[Photograph 2012.201.B0357.0061]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Some months ago when the Do-It-Yourself show was in the planning stage, Steve Ellingson was asked to come here from his Van Nuys Calif., pattern ranch and serve as official host."
Date: May 16, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0357.0059]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Some months ago when the Do-It-Yourself show was in the planning stage, Steve Ellingson was asked to come here from his Van Nuys, Calif., pattern ranch and serve as official host."
Date: May 16, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0357.0060]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Everything was peachy keen last May when Steve Ellingson, the do-it-yourself man, brought his new bride, Connie James, television actress and model to Municipal auditorium here for the Home show."
Date: July 30, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0243.0490]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. Francis Couturier, Los Angeles divorcee and mother of two children with whom Caryl Chessman, convicted Kidnaper-Rapist, has developed a romance since his confinement in "Death Row", leaves San Quentin after interview with chessman today."
Date: July 29, 1954
Creator: Southard, Matt
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0234.0509]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Among the many informal events being held to honor Mrs. Lee Combs, Los Angeles, will be an hors d'oeuvres party and buffet supper Sunday when her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hefner, entertain in her home at 201 NW 14."
Date: October 28, 1954
Creator: King, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0422.0003]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mr. Leonard K. Firestone, President, Firestone tire & Rubber Company of California"
Date: December 17, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0357.0056]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Steve Ellingson, head man of the Pattern Ranch in California and nationally known writer on the art of building things around the house."
Date: March 31, 1954
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0293B.0025]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Claire Giannini Hoffman, only woman director of California's huge Bank of America, goes over some work while seated beneath a picture of her father, A. P. Giannini, the bank founder."
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0338B.0154]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Harry Karl being booked on assault charges"
Date: June 23, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0240.0428]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "This is a view of the Santa Monica, CA. beach which we thought you'd enjoy."
Date: May 6, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0236.0179]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "World tennis champ Maureen Connolly, serving as a news reporter, interviews movie stars Aldo Ray and Tab Hunter at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, location of Warner Bros. currently filming Cinemascope production "Battle Cry."
Date: May 20, 1954
Creator: Woods, Jack
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0234.0510]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Guest in the city this week is Mrs. Lee Combs, Los Angeles, who is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hefner, 201 NW 14."
Date: February 9, 1954
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0228.0332]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "With only a dozen relatives present, Actress Eleanor Parker was married to Artist Paul Clemens before the almost-bare altar of the Hollywood First Methodist Church."
Date: November 25, 1954
Creator: Lapp, Russel
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0357.0058]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "She's Mrs. Steve Ellingson now - but here's how Connie James would have looked last week modeling a brand new and very fancy pair of striped shorts."
Date: May 20, 1954
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0357.0062]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Steve Ellingson, the "do it yourself" expert, whose patterns appear regularly in the Sunday Oklahoman, takes time at the build-it-yourself show at Municipal Auditorium to show his wife of eight days how one runs a planer."
Date: May 17, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0357.0063]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Ellingson applies the finishing touches while husband Steve looks on admiringly."
Date: May 20, 1954
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0411.0178]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Duane Farris, Oklahoma City Marine, looks enough like that poster model and showed enough leadership and character to emerge from boot camp at San Diego as a platoon honor man in Oklahoma's Buddy company."
Date: April 24, 1954
Creator: United States. Marine Corps.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0225.0074]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The wife of screen actor Edmund Purdom has described him as a "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and announced she will separate from him."
Date: October 10, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0094.0813]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "MOTHERHOOD is the latest role for actress Ann Blyth who gave birth to a 7 1/2-pound boy Thursday at St. Vincent's hospital in Hollywood."
Date: May 20, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0121.0119]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Rod Cameron- "City Detective"
Date: October 11, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0345.0072]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma day queen at the Los Angles County fair in Pomona, Calif., Sunday will be pretty Billie Helfer, 22, shown here hugging one of the merry-go-round horses at the fair."
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0417B.0142]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Montgomery poses with Charlotte Markham /Cherokee/ from Tulsa no the "Battle of Rogue River" location."
Date: 1954
Creator: Pelt, Van
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.b1402.0281]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Enroute to Okinawa to visit her son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Wilson, is Dr. Lois E. Wells, 937 NE 20. She sailed from San Francisco aboard the SS President Wilson and will return aboard the SS President Cleveland."
Date: 1954
Creator: Shimmon, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1138.0423]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Joanne Royer. . . Riverside, Calif., beauty and swimming star."
Date: 1954
Creator: Easley, Jack
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History