Fonds consists of an album of chiefly scenic postcards. Roughly half depict the western regions of Canada and the United States, including: Los Angeles, Pasadena, and San Francisco, California; Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia; the Rockies; and Medicine Hat, Alberta. Other Canadian locations are represented including Ontario and Saskatchewan. European postcards make up roughly the second half of the postcards and are mostly from England, with some from Paris. A couple postcards feature cartoons or humourous scenes. One photographic postcard features kittens and there is one Christmas-themed postcard. Some of the postcards appear to have been sent between members of the Francis family of Headingley, Manitoba, including Lester Francis, Etta Francis, and Russel Francis.

This file contains a coloured postcard of the drive that runs through the McGill lower campus, facing the Arts Building. The Redpath Museum and the Macdonald Engineering Building are both visible.

This file contains a black and white postcard with images of the Macdonald Physics Building (now the Macdonald-Stewart) and the Macdonald Engineering building (before the 1907 fire).

This file contains a postcard with a black and white photo of the McGill lower campus, looking up the main drive towards the Arts Building, surrounded by a colour frame of holly and other decorative designs, and a ribbon that reads "Greetings."

This file contains a black and white postcard of the McGill lower campus with the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom embossed in gold, red, and blue. Buildings in the photo include the Redpath Museum, Morrice Hall, and the Arts Buildings.

This file contains a black and white postcard of the lower campus looking towards the Macdonald-Harrington Building, the Macdonald Stewart Library, and the Macdonald Engineering Building.

This file contains a postcard with a black and white photo of the McGill lower campus looking toward the Arts Building, surrounded by a painted colour frame depicting a landscape, with two Indigenous people. Text on the card reads, "McGill University and Grounds, Montreal, Que." and "Original owners of our country."

This file contains a black and white postcard of the old McGill Medical Building, with the Royal Victoria Hospital in the background.

This file contains a black and white postcard of the old Macdonald Engineering Building before the fire of 1907.

This file contains a coloured postcard of the Redpath Museum and Morrice Hall at night with the text "Redpath McGill University, Montreal."