9-1/2" x 7-1/2" black and white photograph of 5 men in police uniforms with badges. Written on the item: "Day Police Force of City of Lincoln on May 1885". Names written on bottom of photograph identify the men from left to right as: J. Hollaway, J.K. Post, Chief of Police G.B. Beach, M. Smith, and Marian Fowler. Chief Beach is seated at a desk and holds a cigar in his left hand. A spittoon sits at the front corner of the desk.