Group portrait, left to right: ?; Dr. Jordan; Prof. Dudley; ?; Prof Stillman; I.Q. Packard; Lt. Governor Jeter; Judge Richards; Mrs. Carrie Stevens Walters; ?; Col. Chas. B. Wing; Prof. Montgomery; ?; Prof. Green.
A sepia-toned landscape photograph features a group of thirteen people, predominantly men and one woman, standing in a horizontal line outdoors. The group is positioned in the lower third of the frame against a backdrop of palm fronds that extend to the top edge. The individuals are dressed in formal attire from the late 19th or early 20th century, including long dark overcoats, suits, and various hats such as bowlers and wide-brimmed felt hats. The woman, located slightly to the right of the center, wears a dark, floor-length dress and a matching hat. To the left of the group, a vertical color and grayscale calibration target is visible along the edge of the print. Handwritten text in the lower-left corner of the photo reads, "Andrew P. Hill, May 1900." A rectangular caption at the bottom center of the image contains the typed header, "THE FIRST 'SAVE-THE-REDWOODS' GATHERING," followed by a numbered list of names corresponding to the individuals in the portrait.