Booklet includes many statistics and halftone photographic images of Marshall, Texas, in the 1940s. An aerial view of the city is included near the beginning of the booklet. Contents include lists, descriptions, and illustrations of manufacturing, industrial, and commercial companies and facilities, as well as schools, churches, and homes. Agricultural activities and opportunities in Harrison County are also included, as well as recreational assets, particularly Caddo Lake State Park. A drawing of the airport building, under construction at the time, is also included.

Color halftone postcard on textured linen paper showing the city hall building, Marshall, Texas, 110 E. Houston St. The view shows the façade and east side of the building, which is on a slope. It has three stories and a basement. This building replaced an earlier city hall that burned. Automobiles are parked beside and in front of the building. Printed across the top of the image is the title: "Memorial City Hall, Marshall, Texas" and printed on the lower right is the number 15,753. Printed on the left side of the back is "Published by Marshall Peanut Candy Co., Marshall, Texas" and printed between the message and address sections is: "A 'Colourpicture' Publication, Cambridge, Mass. U. S. A." Handwritten in ink in the message space is the date April 23, 1946. There is no message or postmark on the card.

Color halftone postcard on textured linen paper showing a view looking south on North Washington St., Marshall, Texas, with the Harrison County courthouse at the end of the street. Printed across the top of the image is the title: "North Washington Street, Looking South, Marshall, Texas." Commercial buildings line both sides of the street and automobiles are parked in front of them. A sign for a drug store is visible on the right side. Printed on the back between the message and address sections is: "Pub. by Gene Holder, Marshall, Texas," and on a line below that: "Natural Color Post Card Made in U.S.A. by E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis. (ADL)." There is no message or postmark on the card.

Photograph of two men, two boys, and a dog around a brick outdoor barbecue grill with hot dogs on it. An unidentified boy wearing overalls and a sweater is sitting on the bricks to the left of the grill and the other boy, Sims McCutchan, III, is seated on the ground near the right side of the grill, next to a light-colored dog. John Sanders is wearing a dark-colored suit and seated on the bricks to the right of the grill, pointing a a Black man standing to the right side of the image, identified as John Taylor. Written in pencil on the back: "Sims III age 4, John Taylor (colored help), John Sanders."

Group photograph of a class of South Marshall Elementary School fifth-grade students, posed in three rows on steps in front of the school. One teacher, Mrs. Sims McCutchan, Jr. (Miss Johnnie), and an unidentified second teacher stand in the center at the back. Written in pencil on the back is the name Bob Laicy, and written in ink is the name of the school, grade level, and date of 1945.

Group photograph of teachers at South Marshall School, Marshall, Texas, standing on the front entrance steps. Written in pencil on the back: "Front- Left to Right, (Mrs. Mary Robins, Mildred Brown, (Mrs.) Elyn Patterson, Helen Young ; Back Row - L to R - (Mrs.) Margaret Huffman, Ethlyn Adams, (Mrs.) Undean Reeves, (Mrs.) Johnnie McCutchan, Mrs. Bigger, 1946-47." Mrs. Sims McCutchan, Jr., known to her students by her first name as Miss Johnnie, stands on the back row, second from the right.

Photograph of a group of girls and boys and two adults posed around a large brick outdoor grill upon which hot dogs are being cooked. A wooden case of Dr. Pepper bottles is in the foreground. The two adults visible on the left are Johnnie McCutchan (Mrs. Sims McCutchan, Jr.) and John Taylor. The photograph was taken at night.

Color halftone postcard on textured linen paper showing the swimming pool in the city park of Marshall, Texas. The actual pool, which opened in June of 1938, is not visible, but the view shows the terraced lawn around it, two buildings that probably were the filter house and the changing rooms, and part of a chain-link fence. Up another terraced slope to the pool's left is a log building that was constructed in 1939 as the NYA Community Center. Walls, stair rails, and a light post made of rocks are shown, as well as plantings of flowers in front of the wall. Much of the landscaping and the rock walls and steps were constructed with WPA funds. Printed in the border below the image is the title, "Swimming Pool, City Park, Marshall, Texas. 2B481-N" Printed on the back between the message and address sections is: "Genuine Curteich Chicago, 'C.T. American Art" Postcard (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)" The postmark on the back of the card is dated Apr 27, 1946. The typed message is from Eleanor Greene and addressed to Mrs. Alice Holden, Dallas, Texas.