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Western Maryland Railroad Co. Connellsville extension Oct. 15, 1910
Title
Western Maryland Railroad Co. Connellsville extension Oct. 15, 1910
Date
1910
Description
book of photographs; 26 x 33 cm
Photographs Along the Western Maryland Railroad
Title
Photographs Along the Western Maryland Railroad
Date
1912
Description
Book of photographs; 26 x 33 cm
P-086 Frank Fiske Missouri River Photograph Album
Title
P-086 Frank Fiske Missouri River Photograph Album
Date
1918-06
Description
Annotated photograph album documenting photographer Frank Fiske’s two-week steamboat journey on the Missouri River in 1918. Fiske was a prominent early 20th century photographer who grew up at Fort Yates, near the Standing Rock Reservation. Fiske learned photography at a young age, mentoring under the Fort Yates post photographer Stephen T. Fansler. Fiske took over Fansler’s studio when he was seventeen and spent the next two decades photographing the community of Standing Rock. Fiske was best known for his photographs depicting everyday Lakota life and the changing frontier, but he was also a writer and served as a newspaper editor and assistant steamboat captain. This album documents Fiske’s journey aboard the steamer Scarab of the Benton Packet Company. The boat departed Fort Yates, North Dakota on June 16, 1918 and arrived in St. Louis on July 2. The album contains 100 silver gelatin photographs that capture largely undocumented aspects of life along one of America's great western rivers. Each image provides viewers the intimate feeling of standing on the deck of the Scarab, alongside Fiske, as he makes his journey. The album includes views of the Scarab and the passing boats, Missouri River scenes and images of the surrounding landscape, military outposts, infrastructure projects, railroads, river towns, historic sites, and more. Fiske gave this album to Captain Isaac P. Baker, owner of the Benton Packet Company of Bismarck, North Dakota.

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