Six men stand shoulder to shoulder on a wooden porch, wearing suits, waistcoats, and an assortment of felt and straw hats. Watch chains cross two waistcoats. A woman looks out from the doorway behind the central figures, while wooden chairs line the clapboard wall.
The white caption identifies the Flether Hotel at Du Bois, Nebraska. Beneath the men, from left to right, are numbers read as 175, 210, 240, 268, 245, and 208. The numbers record each man's weight, as confirmed by Matt Cranford; the card does not print units.
The reverse credits C. E. Yocam Photo Co. of Du Bois and has a divided postcard back with an unused KRUXO stamp box. Ink annotations describe the subjects as hotel boarders, while pencil notes name several people without securely linking each name to a figure. Other inscriptions include “Madeline Lang” and “Zadie Britt.” The card is undated, with no stamp or postmark.
Localized brown staining and residue affect the lower image margin, and a pale patch of surface disturbance crosses the leftmost man's lower coat. An elongated adhered remnant is visible along the upper reverse. Otherwise sound, with the faces, clothing, and porch details clearly readable.
- Title on card
- BOARD AT THE FLETHER HOTEL, DUBOIS NEBR.
- Medium
- RPPC
- Subject
- Nebraska, Outdoor Scene
- Dimensions
- 5.57 × 3.49 in (141.4 × 88.7 mm)
- Condition
- Localized brown staining and residue along the lower image edge, especially at the corners; a pale patch of surface disturbance over the leftmost man's lower coat. An elongated adhered remnant runs along the upper reverse. Otherwise sound.
- Provenance
- The reverse bears inscriptions reading “from Madeline Lang / Du Bois, Ne” and “Zadie Britt.” Their roles and any sequence of ownership are not established.
- Catalogue no.
- MRPPC3477
Catalogue details
Location
Du Bois, Nebraska · Du Bois, Nebraska, United States
Photographed subject · Locality (town) · 70% confidence
“Board At The Flether Hotel. Dubois Nebr” was not located; pinned on the town as a placeholder. Looked up as "Du Bois, Nebraska" → Du Bois, Du Bois, NE 68345, USA. Order tried: caption-landmark: "Board At The Flether Hotel. Dubois Nebr, Du Bois, Nebraska" → only city; caption-town: "Du Bois, Nebraska" → city ✓; Live research: The depicted subject is the Flether Hotel porch in Du Bois, Nebraska. An independent photographic match was found in the Table Rock Historical Society collection: photo 2077, catalogued as a recommendation to board at the Fletcher Hotel. Its image matches the six men, woman in the doorway, porch chairs, numbered labels, and caption identifying the hotel and Du Bois, Nebraska. This establishes the depicted place from the photograph itself, not from the photographer’s address or ownership inscriptions. The supplied spelling 'Flether' is retained while noting the archive’s 'Fletcher' variant. ([tablerockhistoricalsociety.com](https://www.tablerockhistoricalsociety.co
Source: Card caption (town only)
