Photographs - Collections - 2018 - #2018-P-004

Title: Joe and Louise (Battcher) Fritsch

Dates: ca. 1955-ca. 1995

Collection Number: 2018-P-004

Quantity: 20 items

Abstract: Includes historic and modern photographs of the homestead of Joe and Louise (Battcher) Fritsch (Billings County, N.D.) including images of the "Custer Rock."

Provenance: The photographs were donated to the SHSND by Joe B. Fritsch via the Archaeology and Historic Preservation Division in October 2003.

Property Rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this collection.

Copyrights: Copyrights to 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 or an archivist at this repository if clarification of copyright requirements is needed.

Access: This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.

Citation: Researchers are requested to cite the collection title, collection number, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic references.

PHOTOGRAPHS INVENTORY
Item Number/Description

00001-00004       View of the homestead house from top of Butte North looking south at the "Custer Rock" and Tracy Mountain in the background, Billings County (N.D.), ca. 1995
00005    View of homestead, including Louise Fritsch on the entry porch of the house, Billings County (N.D.), ca. 1915
00006    View of homestead site, Billings County (N.D.) (from same site as photo 00005), ca. 1995
00007    View from homestead house looking south to Custer Rock with horses in pasture, Billings County (N.D.), ca. 1915
00008    View of homestead site, Billings County (N.D.) (from same site as photo 00007), ca. 1995
00009    Louise Fritsch gathering coal on homestead, Billings County (N.D.), ca. 1915
00010    View of homestead site, Billings County (N.D.) (from same site as photo 00009), ca. 1995
00011    Joe Fritsch with son Joe B. with team of horses, ca. 1925
00012    View of homestead site, Billings County (N.D.) (from same site as photo 00011), ca. 1995
00013    Image of "Custer Rock," with names carved on the far right in the image, Billings County (N.D.), ca. 1915
00014    Person sitting on "Custer Rock," Billings County (N.D.), ca. 1915
00015    Protection building covering the names on "Custer Rock," Billings County (N.D.), ca. 1995
00016    Mark A. Fritsch standing on a protruding rock west of Custer's initial rock and above the homestead site, Billings County (N.D.), ca. 1995
00017    Joe, Joe B. and William Fritsch plowing with a six-horse hitch, Billings County (N.D.), ca. 1925
00018    Joe Fritsch and Charlie Cornell in horse drawn sleds, Billings County (N.D.), ca. 1915
00019    Louise Fritsch driving a five horse hitch on her homestead, Billings County (N.D.), ca. 1915
00020    Joe Fritsch plowing with a five-horse hitch, homestead, Billings County (N.D.), ca. 1915

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