Dawson Lawrence (fl. c. 1890 - 1920), in one case as 'Dawson Lawrence Co.,' was a civic leader based in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the late 19th and early 20th century. Little is known of his early life, but by the 1890s he was active in fraternal and labor organizations, including the Masons, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and Knights of the Golden Eagle. City directories from the end of the 19th century list him as a traveling salesman, but by the end of the century he was noted as the president of the 'Equitable Building and Loan Association,' which was likely associated with a fraternal order. Three known works were copyrighted by him, all chromolithographic broadsides for fraternal organizations.
