bridges, tunnels, heavy snow and snowsheds, scenery. Primarily the Sierra Nevada, some from the desert and Salt Lake City, as well as Sacramento and Oakland
Pages 22-46. San Francisco, 1871-1872. Business and residential areas, major buildings, large homes, churches, etc. Panorama of city and bay from Telegraph and Russian Hills, wharves, sail and steam boats, San Francisco coastlines
Pages 47-60. Yosemite, 1871. Scenic views of the valley and its major rock formations and waterfalls, hotels, views from Glacier Point, Mariposa Grove, Galen Clark (p.48)
Page 61. Ferry on Tuolumne River
Pages 62-66. San Jose area and peninsula, 1871-1872
Page 67. White Sulphur Spring, 1871
Pages 68-69. Mt. Shasta
Pages 71-72. Columbia River
Page 72. Mendocino Coast