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Military tents with plane flying over, Calcutta, India
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| Title | Military tents with plane flying over, Calcutta, India |
| Date of Original | 1945 |
| Creator | Shemorry, Bill, 1914-2004
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| Creator Role | Photographer; |
| Description | Two lines of tents within a military camp, with a supply plane flying overhead in Calcutta, India. The plane has the numbers "63: 430 553" painted on its tail wing. Taken by Shemorry during service in WWII in the 164th Signal Photo Company as a combat photographer. |
| General Subject | Military
Transportation
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Military camps
Airplanes
Tents
Camps
Military life
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| Subject (LCSH) | World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - India
World War, 1939-1945
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| Location | Calcutta (India)
India
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| Decade | 1940-1949
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| Item Number | 1-54-101-23 |
| Negative Number | 1-54-101-23 |
| 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. |
| 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 (1-54-101-23) |
| 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 | ws15410123 |
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