This black and white lantern slide shows the residence of James E. Boyd, located at 1908 Davenport Street in Omaha, Nebraska. The house is a three-story brick structure with a covered porch. There are many trees with bare branches in the yard, which is surrounded by a fence. A sidewalk runs alongside the street.
James E. Boyd was an Omaha businessman and politician. He was involved in the meat-packing industry, and he also built Boyd's Opera House. Boyd served as the mayor of Omaha and the governor of Nebraska. Source: Morton, Julius Sterling. Illustrated History of Nebraska: A History of Nebraska from the Earliest Explorations of the Trans-Mississippi Region, with Steel Engravings, Copper Plates, Maps, and Tables, Volume 1. Lincoln: J. North, 1905, p. 594.
