diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/filequery/FileSearch.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/filequery/FileSearch.java
index fbf8356e16..c1323d32b1 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/filequery/FileSearch.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/filequery/FileSearch.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.centralrepository.datamodel.CentralRepository;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.textextractors.TextExtractor;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.textextractors.TextExtractorFactory;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.textsummarizer.TextSummarizer;
+import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.textsummarizer.TextSummary;
 
 /**
  * Main class to perform the file search.
@@ -258,8 +259,8 @@ class FileSearch {
      */
     @NbBundle.Messages({"FileSearch.documentSummary.noPreview=No preview available.",
         "FileSearch.documentSummary.noBytes=No bytes read for document, unable to display preview."})
-    static String summarize(AbstractFile file) {
-        String summary = null;
+    static TextSummary summarize(AbstractFile file) {
+        TextSummary summary = null;
         TextSummarizer localSummarizer = summarizerToUse;
         if (localSummarizer == null) {
             synchronized (searchCache) {
@@ -273,12 +274,12 @@ class FileSearch {
                 //a summary of length 40 seems to fit without vertical scroll bars
                 summary = localSummarizer.summarize(file, 40);
             } catch (IOException ex) {
-                return Bundle.FileSearch_documentSummary_noPreview();
+                return new TextSummary(Bundle.FileSearch_documentSummary_noPreview(), null, 0);
             }
         }
-        if (StringUtils.isBlank(summary)) {
-            //no summarizer was found or summary was empty just grab the beginning of the file
-            summary = getFirstLines(file);
+        if (summary == null || StringUtils.isBlank(summary.getSummaryText())) {
+            //summary text was empty grab the beginning of the file 
+            summary = new TextSummary(getFirstLines(file), null, 0);
         }
         return summary;
     }
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/filequery/ResultsPanel.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/filequery/ResultsPanel.java
index 4711303123..7ba0e452ca 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/filequery/ResultsPanel.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/filequery/ResultsPanel.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.modules.hashdatabase.AddContentToHashDbAction;
 import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.AbstractFile;
 import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.TskCoreException;
 import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.centralrepository.datamodel.CentralRepository;
+import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.textsummarizer.TextSummary;
 
 /**
  * Panel for displaying of file discovery results and handling the paging of
@@ -777,11 +778,11 @@ public class ResultsPanel extends javax.swing.JPanel {
         @Messages({"ResultsPanel.unableToCreate.text=Unable to create summary."})
         @Override
         protected Void doInBackground() throws Exception {
-            String preview = FileSearch.summarize(documentWrapper.getResultFile().getFirstInstance());
+            TextSummary preview = FileSearch.summarize(documentWrapper.getResultFile().getFirstInstance());
             if (preview == null) {
-                preview = Bundle.ResultsPanel_unableToCreate_text();
+                preview = new TextSummary(Bundle.ResultsPanel_unableToCreate_text(), null, 0);
             }
-            documentWrapper.setPreview(preview);
+            documentWrapper.setPreview(preview.getSummaryText());
             return null;
         }
 
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textsummarizer/TextSummarizer.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textsummarizer/TextSummarizer.java
index 2d40d7af5b..733ad5e517 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textsummarizer/TextSummarizer.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textsummarizer/TextSummarizer.java
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ public interface TextSummarizer {
      * @param file        The AbstractFile to summarize.
      * @param summarySize The size of the summary to create.
      *
-     * @return The summary as a string.
+     * @return The summary as a TextSummary object.
      *
      * @throws IOException
      */
-    String summarize(AbstractFile file, int summarySize) throws IOException;
+    TextSummary summarize(AbstractFile file, int summarySize) throws IOException;
 }
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textsummarizer/TextSummary.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textsummarizer/TextSummary.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86d6122188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textsummarizer/TextSummary.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * Autopsy
+ *
+ * Copyright 2020 Basis Technology Corp.
+ * Contact: carrier <at> sleuthkit <dot> org
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.sleuthkit.autopsy.textsummarizer;
+
+import java.awt.Image;
+
+/**
+ * Class to contain all information necessary to display a summary for a file.s
+ */
+public class TextSummary {
+
+    private final String summaryText;
+    private final Image sampleImage;
+    private final int numberOfImages;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new TextSummary object.
+     *
+     * @param summary       - The text portion of the summary.
+     * @param image         - The Image portion of the summary
+     * @param countOfImages - The number of images including the one provided in
+     *                      the document.
+     */
+    public TextSummary(String summary, Image image, int countOfImages) {
+        summaryText = summary;
+        sampleImage = image;
+        numberOfImages = countOfImages;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the summaryText
+     */
+    public String getSummaryText() {
+        return summaryText;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the sampleImage
+     */
+    public Image getSampleImage() {
+        return sampleImage;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the numberOfImages
+     */
+    public int getNumberOfImages() {
+        return numberOfImages;
+    }
+
+}