Box 205
1 Governor William L. Guy with North Dakota city officials
2 Men and children trying out fire water hose
3 Two groups of people gathered around radio microphones
4 to 8 Fires and fire damage to vehicles and buildings
9 Red Milner, Williston Fire Chief, holding Fire Department relic (Print 205-9 matches 120mm negative 207-4-1 and 207-4-2)
10 Building on fire at night
11 to 16 Fire men and fire trucks, including Tioga’s new fire engine. (Print 205-13 matches print 11-49-2)
17 to 19 Fires at night
20 Williston Fire Department
21 to 23 Fires
24 to 29 Aerial photographs of an oil well with flames and smoke
30 to 39 Photographs of fires and fire damage
40 to 46 Photographs of firemen, fire engines, and buildings. (Print 205-40 matches 4x5” negative 30-80-1; print 205-42 is cropped black and white of print 108-243; Print 205-43 matches 4x5” negative 30-100-1)
47 Farmers Union Co-op Oil Company building on fire
48 Group portrait of unidentified men
49 to 51 Buildings on fire
52 & 53 Group pictures of firemen
54 to 56 Buildings on fire
57 Truck on fire and damage
58 Corinne Shemorry next to Bill Shemorry receiving an Honor Award Citation from Lewis A. Vincent on June 28, 1951. (Print 205-58 same event as print 16-44-5)
59 to 61 Buildings on fire
62 to 65 Fire departments group portraits and fire engines (Williston and Ray) (Print 205-
62 black and white of print 108-216; Print 205-65 matches 4x5” neg 30-73)
66 to 69 Buildings on fire and fire damage
70 & 71 Unidentified group portrait of sixteen men, including Roger Iverson, Eddie Riebordson, Raul Peterson and Vern Slute (?)
72 to 74 Buildings on fire
75 Grenora fire engine and men trying out water hoses
76 to 88 Buildings, vehicles and a grain elevator on fire
89 International Harvester Company of America building and early fire engine
90 Williston Fire Department
91 Rescue of kids on ice cahe, March 19, 1966, by Panger (Print 205-91 crop from negative 33-404-2)
92 &93 Buildings on fire
94 Williston Rural Fire Department truck with Bill Shemorry and two other men shooting water through the fire hoses
95 to 103 Buildings on fire
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