A 5"x7" acetate negative, portrait photograph of six members of the William Lawson family, David City, Nebraska. William M. Lawson, wearing dark suit, white shirt and knotted tie is sitting in a upholstered arm chair with William R. Lawson, wearing dark short pants, white short sleeve shirt with contrasting fabric on cuffs and collar, white socks and dark shoes is sitting one arm of the chair. John Meysenburg, wearing a dark double-breasted suit with shirt and knotted tie is sitting on the other arm of the chair. Mary Lawson, wearing a dark, short-sleeve, v-neck, belted dress with a brooch at the neck is sitting in a wooden chair next to the men with Marcella Lawson dressed in a, knee-length, long-sleeve shirtwaist dress with contrasting fabric collar and cuffs standing beside her. Eva Meysenburg is standing in back wearing a knee-length dress with dark, short sleeve, shirtwaist bodice with brass buttons up the front and on the bodice pockets, with a collar the same color as the flared skirt. They are in front of a corner brick fireplace with wood mantel and scenic painting on the wall above.