Repairing Boats, Yellowstone Lake, Y.N.P., No. 2103

A work of commercial scenic photography by Solomon D. Butcher & Son, this stereoview captures a quiet moment of labor on the shore of Yellowstone Lake. Butcher is primarily associated with documenting the homesteaders and sod houses of Nebraska in the late 19th century. This view, part of a later series produced in Yellowstone National Park, represents a distinct and lesser known chapter in the photographer’s career, shifting his focus from settlement to the established American West.