BASEMENT BOX 67.0157

Photograph taken during daylight of man spraying water from a hose onto a gas pump. The charred wreckage of a building burns in the background. Caption: "Turpin, Okla., April 19 - Firemen from Liberal, Kan., 10 miles north, arrived in time to prevent only the explosion of gasoline pumps and storage tanks in front of the Smith Motor Co. & Hardware which burned to the ground."
Date: May 25, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0156

Photograph taken during daylight of a building engulfed in flames and billowing black smoke. Caption: "Smith Motor Co. & Hardware - Turpin, Okla."
Date: May 25, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1267.0416]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Beaver County agent Bill Strom, left, compares heads of standard grain sorghum with loose open head of commercial hybrid grown this year by Lyle Wheeler."
Date: October 14, 1956
Creator: Farmer-Stockman Photo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1267.0417]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "J. M. "Curley" Ives, extension district agent; Albert Hodges; Bill Strom, Beaver county agent; and Hodge's son, Albert Jr., examine a strand of sand love grass in sand dunes that a few years ago were bare of vegetation."
Date: November 23, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History