The F. C. Wilson residence stands at the left of this view across open grassy ground. The clapboard house has steep intersecting gables, shuttered windows, a brick chimney, and a shaded porch. A picket fence encloses the yard, with a tall metal-framed windmill immediately beside the house.
Neighboring buildings extend across the middle distance. A board-clad square tower with a pyramidal roof dominates the right center; its function is not established by the card. A small cross-topped belfry rises behind the nearer windmill, while a second windmill stands farther to the right. No people are visible.
White handwritten lettering reproduced within the photograph identifies the subject as “F.C.WiLSON Res.” and the location as Anselmo, Nebraska, agreeing with the supplied identification. A separate credit at lower right names S. D. Butcher & Son. These inscriptions belong to the photographic image rather than to a separately printed caption.
The reverse has a divided postcard layout, with spaces for a message and address and a box instructing the sender to place a one-cent stamp. It is unused, with no address, message, stamp, or postmark. The card carries no visible date.
- Title on card
- F.C.WiLSON Res. / ANSELNO NEb (inscribed)
- Medium
- RPPC
- Subject
- Nebraska, Outdoor Scene, Solomon Butcher
- Dimensions
- 5.48 × 3.5 in (139.2 × 89.0 mm)
- Condition
- Otherwise clean and apparently sound. Irregular flat-gray patches interrupt the image along both side edges in the front scan; comparison with the original is needed to determine whether these represent physical losses or digital masking.
- Catalogue no.
- MRPPC3458
Catalogue details
Location
F. C. Wilson residence, Anselmo, Nebraska · Anselmo, Nebraska, United States
Photographed subject · Locality (town) · 92% confidence
The supplied photographic inscription, “F.C.WiLSON Res. / ANSELMO NEb,” directly names both the depicted residence and its town. Independent corroboration appears in Nebraska’s official legislative register: F. C. Wilson is listed with residence Anselmo and House service in 1907–1909. This supports the name-and-town association, but does not establish which parcel contained his house. ([nebraskalegislature.gov](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/bluebook/2010/273-410.pdf)) The Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey independently documents Anselmo in Custer County. ([govdocs.nebraska.gov](https://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/H6000/B009.1065-2006.pdf)) Yale’s Butcher photograph and postcard collection includes Anselmo, but its finding aid does not identify this particular Wilson-residence photograph. ([ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu](https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/12165.pdf)) Searches of historical directories, photograph catalogues, library collections, and historic-map references did not esta
Source: Nebraska Blue Book 2010, p. 384: Members of Nebraska Bicameral Legislature—F. C. Wilson, Anselmo
