A deep purple-reddish brown carte-de-visite Jossie Trimble taken by Staley Bros. in Tennessee. The portrait captures Trimble sitting on an embellished chair and wearing a dark color, patterned, long-sleeved dress. She is facing forward. The photograph is on a rectangular mat frame and backing. At the front bottom margin is printed text about the photography studio [Staley Bros. / MURFREESBORO, / TULLAHOMA, / WICHESTER, TENN.]. On the back at top, the sitter's name in pencil [Jossie Trimble].