[Photograph 2012.201.B0985.0616]

Teenage boy irons clothes while teenage girl looks on.
Date: December 4, 1956
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0985.0613]

Two boys and a girl decorate church pews at the Methodist Home.
Date: December 4, 1956
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0985.0617]

Two little boys climbing ladder to slide.
Date: December 4, 1956
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0985.0615]

Teenage boy hands decorative candy canes to girl decorating fireplace mantle.
Date: December 4, 1956
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0409.0209]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Oklahoma has seven more colonels on the staff of Governor Murray, a title which Mrs. Murray presented at Chicago, to Oklahoma's national 4-H Club champions."
Date: December 15, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0409.0246]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: December 17, 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0409.0222]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: December 30, 1954
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0409.0210]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Life magazine and more Oklahoma " plain folks " went to Gov. Murray's open house this week."
Date: December 13, 1951
Creator: Burns, Bill
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0409.0234]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Willie Murray . . . " Now comes the dumping stage."
Date: December 30, 1954
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0186]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An assist for Santa Claus came Monday from the 8th rifle company marine corps reserve, a group of city theater owners, and Gov. Murray. December 18 was proclaimed "Toys for Tots" Day, as part of the rifle company's program for underprivileged children. The theater owners will admit children to special movies that day, with the admission fee to be one toy. On hand as the governor signed the proclamation were, from left, R. Lewis Barton, Hubert Huddleston, Gov. Murray, Dean Davis, Sgt. John Pack, 8th rifle co., and Gordon Leonard."
Date: December 13, 1954
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0172]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Willie Murray, left, leans across a lawyer to whisper to her estranged husband."
Date: December 2, 1955
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0191]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Gov. Johnston Murray, center, poses with the eight candidates for "Camargo Bridge Queen" before the ribbon-cutting ceremonies. Candidates are Maxine Moore, Leedey; Barbara Back, Carter; Lavile Musick, Camargo; Willa Dean Allen, Trail; Gov. Murray; Myrna Beth Hildebrand, Vici; Sue Oliver, Woodward; Janice Seaman, Hammon; and Janice Kelly, Elk City, who was chosen queen."
Date: December 23, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0188]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A quart of milk for Premier Mendes-France is turned over to pretty Sue Poole, American Airlines hostess from Los Angeles, by Gov. Murray, right, and Emmett Carter, president of the American Dairy Association of Oklahoma. The milk will be flown to France as a thank you from Oklahoma dairy farmers for the French premier's contribution to the dairy industry with his milk-drinking campaign."
Date: December 24, 1954
Creator: Albright, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0176]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Oklahoma Governor Johnston Murray"
Date: December 9, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0177]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Governor Johnston Murray applies the gold-plated scissors to the ribbon officially opening the Johnston Murray bridge across the South Canadian River in western Oklahoma while Louis Tittle, Mangum, highway commissioner from District 7, looks on."
Date: December 23, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0154]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Governor Johnston Murray will bow out Monday noon, after serving four years as chief executive without major disturbances in state government. Murray's regime has been called a "status quo administration," for want of a better term."
Date: December 9, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0189]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A drive-in kettle went into service Tuesday in the Salvation Army's Christmas fund drive, and Gov. Murray was the first customer."
Date: December 14, 1954
Creator: Tapscott, George
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from John B. Henderson to I. H. Kempner, December 21, 1958] (open access)

[Letter from John B. Henderson to I. H. Kempner, December 21, 1958]

Letter from John B. Henderson to I. H. Kempner thanking him for sending him Kempner's copy of "Select Letters of Harris Kempner" and updating him on who he was and was not able to talk to. Henderson also requested any "records, files, or correspondence" relating to Texas history that Kempner found that should be kept for preservation and study. A page with information about the General Land Office Building and a pamphlet about the Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center are also attached.
Date: December 21, 1958
Creator: Henderson, John B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Giraffe Exhibit at Marsalis Zoo]

Photograph of two fully grown giraffes and a younger one in the giraffe exhibit.
Date: December 29, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pair of Elephants at Marsalis Zoo]

Photograph of two adult elephants in a large exhibit. The two are gathered close to a far corner, away from the fence where visitors line up to see them.
Date: December 29, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sunset Pumping Station Equipment]

Photograph of equipment for Sunset Pumping Station. A handwritten note on the reverse reads: "Part of new equip. & piping going into Sunset pump stn addtn."
Date: December 23, 1952
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Logging Arch, P0U, P-10-34, L 6557

Photograph of a LeTourneau Logging Arch. According to Eric Orlemann, the logging arch was first introduced in 1935.
Date: December 6, 1954
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Park in Dallas]

Photograph of a city park and playground in Dallas. A slide is in the foreground, a mary-go-round, two seesaws and a swing set are further back in the playground. A stamp on the back names the image as an official staff photo from the city of Dallas.
Date: December 30, 1959
Creator: Bayne, C. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Playground]

Photograph of a city park and playground in Dallas. A slide is in the foreground, a mary-go-round, two seesaws and a swing set are further back in the playground. A stamp on the back names the image as an official staff photo from the city of Dallas.
Date: December 30, 1959
Creator: Bayne, C. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History