Parade near the Stapleton Building with Lee Simonsen and Bert Shorey families.

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DescriptionParade vehicle, with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, with Bert Shorey, Mrs. Shorey, and Mrs. Lee Simonsen in front of the Stapleton building on North 28th. Window display of the Hart-Albin Company in the backdrop. One of the first motor vehicles in Billings. Shorey and Simonsen are in the list of 45 automobile owners in Billings - See 'The names of the Billings auto owners,' in December, 1907 - See 'Enthusiasts in Billings', The Anaconda Standard, December 22, 1907. Almost all the vehicles were gas powered by this time - there were only 'three or four steamers,' in Billings as of December of 1907. Lee Simonsen (or Simonson), a sheep rancher, would go on to own the Padlock (or Pollack or Pitchfork) Ranch in northern Wyoming. Lulu Simonsen would die in May of 1945. Bert G. Shorey was also a regional sheep rancher - The Billings Gazette notes a picnic at the 'Bert Shorey ranch on Rock Creek,' in August 8, 1926. Mrs. Shorey died in 1945 - see 'Resident of the State Since 1888, Mrs. Shorey, Dies', The Independent Record, August 22, 1945.TypeImageCreatorUnknownGenrephotographsDate1907SubjectParadesParade floatsMen--Clothing & dress--1900-1910Women--Clothing & dress--1910-1920Simonson, LeeShorey, Bert G.Contributing InstitutionBillings Public LibraryGeographic CoverageBillings, MontanaDigital CollectionBillings - Images of PlacesDigital Formatimage/jpgDigitization SpecificationEpson 1640 XL scanner. 8 x 10 image at 300 dpi, 8 bit greyscale. Master Image size - 18,000 kb.Date Digitized2015copyrightNoC-US

CollectionBillings - Images of Places

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