This is a black-and-white photograph showing Prime Minister Stanley Bruce and James Scullin seated at a desk in the prime minister's office in (Old) Parliament House, the day before Scullin was sworn in as the new Australian prime minister. Scullin is seated in a leather chair in front of the desk and Bruce is seated to his right at the side of the desk. Papers and writing materials cover much of the desk and a telephone is visible in the background. The room is wood panelled.