This hand-colored stereograph card features two nearly identical, side-by-side rectangular photographs with rounded corners, mounted on a light-brown, pebble-textured cardboard backing. The image depicts a scene outside the ruins of a grand estate, where a stone wall topped with a dark iron fence runs along the left side of a paved area. In the foreground, several people in dark clothing are bent over or kneeling on the ground, seemingly sifting through debris and dirt. One individual is dressed in a reddish-brown garment. In the background, the multi-story, burnt-out shell of a large building with classical architectural details stands against a pale sky. Small, light-colored text printed at the bottom right of the photographs reads: "No. 1054. Searching for Trinkets in front of the Once Magnificent Crocker Palace, San Francisco.". Below the mounted stereograph, a gray and black color calibration scale is visible within the frame.