Hudson Maxim stands on top of a stone wharf jutting out onto Lake Hoaptcong with a stone boathouse in the middleground and the far shore faintly visible in the background.
Hudson Maxim stands in a kitchen wearing an apron and mixing the contents of a bowl in front of him. A second man stands near him. Pots stand strewn around on the table and a kettle is visible on the stove on the far wall.
Hudson and Lilian Hudson sitting at a chess table playing a game he invented. There is a fireplace behind them with a mirror and a photograph of Hudson.
Hudson Maxim on horseback with him and the horse both looking at the camera. Trees grow behind him and a house is partly visible through bare branches on the right.
Caption from back: "A boy and his father picking strawberries down South. The man is Booker T. Washington, the most famous Negro educator and orator that America has produced. Work in the garden with David was one of his recreations."
A cargo barge being loaded by dockside crane at the river edge. Other boats and buildings visible in the background. Caption reads: "Dutch Point where the Dutch had their port when the first English settlers arrived."
A gigantic elm tree with multiple arms growing out of the trunk. A woman, possibly Anna McQueston Johnson, stands to the left of the tree. A house is directly behind it with other trees and buildings on each side.