Photograph shows seven unidentified men and five children observing and working around a structure that smoke is rising from the roof. Flames are coming out the top of the building as well. There is a ladder in the forefront of the image indicating that someone tried to assess the situation from a ladder on the roof. This photograph was taken in the daytime. Caption: "Fireman effort is futile as the Tonkawa Laundry and Dry Cleaning establishment burns."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A new landmark in northern Oklahoma is this water tower on the new townsite of Kaw City in Kay County."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Present site of Kaw City will be flooded when the $86 million project is completed."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "super-structure rises on Ponca City's highschool grounds, launching an $828,187 expansion project."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Ethel Williams, Blackwell, puts the finishing touches to a package she has decorated with one of her "roadrunners." The birds are made by glueing feathers on seedpod known as a claw."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Donna Williams, Ponca city, 4-H Club"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Fern Weber, is a second-grade teacher in Tonkawa."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ponca City linebacker Meech Shaw has snubbed OU for UCLA."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Elegance in Oklahoma's history surrounds visitors to the Marland Mansion and Estate in the northern Oklahoma town of Ponca City."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "PONCA CITY-Roy M. Mays, vice president of Continental Oil Co. and manager of its Ponca City operations, will be transferred to Denver on special assignment effective June 1."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Central of Attraction in Northern Oklahoma Junior college's newly remodeled museum is this habitat, which displays wildlife specimens in their live backgrounds."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Attractive oak paneling and glass display cases shown above are part of new look in NOJC at Tonkawa, now open to the public after a $5,00 renovation job."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "About 115 years after the tribe came to what is now Oklahoma, there are still Kaw Indians - but not many."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The architect's sketch here shows the First Presbyterian church at Ponca City, a $521,000 construction project now under way on an eight-acre tract."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ponca City-Wentz Camp-mess hall"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The new First Baptist church at Ponca City will be Completed this year to replace one destroyed by fire last year."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Pioneer Woman statue, a symbol of Ponca City, was dedicated in 1930 as a tribute to all women who followed their husbands westward."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Although actually attached to Francis E. Warren airbase, Wyo., the school squadron at Stillwater receives logistical support from Vance airbase, near Enid."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Swimming pool, Wentz Camp, Ponca City"