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[BASEMENT BOX 67.0259]

Description: Photograph is of the remains of a structure that was destroyed by fire. There is metal rubble and burnt wood standing and strewn across the ground. Smoke is still lightly rising from the remains. Caption: "Still smoldering Thursday were ruins of the Chickasha Cotton Oil compress of Chickasha after fire late Wednesday night did damage estimated at $90,000."
Date: October 4, 1963
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0381

Description: Guymon Fire department truck and fire fighters at end of daytime fire. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The north side of the fire-razed Guymon Lumber Co., with the bordering row of scorched trees attesting to the intense heat involved."
Date: October 4, 1957
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

2012.201.B0319.0093

Description: Photograph of a seated woman in a dress and tiara holding a cat. Caption: "Club president Mrs. Sammy Eagy manages to show two of her hobbies in this picture-square dancing (her dress) and raising cats (note the Siamese kitten in her lap)."
Date: August 4, 1967
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0563]

Description: Photograph is of a fireman on a ladder in the air off the top of the pump truck. The fireman is spraying water directly on top of a structure with no roof due to a fire. Two fireman are on the ground near the front of the building holding a fire hose. The photograph was taken in the night time. Caption: "Firemen fight costly Stillwater Lumber yard blaze."
Date: July 4, 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0316.0780]

Description: Photograph of a man posing with a can of Mother Penn Motor Oil. Caption: "John L. Dryer still has one of the original types of containers 'Mother Penn' motor oil was sold in. The trade mark bears the picture of his mother, Mrs. Minnie Dyer. The present product is marketed in a blue container as small as a quart size."
Date: April 4, 1966
Creator: Traverse, Austin
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Grant Dunlap family

Description: Photograph is of a man, woman with a baby and two small children sitting on the hearth of a fireplace. the man is reading a paper while the female child has her hand on her cheek and is looking straight at the photographer. Caption: "But Fortunately, it wasn't for long here Thursday when the Grant Dunlap family arrived from Baltimore."
Date: May 4, 1950
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.0706]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Crash scene shows the crater dug by a T-37 training plane from Vance Air Force Base, Enid, when it went down near Hennessy late Thursday." Photo by State Staff . Original Photo 6/4/1965. Published on T-6-4-65-RS."
Date: June 4, 1965
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0048]

Description: A daylight photograph showing the aftermath of an explosion involving oil-filled railroad tank cars at Shattuck in Ellis County, Oklahoma. The image shows damaged telephone poles and a destroyed building near the local grain elevator. Caption: "Wreckage was piled high in Shattuck early Tuesday morning after six oil-filled tank cars exploded."
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0051.0146]

Description: Scorched remains of a plane near a field. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Dark area in center background shows scorching path of plane after it hit wheat field. Two Oklahoma City insurance officials and the wife and daughter of a colleague were killed shortly after midnight Wednesday in the flaming crash of a private plane in far northwest Oklahoma City. The dead: FRANK J. HAVELKA, 49, the pilot. G. JAMES HUSTON JR., 37. MRS. NEIL BRATT.… more
Date: June 4, 1970
Creator: Taylor, Robert
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0051.0145]

Description: Seat from plane crash lying in a field. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Twisted propeller, above, was wrenched from one engine when a seven-passenger Beechcraft crashed just after midnight Wednesday in far north Oklahoma City. Four persons were killed and one critically injured, all linked to Mid-Continent Life Insurance Co. Seat, below, was among numerous item strewn along the plane's flaming path in a wheat field."
Date: June 4, 1970
Creator: Taylor, Robert
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0058]

Description: A daylight photograph of a railroad tank car wrapped in debris caused by the derailment and explosion of oil-filled tank cars at Shattuck in Ellis County, Oklahoma. No caption.
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0047]

Description: A daylight photograph showing the burning wreckage of oil-filled tank cars after a railroad derailment and explosion at Shattuck, Ellis County, Oklahoma. Caption: "Wreckage was piled high in Shattuck early Tuesday morning after six oil-filled tank cars exploded."
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0300.0084]

Description: Photograph is of a large group of people in an office area looking around the room. Caption: "Of Tinker Air Force Base was given to the Del City Chamber of Commerce and their guests Monday."
Date: May 4, 1965
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0423

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of firefighters atop a smoldering building. A firetruck is in the foreground. Caption: "Firemen chop holes in the roof of Fuzzy's Club to get at flames."
Date: April 4, 1974
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Fescue Lodino Clover Pasture

Description: Photograph of a Fescue-Ladino clover pasture planted in fall of 1956. Upland soil-5% slope, has produces and still producing excellent pasture. Lime-fertilized-managed.
Date: November 4, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wet Spots in a Spinach Field

Description: Photograph of wet spots in a spinach field. Soil unit 9H. Drowning out due to plow pan and surface crusting. Approx. 5 acres lost in a 40 acre field. Crop residue and land leveling would correct this.
Date: November 4, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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