Corner streetscape in Du Bois, Nebraska showing a one‑story brick commercial block identified in the image caption as “WILL H. STIEDL, CORNER DU BOIS NEBR.” The left bay carries an awning lettered “MEAT MARKET,” and the window is painted “City Meat Market.” Several horse‑drawn buggies stand at the boardwalk; two women and a child are at the entrance. A projecting shoe sign on the right wall reads “…RAND SHOES …E BETTER / …ETERS SHOE CO.,” partly obscured by two utility poles; the band on the nearer pole is marked “H23.” A small display card in the right‑hand window reads “25,” and a faint “17” appears at the lower‑right corner of the “City Meat Market” window.
The card face prints the caption in the photograph itself; no publisher’s series number is present. The numerals “17” and “25” belong to the storefront displays, not a view‑numbering system. Verso bears the postcard layout “POST CARD / MESSAGE / ADDRESS,” a KRUXO stamp box reading “KRUXO / One Cent Stamp Here / KRUXO,” and a vertical maker imprint, “MADE BY C. E. YOCAM PHOTO CO., DU BOIS, NEB.”
Handwritten inscriptions on the verso identify the vantage: at the top edge, “CORNER OF BILL STIEDL STORE / LOOKING SOUTH”; at right, “Bill Stidel’s store / looking south”; at left, “Corner of”; center‑left, “Zodi Britt”; and lower left, “From / Nadene Long / Du Bois, Ne.”
- Title on card
- WILL H. STIEDL, CORNER DU BOIS NEBR.
- Medium
- RPPC
- Subject
- Children, Collection, neb, Nebraska, Occupational, Outdoor Scene, Photography, Cranford Rare
- Dimensions
- 5.57 × 3.5 in (141.4 × 89.0 mm)
- Condition
- Rectangular adhesive stain or surface disturbance at upper center; localized stain at lower-right front margin and small paper loss at lower left. Handwritten notes on the reverse.
- Provenance
- Verso inscription: “From / Nadene Long / Du Bois, Ne.”
- Catalogue no.
- MRPPC3493
Catalogue details
Location
Du Bois, Nebraska · Du Bois, Nebraska, United States
Photographed subject · Locality (town) · 80% confidence
the card names only the town. Looked up as "Du Bois, Nebraska" → Du Bois, Du Bois, NE 68345, USA. Order tried: caption-town: "Du Bois, Nebraska" → city ✓; Live research: The photograph’s own caption reads “WILL H. STIEDL, CORNER DU BOIS NEBR.”, indicating the subject and town. Independent records confirm that William H. (W. H.) Steidl was a merchant/druggist operating in Du Bois during the real-photo postcard era: local newspaper advertising in The DuBois Press mentions buying goods at “Steidl,” and multiple trade tokens were issued by “W.H. Steidl, Du Bois, Nebraska,” showing he ran a retail establishment there. A biographical record further notes Steidl was a druggist at Du Bois (and Crete). The publisher credit to C. E. Yocam also fits the timeframe and locality of Du Bois real-photo cards, but is used here only for context, not for place inference. Because no independent source located the exact street corner or address of Steidl’s store from this image alone, the strongest support
Source: Card caption (town only)
