Solomon Butcher

Bachelor Preparing Supper, 1886

http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/research/photos/highlite/butcher/photos.htm

Solomon Butcher was a photographer in Nebraska in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He took lots of pictures of homesteaders and was working in the vicinity of Jules Sandoz. The website above will link you to part of his collection. Most of Butcher's photos are from Custer County, which you have probably noticed is mentioned in Old Jules frequently. I like the above photo because it gives you an idea of what Old Jules lived like when he first came to Nebraska.