A broad, unpaved street in Gordon, Nebraska, with storefronts receding from a two-storey clapboard building at the right. Wooden false fronts, projecting cornices, and awnings give the commercial row an irregular roofline. Wagons and buggies stand beside the boardwalks, with horses and scattered figures farther along the block. Tall, multiple-crossarm utility poles punctuate the view; an open-sided, hipped-roof structure stands at the far left.
The white hand-lettered caption reproduced within the photograph reads “COMPLIMENTS FROM GORDON NEB.” A separate small rectangular label reading “36” appears near the lower right. This may be a view number, but the reverse provides neither a corresponding numbered title nor a series checklist. The town is identified by the caption; the street and individual buildings remain unnamed.
The reverse credits “PHOTO MADE BY S. D. BUTCHER & SON, KEARNEY, NEB.” Its divided postcard layout includes a KRUXO stamp box marked “One Cent Stamp Here.” Both message and address spaces are unused, with no stamp or postmark. The card supplies no date.
- Title on card
- COMPLIMENTS FROM GORDON NEB. (inscribed)
- Medium
- RPPC
- Subject
- Nebraska, Outdoor Scene, Solomon Butcher
- Dimensions
- 5.56 × 3.46 in (141.1 × 87.8 mm)
- Condition
- Localized brown staining and scattered spots in the upper sky, with handling soiling on the reverse. Detail in the street and buildings remains clear; otherwise sound, with no visible tears or substantial losses.
- Provenance
- Printed on KRUXO stock, c. 1907–1920s (stamp-box range). Never mailed.
- Catalogue no.
- MRPPC3452
Catalogue details
Location
Gordon, Nebraska · Gordon, Nebraska, United States
Photographed subject · Locality (town) · 80% confidence
the card names only the town. Looked up as "Gordon, Nebraska" → Gordon, Gordon, NE 69343, USA. Order tried: caption-town: "Gordon, Nebraska" → city ✓.
Source: Card caption (town only)
