This sepia-toned stereographic card features two side-by-side, nearly identical photographs of a dense woodland scene. Centered in each frame is a large tree with deeply textured, gnarled bark and a dark, hollow opening near its base. Thick, twisting limbs extend upward and outward, surrounded by a tangle of smaller branches and dense, leafy foliage that fills the background and top of the frame. The lighting is dappled, with bright highlights on the upper leaves and deep shadows within the undergrowth and the hollow of the tree. The two photographs are mounted on a light-yellow rectangular card with rounded corners. Printed vertically in black serif type along the left margin is the text "HOMES OF CALIFORNIA, ILLUSTRATED BY MUYBRIDGE." and the same text, "HOMES OF CALIFORNIA, ILLUSTRATED BY MUYBRIDGE.", is printed vertically along the right margin. At the bottom center, below the images, the caption "Mosswood, Alameda Co." is printed in a smaller black font. Below the photograph, a gray-scale calibration strip with labeled shaded blocks is visible.