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1 6 prints of train loading coal in Calcutta, India 1944; bison; Men’s basketball team including Wally LaRose, Vernon Owan, John Fougner, Emery Harstad, Bob Joseph and __ Storseth; aerial view of the Elks lodge in Williston, aerial view of a farm field and combining; and copies of newspaper ads from the Williams County Farmers Press Nov. 30, 1927 for the 20th Anniversary Sale at E.J. Swedlund Jeweler in Williston, N.D.
2 19 prints of men and women at a dinner, children dancing on stage in costumes for a dance recital, Press Graphic photos of nursing and medical care / first aid training, Jaycee Aluminum Drive, view looking down on a farm with a semi circle of tractors, Boy Scout paper drive, and the early Williston Concert Band
3 21 prints – Steam Tractor Scenes: threshing, tractors, horse drawn wagons, tractor show, Greg Hanson and Gordon Brady of Crosby show their 1911, 30 h.p. steam tractor built by the J.I. Case Company at the Wildrose 75th Anniversary; and train
4 14 prints – New Years Eve on Main Street, Williston, N.D. Pasonault photo from 1937; list of Farm photos; flying J refinery, sunset with oil rig, Men with “Salvage, WPB, War Production Board” banner for scrap to fund America’s war machines; boys with rubber tires, group portrait of range riders 1946, Alexander Old Settlers Picnic; portrait of a woman with a baby, portrait of girls wearing new clothes, two men with an early airplane, man with a car outside Mercy Hospital, Williston, N.D.; image of Shemorry’s coins, dog tags, pins, medals, and items from World War II; and brochure on the Mamiya C330 processional camera from Tokyo, Japan
5 5 prints – Williston’s Iron Lung, Lana Herreid from Williston won Miss North Dakota in 1971; Williston Municipal Band portrait from 1946; Williston Clown Band attends Minneapolis Acqutennial; and view overlooking two bridges probably the new and old Lewis & Clark Bridge near Williston, N.D. (Print 18-15-12 matches print 71-5-1)
6 12 prints of fires and firemen: Fire Chief Bus McCrory resigns and is honored with presentation of watch from Heinie Vohs, R.J. Milner Sr., Carl Sathra, and Harris Anderson; buildings on fire and Williston fire fighters at work including Herman McKenzie, Heine Vohs, Lees Panger, Harris Anderson, R.J. Milner and Bob Miller; and fire at the Moose Lodge
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