A view down Temple Street through a column of trees. Carte de visite. Printed on the reverse is "Henry S. Peck, Photographer / Successor to Peck Bros / Street's Building / Corner State and Chapel Sts. / New Haven, Conn."
The intersection of Temple and Grove Streets, looking toward Elm Street. The first house on the right is the Noah Webster House, built about 1823 and removed to Michigan around 1936 by Henry Ford.
Two female employees in Victorian clothing pose behind a counter covered with umbrellas. A display of many partially opened umbrellas hangs behind them.
Several men and women pose in an unidentified department store. One man is wearing overalls and holding a hammer. A sign reading "TINWARE" is visible on the right. Buckets, kettles, and brushes are hanging from the ceiling.
Several people pose in the stationary department of an unidentified store. Five female employees are behind a counter. A sign reading "ENGRAVING AT MODEST COST" is visible on the right.
Several office workers in Victorian dress pose for the camera. A partition partially separates the workers from some bystanders. The calendar on the right appears to be say July 1897.