Project gives new life to Cundill photographs

Images will be shown November 2
  • The posed antics of cowboys are a popular theme of many of Cundill’s photos.
    The posed antics of cowboys are a popular theme of many of Cundill’s photos.
  • Project gives new life to Cundill photographs
    Project gives new life to Cundill photographs
  • This is one of the photographs that has not been identified. Possibly someone has a copy or a postcard of it.
    This is one of the photographs that has not been identified. Possibly someone has a copy or a postcard of it.
  • One of Cundill’s later images (about 1919) shows (left to right) the Drees Brothers General Merchandise Store (now Dakota Image), the Timber Lake Topic, and Henry Johnson’s Ford and implement business, which was later a cafe, bar & bowling alley before being destroyed by fire in 1983. The new Timber Lake Museum was built on the property in 2001.
    One of Cundill’s later images (about 1919) shows (left to right) the Drees Brothers General Merchandise Store (now Dakota Image), the Timber Lake Topic, and Henry Johnson’s Ford and implement business, which was later a cafe, bar & bowling alley before being destroyed by fire in 1983. The new Timber Lake Museum was built on the property in 2001.
    The work of Frank Cundill is familiar to most people who are aware of the history of the Timber Lake-Firesteel-Isabel area but a new project makes his images accessible to a wider audience.Some of the images will be shown by historian Brad Tennant of Mitchell as part of a presentation on the homestead era at the Timber Lake Museum on Sunday, November 2 and some will be shown in a powerpo...

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