Photograph is of a fireman on top of the open ladder off the fire pump truck spraying an open hose onto the roof of a burning brick building. Smoke is billowing out of the roof of the building. Two other firemen are holding hoses that are spraying into the broken windows into the multiple story structure from the ground.

Photograph taken during daylight of firefighters extinguishing a building fire. Caption: "More than $500,000 damage was caused by fire early Friday in downtown Enid when the J. C. Penney Co. store was destroyed and Woolworth and Montgomery Ward stocks were damaged. Above, Enid, Blackwell and Vance Air Force base fireman put water into the Penney building. This picture was flown to Oklahoma City by a Champlin Refining Co. plane."

Photograph taken at night of two buildings during or after firefighters extinguish a fire.

Photograph of a sign featuring Smokey the Bear, used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. The text of the sign says, "Today's Forest Fire Danger: Severe." There are trees in the background. Caption: "Smokey the Bear flashes the right sign for forest fire conditions in southeastern Oklahoma. The sign is near the Oklahoma Forestry Fire Control division headquarters at Broken Bow where officials have warned that conditions still are severe although fires have lessened."

Photograph is of a fire pump truck parked in front of the J.C. Penny's building. Three fire hoses and a fully opened fire ladder are maned and spraying open water hoses on the fire. There is a ladder leaning against the building leading to a window that flames are visible through. The brightness from the flames and the billows of smoke are rising from the destroyed roof of the structure. Caption: "a $500,000 fire destroyed the J. C. Penney store here early Friday and damaged adjoining Montgomery Ward and Woolworth's firms with smoke and water. The three business buildings are located on the north side of the downtown square."

Caption: "OKLAHOMA this weekend played host to the nation's general practitioner of the year as Dr. Karl B. Pace, Greenville, N. C. came through the state to visit his brother, district Judge Tom Pace, Norman." Photograph is of an older man wearing a suit sitting and leaning towards someone talking. The photograph is a side profile casual picture.