This album contains photographs and postcards from the 1910s through the 1930s collected by Frank C. Hershberger during his life and travels, including many photographs of individuals as well as animals. Locations identified in the photographs included: Fort Riley, Kansas; Camp Marta, Texas; Jasper National Park; Fort Davis, Texas, Fort Monroe, Virginia, Camp Lee, Virginia; Diamond, Wyoming; Indiana, cities in Manchuria (Sansing, Aigun/Ta-hai-ho); Siberia, the Amur River, and the Sungari/Songhua River. There are several photographs of the United States Army transport (USAT) Meigs ship. There are also postcards from the Taj Mahal in India, and several cities in Germany (Berlin, Hamburg, Koblenz, Cologne, Stralsund). The album contains more information on people and locations, handwritten on photographs as well as on the scrapbook pages.

This diary written by Frank C. Hershberger is of his time in China from 1914 to 1918. It appears to have been written some time after 1914, as there are several mentions of World War II. The first entry is dated December 1914, and the location is labeled as "North Manchuria." Hershberger recounts travel across China and Russia and writes about political situations he experiences in the region. The final entries appear to be dated in March 1918.