black and white stereograph mounted on yellow cardstock; printed on verso "Stereoscopic Views of the / Great Disaster / On Mill River, in Hampshire Co., Mass. / SKinnerville. / 15. Wm. Skinner's former Residence. (a wreck.) / The above Views are Published and for sale by / J.A. French, / Portrait and Landscape Photographer / No. 10 Bridgman's Block. Keene, N.H. / Prices / Single View 25 Cts. One dozen $2.50. Full Set $6.00. / Forwarded to any Address, postage free. / All orders received will be promptly filled on receipt of Price. / The subject of this card is underlined."; printed on recto "Published by J.A. French, Keene, N.H. / Portrait and Landscape Photographer."; image capturing aftermath of Mill River flood; rocky, barren ground in foreground showing signs of disturbance; wreckage of a house being torn from it's foundation in midground
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