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Title: Frank E. Wetzstein
Dates: 1948-1950
Collection Number: 00507
Quantity: 21 items
Abstract: Images of Gene Autry and his Melody Ranch Boys at the 1950 Mandan Rodeo
Provenance: The State Historical Society of North Dakota borrowed and copied these photographs from Mike Wetzstein in August 1986.
Copyrights: Copyrights to materials in this collection remain with the donor, publisher, author, or author's heirs. Researchers should consult the 1976 Copyright Act, Public Law 94-553, Title 17, U. S. Code and an archivist at this repository if clarification of copyright requirements is needed.
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PHOTOGRAPHS INVENTORY
00507-01 Rodeo Program, Mandan (ND) 1950
00507-02 Rodeo Program, Mandan (ND) 1950
00507-03 Rodeo Program, Mandan (ND) 1950
00507-04 Rodeo Program, Mandan (ND) 1950
00507-05 Rodeo clowns
00507-06 Rope tricks
00507-07 Gene Autry
00507-08 Leo J. Cremer 1950
00507-09 – 11 Rodeo clowns
00507-12 Cowboy bucked off horse at Mandan Rodeo
00507-13 – 14 Rodeo clown
00507-15 Gene Autry and the Melody Ranch Boys riding in parade
00507-16 – 17 Gene Autry 1949
00507-18 Leo J. Cremer, "Wild Bill" Elliot, and Frank Wetzstein, Mandan (ND) 1950
00507-19 Melody Ranch Boys holding musical instruments
00507-20 Champion II, horse Wetzstein sold to Gene Autry in 1948
00507-21 Steers
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