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Collection: E - E Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0660-00001
Title: Little Sioux, James H. Sinclair, Drags Wolf, P. M. Shefveland, and Unknown
Date: 10/10/1930
Creator: Finney's (Bismarck, N.D.)
Inscription/Marks: [back of photo] E0660 James H. Sinclair, 2nd from left. Center: Drags Wolf, Last Hidatsa Chief, son of Crows Flies High. SHSND Museum Accession #9815
Summary: Group photo L-R: Little Sioux, James H. Sinclair, Drags Wolf, Last Hidatsa Chief, son of Crow Flies High, P. M. Shefveland, and an unknown man. Photograph was captured when J. H. Sinclair and P. M. Shefveland were presented headdresses from Drags Wolf at Shell Village for Sinclair and Shefveland's assistance. __[Biography: James H. Sinclair] James Herbert Sinclair (October 9, 1871 – September 5, 1943) was a U.S. Republican Representative from North Dakota; born near St. Marys, Ontario, Canada, October 9, 1871; moved with his parents to Cooperstown, Griggs County, N.Dak., in 1883; attended the public schools and was graduated from Mayville (N.Dak.) State Normal School; superintendent of schools of Cooperstown, N.Dak., 1896-1898; register of deeds of Griggs County 1899-1905; organized the First National Bank of Binford and served as cashier 1905-1908; moved to Kenmare, Ward County, in March 1908; engaged in agricultural pursuits and in the real estate business; member of the State house of representatives 1915-1919; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919-January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934; Republican member of the Special Mexican Claims Commission 1936-1939; died in Miami, Fla., September 5, 1943; the remains were cremated and the ashes deposited under a red flowering hibiscus on the grounds of his home.
Red ID: PH_I_88527 Image ID: 52669 Image Notes: E0660-00001-back

Collection: E Digitized Images from Collection
Title: E Collection
Date: 1863-2009

Summary: At some point in time the State Historical Society separated photographs into collections by size. The A collection consists of items 4 X 5” or less, the B collection consists of items 5 X 7” or less, the C collection consists of items 8 X 10” or less, the D collection consists of items 11 X 14” or less, and the E collection consists of items larger than 11 X 14”.

Collection: E - E Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0660-00001
Title: Little Sioux, James H. Sinclair, Drags Wolf, P. M. Shefveland, and Unknown
Date: 10/10/1930
Creator: Finney's (Bismarck, N.D.)
Inscription/Marks: [back of photo] E0660 James H. Sinclair, 2nd from left. Center: Drags Wolf, Last Hidatsa Chief, son of Crows Flies High. SHSND Museum Accession #9815
Summary: Group photo L-R: Little Sioux, James H. Sinclair, Drags Wolf, Last Hidatsa Chief, son of Crow Flies High, P. M. Shefveland, and an unknown man. Photograph was captured when J. H. Sinclair and P. M. Shefveland were presented headdresses from Drags Wolf at Shell Village for Sinclair and Shefveland's assistance. __[Biography: James H. Sinclair] James Herbert Sinclair (October 9, 1871 – September 5, 1943) was a U.S. Republican Representative from North Dakota; born near St. Marys, Ontario, Canada, October 9, 1871; moved with his parents to Cooperstown, Griggs County, N.Dak., in 1883; attended the public schools and was graduated from Mayville (N.Dak.) State Normal School; superintendent of schools of Cooperstown, N.Dak., 1896-1898; register of deeds of Griggs County 1899-1905; organized the First National Bank of Binford and served as cashier 1905-1908; moved to Kenmare, Ward County, in March 1908; engaged in agricultural pursuits and in the real estate business; member of the State house of representatives 1915-1919; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919-January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934; Republican member of the Special Mexican Claims Commission 1936-1939; died in Miami, Fla., September 5, 1943; the remains were cremated and the ashes deposited under a red flowering hibiscus on the grounds of his home.
Red ID: PH_I_88527 Image ID: 52668 Image Notes: E0660-00001

Collection: E Digitized Images from Collection
Title: E Collection
Date: 1863-2009

Summary: At some point in time the State Historical Society separated photographs into collections by size. The A collection consists of items 4 X 5” or less, the B collection consists of items 5 X 7” or less, the C collection consists of items 8 X 10” or less, the D collection consists of items 11 X 14” or less, and the E collection consists of items larger than 11 X 14”.

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