GEORGE W. BUTCHER AND FRIEND
The address on the house behind these well-appointed gentlemen is "2001," corresponding with the home of George and Fronia Butcher at 2001 U Street in Lincoln. Butcher (thought to be the taller man) was born in Philadelphia in 1874, died at the V. A. Hospital in Lincoln in 1958. He worked for Chicago & Rock Island R.R. as a porter and for Burlington R.R. as a laborer in the Havelock Shops and later as an "ashman" at the municipal...
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GEORGE W. BUTCHER AND FRIEND
The address on the house behind these well-appointed gentlemen is "2001," corresponding with the home of George and Fronia Butcher at 2001 U Street in Lincoln. Butcher (thought to be the taller man) was born in Philadelphia in 1874, died at the V. A. Hospital in Lincoln in 1958. He worked for Chicago & Rock Island R.R. as a porter and for Burlington R.R. as a laborer in the Havelock Shops and later as an "ashman" at the municipal power plant. Fronia Butcher was even more long-lived, reaching 100 years of age (1879-1979). His dapper companion in this portrait remains unidentified.

Photographs taken on black and white glass negatives by African American photographer(s) John Johnson and Earl McWilliams from 1910 to 1925 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Douglas Keister has 280 5x7 glass negatives taken by these photographers. Larger scans available on request.
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