Photograph of people at the Jenkins Music Co. on 412 W Main St., in January 1948, Oklahoma City, OK. Photo taken by Meyers Photo Shop in Oklahoma City, OK.

Photograph of a man playing a flute-like instrument and a woman dancing at the wedding of Joseph and Mary Schmidt. The man is wearing a light-colored shirt and dark-colored pants, and the woman is wearing a dark-colored dress.

Photograph of Ray Berry in western attire, playing music with his guitar and harmonica.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "The first Made-in-Oklahoma show in history, free to the public, was taking shap Monday at Municipal auditorium. Many of the displays will be machines in operation, like this portable drilling rig. Manufactured in Enid, it will drill straight through the conrete of the auditorium plaza. Here, in the lobby, on the main floor and in the Zebro room will be more than 300 different items made by Oklahomans in 200 plants all over the state. Educators regard the show as being so important that a number of schools are organizing special trips here to see it. It officially opens at 10 a.m. Tuesday, when the annual minerals and industries conferences start more than 200 state leaders in attandance. it will then be open fron2 until 10:30 p.m. through next sunday. (O-1-25-53) New Made-in Oklahoma Show Plans Recall the Time Capsule (headline) People by hundreds of thousands - convention and amusement-goers, symphony music lovers, sports fans, art center followers and those doing business in Oklahoma City's big Municipal Auditorium - have beaten a steady path across an elaborate, buried in granite from Kiowa county. This has been going on …

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Municipal Auditorium"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Twilight Time Star - Sharing feature billing at Twilight Time Friday with song stylist Jean Gordon and dancer Ginya Linn will be David Glismann, Oklahoma City baritone who has been with the Fred Waring Organization for several years."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Only seven years after Pearl Harbor, these are the few who honored the dead of World war II here Tuesday morning."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Edwin Karhu 1229 NW 49, minister of music at First Methodist church will conduct the Oklahoma State Symphony orchestra as it introduces his work from the ballet suite."

Photograph of a male performer reading a braille script.

Photograph of some of the members of the Red Hawks band holding instruments. They stand behind a microphone with a banner hanging from it that reads " KGKO Lone Star Chain." Musicians, Kenneth Pitts, and Jack Gibson are pictured.

Photograph of Roy Eldridge, seated at right with an unidentified couple. A date is stamped on the back. An inscription in blue ink on the photo is partly legible, reading "good luck and the best to a grand guy," from "Dorothy and I."

Photograph of Roy Eldridge with a young boy at a drum kit, and a man on the left who may be the boy's father. On the back of the photo is the note: "Big Jim, Little Jim, Little Jazz. Revere, Mass. The Happy Falzone Home, January 1948."

Photograph of two WBAP cameramen filming a live band.

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Fritz Eisenlohr, Mrs. A, G, Hirschi, Mrs. Merle Fernberg and Mrs. Frederic Libke."

Photograph of four people singing into a microphone in a studio with several musicians.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph of a man and a woman dancing on stage in front of a live band. A banner hanging above the stage reads, "Philip Morris night with Horace Heidt."

Photograph of two men and a woman on a stage, posing for a picture at Henlee Studios. Left to right: man seated with lap steel guitar, woman seated with hollowbody guitar, and a man standing in front of a microphone. The group is about to play a square dance.

Photograph of four men entertaining people at a barbecue hosted by the Carusos. One member is playing an accordion, one member is playing a violin, one member is playing a guitar, and the final member is playing an upright bass. There is another man in the background listening.

Photograph of members of a western swing/hillbilly band standing on a stage, playing during a square dance. One is holding a fiddle, one is holding an upright bass, two are holding guitars, and a woman is standing at the microphone.

Enid Senior High Band 1948-1949 in Convention Hall

Enid State School, State of Oklahoma Band, July 1948 in Convention Hall

Photograph of some of the members from the Red Hawks band posed with their instruments and a young girl. They stand behind a WBAP microphone. From left to right: Ted Graves, Dale Woodward, Kenneth Pitts, Jack Gibson, unknown man, Red Woodward.