A sepia-toned stereograph features two nearly identical photographs mounted side-by-side on an orange card, showing an urban street view from an elevated perspective. The unpaved street in the foreground, lined with wooden sidewalks and multi-story buildings, recedes into the distance toward a dense cityscape. In the center of the background, a large building with two prominent, dark-colored domes stands out against the pale sky. Small figures of pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages are visible along the length of the wide thoroughfare. Vertical text is printed on the side margins of the card: the left margin reads "Watkins' Pacific Coast" in a stylized font, and the right margin contains vertical text detailing the photographer's studio address at "26 Montgomery St., San Francisco" and a copyright notice. A small printed caption at the bottom center of the images includes the number 1394 and identifies the location as Sutter Street from Mason, San Francisco, looking east.