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BASEMENT BOX 67.0518

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of two women standing next to display in storefront window. Caption: "In front of the Mountain Park garage where Saturday auctions have been held to raise money for the school, Mrs. Elzie Noble, left, and Mrs. Henry Dotson, admire the quilt contributed by eight ladies of the community for the last sale."
Date: March 5, 1954
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.0979]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A small flood was created on North Eastern near Grand Boulevard this morning when an auto smashed into a fire hydrant."
Date: January 8, 1980
Creator: Buehner, Jeff
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0291]

Description: Photograph is of a large group of people in the street observing and helping to spray water from fire hoses on multiple buildings that are burning on a main street. Debris, rubble and water is in the street in front of the crowd.
Date: September 14, 1953
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0454

Description: Two burned out store fronts, night time. Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The J. and J. Supermarket, left, and an unoccupied theater, right in left panel, in Maysville were gutted by a three - hour fire which was extinguished shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday. Damage was estimated at more than $25,000."
Date: September 24, 1953
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0211

Description: Photograph taken at night of a firefighter standing next to a burning building. Caption: "This is what Blackwell firemen found when they arrived at the scene of the disastrous fire here Saturday night"
Date: April 6, 1954
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0329]

Description: Photograph is of a wooden dormitory building that has flames and smoke quickly rising from the roof. Flames are shooting out the window openings many feet high. Photograph was taken int he day time. Caption: "Going up in smoke is the main building of the historical Indian Boarding School for Girls at Eufaula. Fire gutted the 70 year old structure about noon Friday. Mrs. Toru Herndon, school Superintendent, said damage will amount to several thousand dollars. Also destroyed in the fire were Chri… more
Date: December 21, 1962
Creator: Parkhurst, Dean
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0310.0148]

Description: Photograph isof a baseball player kneeling on one knee and holding a bat. Caption: "A big man in Oklahoma State's attack is third baseman Jim Dobson, hitting .313 despite a late-season slump."
Date: unknown
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0340

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of firefighters extinguishing a smoking structural fire using a fire hose and ladder. Caption: "Blaze at Penn Industries, 1239 W Main, Saturday shortly before 2 p.m. District Fire Chief Chester Williams said firemen snuffed out the blaze in about 15 minutes, but not before it destroyed $14,000 worth of auto upholstery and damaged the building itself to the tune of $3,000."
Date: December 8, 1978
Creator: Mooney, Hank
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0602]

Description: Photograph shows seven unidentified men and five children observing and working around a structure that smoke is rising from the roof. Flames are coming out the top of the building as well. There is a ladder in the forefront of the image indicating that someone tried to assess the situation from a ladder on the roof. This photograph was taken in the daytime. Caption: "Fireman effort is futile as the Tonkawa Laundry and Dry Cleaning establishment burns."
Date: December 22, 1957
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.0942]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This fountain at NW 35 and Classen becomes an unwilling resting stop Thursday afternoon for a 1978 Pontiac driven by Juanita Friend of 2036 NE Grand."
Date: June 3, 1982
Creator: Lynn, Renee
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0229]

Description: A daylight photograph showing the aftermath of a hotel fire in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The image shows fire department personnel using a high pressure water hose and a shovel crane to extinguish hot spots in the debris. A barricade, traffic light, and street signs are in the scene, and black and green wax pencil editorial marks are visible on the photograph. Caption: "Crane finishes off fire-ravaged hotel."
Date: April 5, 1972
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0317.0366]

Description: Photograph is of a man wearing a suit and tie, leaned over a table piled with stacks of paper. He is looking down smiling. Caption: "Helping tabulate information on piles of YMCA junior baseball questionnaires"
Date: January 20, 1958
Creator: Gumm, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0417.0366]

Description: Photograph is an overhead photograph of a man in a catcher's uniform looking up as if to catch a ball. Caption: "BILL FINLEY - BASEBALL- CATCHER.."
Date: October 7, 1947
Creator: Laughead, James
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0357.0283]

Description: Photograph is of a man on a golf course jumping in the air with his golf club over his head. Caption: "VICTORY LEAP by Sammy Ellis of the Chicago White Sox signifies his triumph in the Baseball Players Golf Tournament."
Date: February 12, 1969
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0614]

Description: Photograph is of main street in Synder, OK. A fire has consumed three businesses on the main street that were next to each other. The rubble is in the street. A man helps guide a fire hose through the buildings. Smoke is raising out of the center of one of the buildings. This photograph was taken during the day time.
Date: April 27, 1937
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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