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[Toboggan Roller Coaster at the South Texas State Fair]

Photograph of a Toboggan roller coaster at the South Texas State Fair. The spiral-shaped roller coaster has a single car on the track. The photograph has been taken from a low vantage point.
Date: October 1972
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Adults on a roller coaster at Six Flags]

Photograph of six young people sitting on a blue roller coaster at Six Flags. The roller coaster is two cars in length in the image. The sky covers the entire background.
Date: August 10, 1975
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B0410.0124]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Roller coaster, background, is the only ride still standing in the day after debris of the State Fair of Oklahoma."
Date: October 1, 1973
Creator: Carter, Randy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: Six flags] (open access)

[News Script: Six flags]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about stormy weather which halted an unusual endurance race held at Six flags.
Date: June 20, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Summer] captions transcript

[Summer]

A video of John Rogers and Georgette de Bruchard spending time with family and friends. Footage includes the family swimming in a pool, going to a zoo, standing outside the Dallas Theater Center, walking around a farm, taking pictures together, working in a garden, playing at a park, riding bikes, and riding roller coasters at Six Flags.
Date: 1971
Creator: Rogers, John & De Bruchard, Georgette
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B1103.0731]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "WORLD, S LONGEST, tallest and fastest roller coaster, its operators claim, received its first manned' test Wednesday at Eureka, Mo. Passenger hold on tightly as the coaster goes into a 92-foot drop. The coatser gets up to 65 m.p.h. in its 3,872-foot lenght. It opens to the public April 10."
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0477]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Double loop roller coaster, largest single addition to Six Flags Over Texas in its 18 year history, came to Oklahoma City this week in from the form of model, Bruce Neal/ public rotations manager, said the $2 million ride, called Shock Wave, is combination of "an ultra sophisticated steel coaster and two vertical loops towering 70 feet in the air. Construction will be completed in time for spring 1978 opening at the Arlington, Tex., park."
Date: November 30, 1977
Creator: Klock, Roger
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1103.0735]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Roller Coaster"
Date: 1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1103.0732]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Shock Wave roller coaster plungees throuth two 70-foot-tall loops then within two minutes, across 3,500 feet of dipping , twisting and curving track."
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1617]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bareback bronc rider J.C. Trujillo hangs on as Red River takes him on a roller-coaster ride."
Date: December 3, 1976
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B01005.0004]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklaoma City firefighters reel a snorkel unit into position Sunday to rescue roller coaster riders trapped atop the 40-foot-high "Zyklon" at Springlake Amusement Park, NE 41 and Eastern."
Date: 1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1103.0734]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Coasting through summer evenings on top of the world, rides at amusement parks are a good way to catch a breath of air. A panoramic view of the city skyline is gianed from this silhouetted vantage point atop an Oklahoma City roller coaster."
Date: July 3, 1979
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1177.0583]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tons of steel soar more than 100 feet into the air as another section of Six Flags Over Texas new double loop roller coaster is lifted into place."
Date: March 19, 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph of GE Four-Blade Standing Fan]

Photograph of a small GE four-blade, standing, caged fan, with a hand reaching towards it. The fan is resting on some kind of stand or table, and behind it, there is a map on a wall. To the left, there is a bolt of striped fabric standing upright, just in shot, and on the lower portion of the wall, there are photos, including one of a roller-coaster. On the back of the photograph, there are handwritten notes about the photo's subject, a high school teacher touching a fan.
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Six Flags] captions transcript

[News Clip: Six Flags]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a Union lockout at Six Flags over Texas. The footage includes shots of the Shockwave roller coaster under construction. This story aired at 10:00 P.M.
Date: January 28, 1978
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 110, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 8, 1977 (open access)

Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 110, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 8, 1977

Daily newspaper from Levelland, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 8, 1977
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Release of plutonium to the atmosphere (open access)

Release of plutonium to the atmosphere

None
Date: December 1, 1974
Creator: Jordan, H.S.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Six Flags] captions transcript

[News Clip: Six Flags]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 1977
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 205, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 29, 1978 (open access)

Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 205, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 29, 1978

Daily newspaper from Sulphur Springs, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 29, 1978
Creator: Keys, Clarke
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 64, No. 166, Ed. 1 Monday, June 12, 1978 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 64, No. 166, Ed. 1 Monday, June 12, 1978

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: June 12, 1978
Creator: Stanley, Brian
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 65, No. 41, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 31, 1978 (open access)

Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 65, No. 41, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 31, 1978

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 31, 1978
Creator: Livermore, Edward K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 86, No. 200, Ed. 1 Monday, October 30, 1978 (open access)

The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 86, No. 200, Ed. 1 Monday, October 30, 1978

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 30, 1978
Creator: Drew, Charles C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 56, No. 72, Ed. 2 Thursday, May 15, 1975 (open access)

Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 56, No. 72, Ed. 2 Thursday, May 15, 1975

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 15, 1975
Creator: Bennett, Charles L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 78, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1979 (open access)

The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 78, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1979

Daily newspaper from Lawton, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1979
Creator: Bentley, Bill F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History