This series can be broken down into thirteen major subseries.

The first group (AA 290/9/1) comprises photographs relating to insects.

The second group (AA 290/9/2) comprises photographs relating to the Pacific.

The third group (AA 290/9/3) comprises photographs relating to Africa, Burmese, India and Borneo.

The fourth group (AA 290/9/4) comprises photographs relating to Native Americans.

The fifth group (AA 290/9/5) comprises a photograph of an etching by Yngve E Soderberg.

The sixth group (AA 290/9/6) comprises a photograph of cattle and two men.

The seventh group (AA 290/9/7) comprises a photograph of men riding camels on sandhill.

The eighth group (AA290/9/8) comprises photographs of the pliocene period.

The ninth group (AA290/9/9) comprises a photograph of a viscid spiral web.

The tenth group (AA290/9/10) comprises a photograph of a quarry.

The eleventh group (AA290/9/11) comprises a photograph of skin from a python.

The twelth group (AA290/9/12) comprises one photograph of women working in the rice fields.

The thirteenth group (AA290/9/13) comprises one photo of a boy pulling a lotus plant.