A 3"x4" glass plate negative, bust portrait photograph of Edith Beck, David City, Nebraska, wearing a dark skirt, white blouse with softly gathered bodice with lace-edged stand collar and gathered elbow-length sleeves, wire-rimmed glasses, her curly hair pulled back and secured with a wide, black stiff-ribbon bow and a dark, wide-brimmed hat with the front brim pulled up and secured with a fabric rosette.