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| Title | Bill Shemorry and another man by a fence at a racetrack, Calcutta, India |
| Date of Original | 1945 |
| Description | William Shemorry standing next to a fence while another soldier sits on top of it. The two are posing next to a horse racetrack with a large grandstand behind it in Calcutta, India. Taken while Bill Shemorry was in the 164th Signal Photo Company as a combat photographer during World War II. |
| General Subject | People
Military
Sports & recreation
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Men
Fences
Buildings
Racetracks
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| Subject (LCSH) | World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - India
World War, 1939-1945
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| Personal Name | Shemorry, William E. (Bill), 1914-2004
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| Organization Name | United States. Army. Signal Photo Company, 164th
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| Location | Calcutta (India)
India
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| Decade | 1940-1949
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| Item Number | 1-54-101-1 |
| Negative Number | 1-54-101-1 |
| Format of Original | Film negatives
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| Dimensions of Original | 11 x 14 cm. |
| Transcription | "1000, End of War, Overseas, Heading on way home, 1945, Calcutta + on transport USS gen Brook" - Handwritten on box containing negatives. |
| Notes | Title created by staff.
Negative discolored by silver mirroring.
Photographer unknown. |
| Biography/History | William E. "Bill" Shemorry was a native of Williston, N.D. who began work in the newspaper industry as a newsboy selling the Williston Herald and the Williams County Farmers Press. In 1953, he started to publish the Williston Plains Reporter, which he operated for 25 years before selling to the Williston Herald. Shemorry then began to concentrate on his own writing and photography. In addition to writing many books on the history of Williams County, he also collected photographs of early North Dakota photographers. Shemorry was an active member of the Williston Fire Department, was Civil Defense Chief of Williams County for three years in the 1950's, and was a combat photographer in World War II. Shemorry's photograph of the discovery of oil in North Dakota on April 4, 1951 at the Clarence Iverson No. 1 is one of the most famous oil photographs ever taken, and was published in many national publications. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | William E. (Bill) Shemorry Photograph Collection 1
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota, William E. (Bill) Shemorry Photograph Collection (1-54-101-1) |
| Rights Management | Permission to reproduce this image must be requested from the State Historical Society of North Dakota. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about the collection, or provide information about an image, please email Emily E. Schultz at eschultz@nd.gov |
| Digital ID | ws1541011 |
