Box 171 Color photographic prints, most 4 x 5” or 3.5 x 4” – Aerials, oil wells, parades
1 & 2Williston Baseball stadium with players in lines on the field
3 to 19 Aerial views of businesses, homes, towns, an air port, Williston, and farms
20 & 21 Parade at Buffalo Trails Museum, Hanks, N.D. (printed July 1980)
22 & 23 People riding on horses or in carts pulled by horses, Montgomery (printed Sept 1980 and Sept 1979)
24 Exterior of the 1st National Bank
25 to 27 Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, addition under construction (two printed in Sept 1980) and completed exterior view, Williston, N.D.
28 Group portrait outside Elks Lodge, Williston, N.D. “Bill, Don, Viv, Ruth, Valses (?), Sig, Duane, Sig” – names written on back (printed May 1980)
29 Williston Old Fellows and Rebekahs parade float (printed May 1980).
30 Williston FU Oil – Aerial view (printed Sept 1979)
31 to 36 Aerial views of farms (one printed July 1980 and one printed June 1979), lakes (one printed July 1980), and the Williston train station
37 & 38 Aerial views of the Williston Airport (printed in June and July 1979)
39 & 40 Aerial view of Aafedt baseball stadium, Williston, N.D. (printed Aug 1980)
41 Sign “To Moscow with malice intended” over cactus picture and Bill Shemorry’s photograph business card
42 to 45 Boy with steer and Williston MT Saddle Club rodeo (printed June 1980)
46 to 48 Storage bins and system
48 Group portrait of 16 young women and three men with two 1979 trophies, possibly a girls team (printed Nov 1979)
50 to 54 Construction on a cabin and views of cabins (printed Oct 1979)
55 to 61 Unidentified oil wells (printed in June, July, and Nov 1979)
62 Bomac Rig 36, South of Ray, N.D. (printed July 1979)
63 to 65 Texaco (?) Resources 1-24 Federal Seuile (?) N E Alamo 11-79 Cyclone Dr. (printed Nov 1979)
66 Arno co Sondrol (?) Rat lift (printed Nov 1979)
67 Exterior of a building, sign says CE___ (printed Sept 1980)
68 to 71 Structure under construction, crane and semi truck
72 to 74 Gas plant ? (printed Sept 1980)
75 to 80 Kane ? oil well
81 to 88 Unidentified oil wells
89 to 92 Unidentified oil wells (printed in May and July 1980)
93 Aerial view overlooking a business
94 & 95 Cranes and construction equipment at work with tanks and pipes
96 Cabin with oil well in background (printed June 1979)
97 to 100 Aerial views overlooking a barge at work in a river, close up (printed Sept 1980)
101 Aerial view overlooking Williston, N.D. (printed Sept 1980)
102 Cattle drive
103 Aerial view of a business and farm (printed June 1979)
104 Truck, pipes, and large garage (printed June 1979)
105 to 107 Hunt Drogseth 11-79, SE 29 Mi Corner (?) – Peurod (?), Lawrence Truck, construction project with crane and truck (printed Nov. 1979)
108 to 122 Unidentified oil well at sunset (printed June 1979)
123 & 124 Unidentified oil well at sunset (printed July 1979)
125 to 132 Unidentified oil wells (printed Sept 1979, May 1980, and May 1981)
133 Wheat (printed July 1979)
134 & 135 Men wearing hard hats standing by oil well, Norman Foster (printed Nov 1979)
136 to 138 Aerial views of an unidentified oil well, a town is visible in the distance
139 Oil well, Gulf location, SW Dagman, Cliffs Drilling Co. Mani Stromby (?) 7-29-79 (printed July 1979)
140 Aerial view of an industrial plant, possible a gas plant
141 & 142 Unidentified oil well
143 & 144 Acquitane (?) – Green, Forwest; oil well (printed Nov. 1979)
145 & 146 Semi truck accident, smashed cab on a Smith Energy Services truck
147 Aerial view of a garage, farm and farm equipment (printed July 1979)
148 to 152 Reider, oil well (printed May 1981)
153 to 156 Delamy, oil well (printed Sept 1979)
157 Aerial view of an unidentified oil well and farm fields
158 Aerial view of a business complex and farm equipment with snow on the ground
159 Oil well – Tenneco Hemker, 11 Mi NW Williston, W. Extension of Tenneco Jacobson (?) 6-15-79
160 Oil well – Verlin Fossen, S. Star 11te (?) Box 8 2-3515
161 Exterior of Williston Tank Rental Inc. building
162 Exterior of Mid Continent garage
163 Exterior of Dia-Log building and garages
164 Oil well with snow on ground – Rolfstod (?) 11-23-78
165 to 172 Unidentified oil wells and oil wells with scenic foregrounds (3 printed July 1979, 1 printed June 1981)
173 Oil well – Amoco Krudlson (?) Drelton (?) Belfield Bowl (printed Nov 1979)
174 Oil well – Amoco Scndrop, Ratfille (?) (printed Nov 1979)
175 Exterior of Western Welding Supply Co. building
176 to 184 Men working on an oil well (3 printed July 1979, rest printed June 1980)
185 to 190 Men working on an oil well rig, climbing on it (printed Sept 1979)
191 Oil well – Amaco Wilbue Campbell, Bomac 25 (printed Nov 1979)
192 to 195 Oil well – W of Club 85, 10-80, S of Bomac
196 to 203 Raising up an oil well rig (printed Sept 1979)
204 Unidentified oil well
205 Unidentified industrial plant, possibly gas plant (printed Nov 1980)
206 to 209 Unidentified oil wells and working on oil wells (printed Sept 1979 & July 1980)
210 Oil well – Orbit – Cova, Bomac Rig 27, N Hwy – W Grenora, Just West of State Line 7-29-79 (printed July 1979)
211 Aerial view of an unidentified bridge over a body of water
212 Unidentified industrial plant, possibly gas plant, aerial view
213 Aerial view of a business, garages and parking lots (printed May 1978)
214 to 226 Aerial views, most of mobile homes
227 View of a flowering plant
228 & 229 Aerial view- a garage & farm implement yard (printed June 1979 and Sept 1980)
230 to 232 Aerial views of businesses including 1st National Bank, Country Kitchen and possibly the El Rancho Motel in Williston, N.D. (printed Sept 1980)
233 Aerial view of the Ramada Inn (printed July 1980)
234 Aerial view of two buildings, one is a McDonald’s
235 First National Bank exterior and sign (printed Sept 1980)
236 to 240 Airplanes outside Sloulin Field, International Airport (printed May & Sept 1980)
241 to 254 Aerial views of housing, under construction and mobile homes
255 to 258 Aerial views of Aafedt baseball stadium, Williston, N.D. (printed Aug 1980)
259 & 260 Williston baseball field with players in lines on the field (similar to 171/1 & 2)
261 View of a McDonald’s building
262 & 263 Exterior of Coyote Lanes, and sign for Roadrunner Lounge
264 Exterior of the Super 8 Lodge
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