Baseball game, Ray Jays versus unknown team, North Dakota
In: 1-64-13-6 ; William E. (Bill) Shemorry Photograph Collection Mss 10958, 1970
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A player from an unknown baseball team prepares to swing at the ball. The pitcher, catcher and umpires await the result, North Dakota. ; Film negatives; 120 film ; Title created by staff. ; 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.
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Baseball game, Ray Jays versus unknown team, North Dakota
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Shemorry, Bill, 1914-2004 |
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Zeitschrift: | 1-64-13-6 ; William E. (Bill) Shemorry Photograph Collection Mss 10958, 1970 |
Veröffentlichung: | State Historical Society of North Dakota, 1970 |
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