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Collection: 1952 - Frank Bennett Fiske
Item: 01507
Title: Chris Christenson, editor and unidentified man outside Sioux County Pioneer office
Date: 1915
Creator: Fiske, Frank Bennett,--1883-1952
Inscription/Marks: [in pencil on emulsion] 3 dozen [Print envelope] Chris Christenson, editor in shirt sleeves. [info] Editor 1914-1919. The Sioux County Pioneer was the official county newspaper of Sioux County, North Dakota. It began in 1914, the same year that Sioux County itself was established, and was published weekly in Fort Yates. The Pioneer was created by Chris Christenson, whose goal was to "to give the people of Sioux County, a live weekly newspaper." Christenson continued to publish the newspaper until 1919. Later publishers included Ralph Gordon Beede (1919-25) and Arthur E. Babcock (1927-29).
Summary: Chris Christenson, editor, in shirt sleeves and unidentified man standing outside Sioux County Pioneer office.
Red ID: PH_I_14572 Image ID: 541435 Image Notes: 1952-01507

Collection: 1952 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Frank Bennett Fiske
Date: 1880-1952

Summary: Includes prints and negatives of portraits, agriculture, education, wildlife, hunting, Frank Fiske studio portraits, and some views of South Dakota. Fiske’s Native American photographs include portraits, Indian gatherings and ceremonies, boarding schools, Indian houses and dwellings, and Native American agriculture. Fiske’s documentation of daily life on the reservation includes such shots as Sioux customers waiting for a Fort Yates trading store to open; a Sioux dance in the streets of Fort Yates; a plow issue before the agency boarding school; an encampment of tipis, including those traditionally painted; and three Indian men being taxied off the reservation to join the army in WWI.

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