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| Title | Turkey Track Bill Molash portrait |
| Date of Original | between 1920 and 1942 |
| Creator | Fiske, Frank Bennett, 1883-1952
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| Creator Role | Photographer |
| Description | "Turkey Track" Bill Molash sits posed for a portrait. He wears a hat, button down shirt, and vest, and rests his hand on a cane. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | People
Portraits
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Cowboys
Cowboy hats
Portrait photographs
Staffs (Sticks)
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| Personal Name | Molash, Bill, 1875-1942
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| Decade | 1920-1929
1930-1939
1940-1949
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| Item Number | 1952-6153 |
| Notes | Title created by staff. |
| Relation | [Is Part Of] Frank Bennett Fiske Papers, State Historical Society of North Dakota, MSS 10105 |
| Biography/History | Frank Fiske served as an assistant steamboat captain prior to his lifelong work as a studio photographer, mostly associated with Fort Yates N.D. He learned the trade from S.T. Fansler, post studio photographer, and remained in Fort Yates to document the town, the Standing Rock Agency, and the changing ways of the frontier. Fiske was also a writer, and served for a time as a newspaper editor, and wrote a popular column carried in many newspapers. He was best known for his Indian photographs, which depicted everyday Indian life, as well as studio views. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | Frank B. Fiske Photograph Collection 1952
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (1952-6153) |
| Rights Management | Copyright transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. |
| Digital ID | sh19526153 |
| OCLC number | 61156024 |
