The collection contains photographs of logging operations in the Puget Sound area of Washington state, including Hoquiam, the Moclips River, and the Tacoma waterfront.

Included is a photo album providing a photographic tour of Northwestern Lumber Company in the early 1900s.

In addition to the photograph album, this collection also contains 14 individual photographs. Of note is a photograph of a decorated street car in Tacoma labeled "July 4, 1911. Mrs. C.H. Jones." Franke Tobey Jones was the wife of the Northwestern Lumber Company president. She donated $200,000 to the University of Puget Sound for the construction of Jones Hall.