Margaret Deekens Cover, circa 1925

The collection consists of one box containing six cased photographs, eight folders with 85 uncased photographs, and one album with 24 images. Subjects are portraits of the Cover, Deekens, Long, and Lamar families, with many locations in Allegany County including Cumberland and Mount Savage. There are images of the estate "Strathmoor", and the Woodland Tennis Club in Frostburg. Other subjects include recreational activities such as tennis, bicycling, and a picnic in the Mount Savage coal mine.

The album, from the Civil War-era, contains carte-de-visite portraits of Harry Gilmor and Robert E. Lee, as well as Long, Lamar, and Deekens family portraits.

The collection also includes one folder with four pieces of printed ephemera, which are two valentines and two envelopes.