Lawsons Groceries, Meats, Furniture store exterior, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1920

Description:	Boys stand near bread boxes in front of a two-story porch on a house used as a commercial store. The sign advertises Lawsons Groceries Meats, Furniture and American Beauty Bread. An Italianate house is seen behind Puryear Street and North Alabama Street signs.According to city directories, Donald J. Lawson (1873-1940) and his wife Ida May Rummel (1884-1973) lived at and operated this grocery in the late 1910s and early 1920s. The address of the store in the 1920 census is 937 North Alabama Street, and the house in north of Puryear Street is 939 North Alabama Street. The boys are the correct ages to be their youngest sons Malcolm James Bill Lawson (1908-1967) and Robert Henry Lawson (1915-1979). By Jan. 1922 Lawsons Grocery was not at this location. Idas obituary states that they started their grocery store in 1913 and she continued operating it until 1963 at 1009 North Alabama Street. [Indianapolis News, 18 Jan. 1973, p. 42]
Origin:	1920, circa
Source:	http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/39312FE2-BBD2-47D1-A961-131782482842
Collection:	Indiana Album
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Geography:	937 North Alabama Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States 39.780532,-86.152066
Subjects:	Carol Rummel Radi Collection Grocery stores Stores & shops Porches Saint Joseph Neighborhood (Indianapolis, Ind.) Indianapolis (Ind.) Marion County (Ind.)

Further information on this record can be found at its source.