[Photograph 2012.201.B0418.0205]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Firemen, above, mount ladders, hunting way to clear smoke from the top floors of the burning warehouse and reach the flames with aeril hose lines."
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Hamm, Charles
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0418.0202]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Stockwell, Bill
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0418.0200]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0418.0213]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The third and fourth floors of the OK Transfer and storage Co. warehouse, 531 W Main, were filled with charred debris Thursday and lower floors contained water-soaked furnishing and other personal property."
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0418.0211]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A general view of the fire at the OK Transfer and Storage warehouse, 531 w Main, shows black smoke billowing the blazing third and fourth floors, as seen from the roof of the nearby Municipal auditorium."
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0418.0212]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Above, three firemen man a high pressure line from a tall ladder to pour water into a fourth floor window of the burning warehouse."
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0418.0201]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "At left, Fireman Ray Weber of No. 4 fire station, soaked and grimy from smoke, takes times out for a mug of coffee from a big pot."
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Stockwell, Bill
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0418.0209]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lighting was blamed for starting this fire which swept the four-story OK Transfer and Storage Co. warehouse, 531 W Main, shortly after noon Wednesday."
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Hamm, Charles
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0418.0210]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Sparlin, Morris E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0418.0206]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Smoke pours from windows and billows from the roof as the fire gains headway, above."
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0418.0203]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0418.0208]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "the rooftop water tank, above, around which flames billow, fed the warehouse automatic sprinkler for a time, then became a menace to firemen inside the building."
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Stockwell, Bill
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Santa Fe Depot

Photograph of the Santa Fe Depot in Oklahoma City, OK. Photo taken by Meyers Photo Shop, April 19, 1944.
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Santa Fe Depot

Photograph of the Santa Fe Depot in Oklahoma City, OK. Photo taken by Meyers Photo Shop, April 19, 1944.
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Santa Fe Depot

Photograph of the Santa Fe Depot in Oklahoma City, OK. Photo taken by Meyers Photo Shop, April 19, 1944.
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0416B.0135]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lucille Manners, Cities Service radio star, was welcomed cordially Wednesday by Rev. W. H. Alexander (left), general chairman of the symphony society's drive for $125,000 for 1944-45 operating expenses, and Frank Buttram (right) member of the drive executive committee."
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0338.0506]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A sailor, soldier and marine in the legislature looked on Wednesday afternoon as Governor Kerr signed senate bill No. 1 which is intended to give men and women in service and allied organizations a better opportunity to vote in the primary and general election in Oklahoma this year. (L to R, Homer Paul, Pauls Valley; Ray Fine, Sallisaw; and Merle Lansden, Beaver)"
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1048.0630]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0416B.0136]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Complete with luggage, "because the boys in the hospital like dress-up clothes," Lucille Manners, gracious star of Cities Service radio program, arrived in Oklahoma City Wednesday morning for a five-day appearance. With her was Miss Charlotte Brinson, her accompanist."
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5877]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "One of the city's most disastrous fires made this stricking picture. It is the OK Transfer and Storage Co. warehouse blaze on April 19, 1944. Richard Meek took the picture from the roof of Municipal Auditorium. The picture appeared in the Oklahoman April 20, 1944."
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 54, No. 286, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 19, 1944 (open access)

Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 54, No. 286, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 19, 1944

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 19, 1944
Creator: Gaylord, E. K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History