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Collection Summary
Collection: A - A Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 2979-00001
Title: Bismarck (D.T.)
Date: 6/1873
Summary: Men stand in the street outside a tent with a sign that reads "Wayne & Roleau's." A log and sod structure is next to the tent, and a wooden framed building is visible at the edge of the photograph. A Bismarck Tribune article from September 14, 1922, states "Above is said to be the first photograph taken of Bismarck, June, 1873. Among those in the picture are: E. A. Williams in plug hat on the right; John A. Stougall, in plug hat on left corner; "Big Sam" Kegvice, carpenter and gambler at left; Charles Lewis with paint keg; "Scotty" the blacksmith with white suit; Jim Crummy, Dick Farrel, Jack Hale. The log building was a carpenter shop of Hackett and Dutton, and E. A. Williams' law office at one end. The frame building was Cotton's saloon. Edmund Hackett, first mayor of Bismarck, is shown at the left and is distinguished by his long hair. The tent was a traveling show."
Red ID: PH_I_92717 Image ID: 46830 Image Notes: A2979-00001

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Title: A Collection
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