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1 Unidentified
2 Old time photos, Bill Shemorry old photos, fire at County market
3 Jaycees Christmas, 1937; Shemorry family photo, 1918? and 1906; John Ikes; Touse-Mille Man; Poe – portrait; Blad man on horse; Joe Donohue on horse; Bailey – copy; Leo Pasonault family; three Pasonault men
4 John Shemorry’s 60th wedding anniversary, 9/30/1989
5 Brekke photos, old time, Squires area
6 Book lovers – Lloyd Jorgenson boat, Atol’s bike, Museum Board, Eva MacMaster photos, Dorgan bike, Home of Economy, 4/26/1992
7 J. Shemorry 60th Anniversary, 9/30/1989
8 Band Day parade, 5/9/1992
9 Band Day parade (Wentz on bike, Del Eastons parade marshall, Virgil Syverson, Sandy Gunderson, old Alamo band, Odd Fellows float, chicken, Lions float, Williston basin Cycle Riders, Grenora Band), 1993
10 Williston Band festival (copies, train photos, stage coach, church), 1990
11 Pima Air Museum, Tucson – Jack Shemorry – 3/1984
12 Antiques and relics (old time relics – 1978: old windmill and tree – NW Alexander; Pangers Rest Stop – top Indian Hill; deserted school - Lonetree; old railroad water tower and pump station – Lonetree; Old Williston Post Office; White Earth Bank; Charbonneau views; old stone house; wheels; old car show, 1978; Grassy Bute Post Office, 1978; Stady ghost town, 7/1/1979; Lloyd Bjella re rimming old wagon wheels, 7/14/1979
13 Print – parachuting
14 Antiques and relics: Williston Post Office, 8/1978; Great Northern Railroad wooden water tower and pump plaint at Lonetree, 8/1978; Great Northern Railroad tunnel, west end, just east of Fairview, only tunnel in North Dakota, 8/1978; Abandoned windmill and tree west of Alexander, 8/1978; Old time wagon, plow, pump at Fairview, 8/1978; Deer horns at Fairview, 8/1978; Remnants of CCC camp between Fairview and Sidney, 8/1978; Abandoned three story school at Lonetree, 8/1978; Remnants of Panger Way-House of bluffs Highway 85 south, 8/1978; Stone house northwest of Alexander, north of Nelson farm, 8/1978; Abnadoned wagon wheels northwest of Alexander, north of Nelson farm, 8/1978; old log post office at Grassy Butte; Old CCc camp near Sidney; ol Jennison Mine, Fairview; old house on top of hill, Fairview
15 Copies – CBI photos, 11 negatives
16 Miscellaneous
17 Barbeque, ca 1980
18 Old time copies, some Bill Shemorry family, riverboat in color
19 Prints – contestants and winners at Williston Art Association art show, 1981
20 Post card – Elks Home, Williston, N. Dak, Olson photo
21 Bill, 9/1980
22 Bill Shemorry, 68th birthday party
23 Bill with camera in AZ, 1981
24 Copies: Bill’s 5 grand-children, Cecil Urban, Williston Main Street about 1921
25 Print - ship
26 Tallef Bjella and old car, 9/9/1981
27 Shemorry with black eye-prints
28 Print - Bill at 1983 Tioga farm festival
29 Bill – some with hardhat and black eye
30 Miscellaneous CA: Glo’s school, house, etc., flowers, also some Phoenix, Earl’s Barber etc. Custom Automotive, views out window San Diego
31 Christmas at Bill Shemorry’s, 1982
32 CA and west coast, 1984: scenics, mountains, Mary and friends, Myra
33 Christmas at Bill Shemorry’s, 1981
34 West coast, 1984: windmill, fish, Santa Barbara, park, whale skeleton, bird of paradise flower
35 Culbertson Trail ride, 1978
36 Old church near Tuscon, 4/1980
37 Cattle on Muddy River, 9/10/1981
38 Culbertson threshing bee, 1979
39 Copies of Chinese photos, also Maynard Swenson’s aunt, 3/1984
40 Deb and Charlie wedding, roll 1, 1982
41 Deb and Charlie wedding, roll 2, 1982
42 Doug Mahar
43 Photos, west coast, at time of Ed Shemorry funeral, 12/1984
44 Prints - Fire museum?: painting, old engine, tropies (bound by rubber band)
45 Print – helicopter spraying flower field
46 Print – helicopter spraying flower field
47 Print – helicopter spraying flower field
48 Fires – firemen: 1978 ND firemen’s convention, Wahpeton; Prairie fire east of Noble, 9/1978; fire at Zainbergs? 9/1978; Gene Delorme with flashing helmet, 10/1978; Fire Department (Williston) group shot, 10/1978; fire convention (ND) at Medora, 6/1/1979
49 Puyallup, flowers, Ed Millie, Paul Evelyn, 1984
50 NDFA, RW Swartz in parade, 1984
51 NDFA, 1984
52 Frost covered tree
53 Frost covered tree
54 Frost covered tree
55 Frost covered tree
56 Yellow flowers (safflower?), northeast Williston, 8/1983
57 Sunflower (close up)
58 Sunflower field
59 Flowers-mushrooms, close-ups (dandelion), also transparency of cactus taken near pipeline crossing south of Bismarck, 1982
60 Flowers and scenic shots, CA: light hosue, golden gate bridge, 1979
61 Fire department photos in mask, including 1914 truck in Alexander
62 Flowers of AZ
63 Flowers of ND
64 Fire Department ground breaking, 9/9/1981
65 Frost scene at park, Spring Lake, 9/10/1981
66 Elev? Fire, overall pic
67 West coast trip: flowers, murals, Danish town, Las olives, windmill, oil well, 1984
68 Frost, Elks, RR Park, 9/10/1981
69 Flowers, Phoenix, AZ, 1983
70 Glo sings during Christmas, also McKenzie County Texas well, 1984
71 Glo Mahar
72 Geo and Volkswagon in front of Esther’s house, Phoenix, 1981
73 Glo with flowers, Phoenix, 4/1978
74 Print - Geo and Volkswagon in front of Esther’s house, Phoenix, 1981
75 Glo – in Phoenix and other places on trip, 1978
76 Glo in Nashville, 7/1978
77 Gloria Shemorry, 1982
78 Copies Gloria Mahar as clown, 11/28
79 Spanish town in NM, Laguna Mission, pic of Glo beside sign
80 Glo in AZ desert, with field glasses, east of Apache Junction, 1981
81 Glo and Terri at carnival, also crowd shot of carnival, 6/1983
82 Ron Glaab, 7/1979
83 Grand Canyon, AZ, aerials, 3/1978
84 Glo, Bill and Mildred at Hewitt, CO, 1984
85 Hanks Museum celebration, steam engine, 9/1978
86 Hanks Museum parade, 8/1978
87 Nicole Heathcoat in bath, 8/1983
88 E. J. Hagan residence, fall 1983
89 Tokens – also Jenny’s Baby Nicole
90 Jennie, Bob, Nicole in Phoenix, 4/1982
91 Print - Horses and cattle
92 Jennie, Bob, Nikkie and Michael in Phoenix, 3/1984
93 Harvest scene, aerial near Corinth
94 Kallie Mahar and Easter dress, 1983; birthday party and other early photos, 1978
95 Jim and Lorraine Key at home, before Jim went in the hospital, 1981
96 Tony and Chris Lee on slides in park, also at Fort union, copies of Fort Union paintings, 6/1983
97 At Jan and Bill’s, 6/1984
98 Las Vegas, 4/1978
99 Tony Bill Lee at park
100 Tony Bill Lee, 1978
101 Print - Jan and Tony Bill Lee at park
102 Print - Jan and Tony Bill Lee at park
103 Print - Jan and Tony Bill Lee at park
104 Unidentified women
105 Christmas card with photo of Tony Lee
106 Unidentified woman
107 Unidentified women
108 Photos at Bill Lee’s, 7/4/1983
109 Lakeshore near Key’s Cove, Glo and her family mostly, 7/1983
110 Los Angeles reunion, Willistonites, 10/1982
111 Mary’s needlework, gift for Pam, 1982
112 Print -Mary Shemorry with needlework
113 Print - Mary Shemorry with needlework
114 Print - Mary Shemorry with needlework
115 Print - Mary Shemorry with needlework
116 Print - Mary Shemorry with needlework
117 Medora photos: Glo, Jennie, Callie and Nicole in front of Rough Riders Hotel, street scene, old Catholic Church, clowns, Badlands Salon, Western portrait, Jennie and Nicole with Buffalo, 7/1983
118 Don Mrachek at Minot, also Reporter picnic
119 Tony Bill Lee at park, 7/1979
120 Nelson sisters, Marge and Lil at Bozeman, 4/1978
121 Norway, 1975
122 Phoenix area: El Rancho Motel; Reflections photos, downtown Phoenix; copies of paintings; old park bus as Carefree Hotel; Carefree shots misc; Maricopa County Fair, Phoenix; Scientology building, Phoenix; miniature car races, Phoenix; telephoto photos, Pheonix from S Mountain; NW AZ scenery, Casa grande
123 Pat Mahar, 1978
124 “Wake” at Plainsman Hotel Boom Room, Monday, April 30, 1984
125 “Wake” at Plainsman Hotel Boom Room, Monday, April 30, 1984
126 “Wake” at Plainsman Hotel Boom Room, Monday, April 30, 1984 (prints bound with rubber band)
127 Golden anniversary reunion, group shots, classes of 1931-1934, July 9-10, 1982
128 Reunion Williston High School classes, 1931-1934, 1982
129 Shemorry duplex, 4/1983
130 Shemorry house, 423 Washington, old Ole Anderson res tearing down – snow scene, rental
131 Junk left by tentant back apartment 415 Washington, 8/1983
132 Rental
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