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Group portrait of men with pitch forks, threshing hay, N.D.
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| Title | Group portrait of men with pitch forks, threshing hay, N.D. |
| Date of Original | after 1940 |
| Creator | Shemorry, Bill, 1914-2004
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| Creator Role | Photographer |
| Description | Group portrait of nine people standing, most with pitch forks, in front of a threshing machine. One man is throwing hay, he is working on top of a hay wagon behind the rest of the people. There is a large pile of threshed hay at the back left, and a truck with a license plate that says T17 922. |
| General Subject | Agriculture
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| Subject (LCTGM) | People
Pitchforks
Farmers
Farm life
Threshing
Threshing machines
Agricultural machinery & implements
Hay
Trucks
Men
Women
Hats
Clothing & dress
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| Location | North Dakota
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| Decade | 1940-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969
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| Item Number | 1-48-3-39 |
| Negative Number | 1-48-3-39 |
| Format of Original | Film negatives
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| Dimensions of Original | 10 x 13 cm. |
| Notes | Title created by staff. |
| 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 (1-48-3-39) |
| 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 | ws148339 |
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