A richly detailed illustration depicts a bustling colonial-era wharf in Salem, Massachusetts, with multi-story brick buildings, sailing ships with complex rigging, barrels, cargo, and numerous figures engaged in maritime commerce. The composition combines warm ochres, deep reds, and browns throughout the architecture and vessels, rendered in a meticulous hand-drawn style with accompanying explanatory text and a small map diagram below the main scene. Printed on smooth white card stock and made to order, artwork on the front, blank inside, envelopes included in every set. A handwritten note that arrives as an independent artist's work.