[Photograph 2012.201.B0302.0030]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Yielding the right of way, using proper hand signals, waiting until she was in the clear at all traffic signal lights and driving at proper speeds Fri. earned Mrs. Adda Mae Mann the award as " Driver of the Day."
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0243.0182]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The cake layers are about one-eighth of an inch thick and nine inches in diameter."
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: King, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0321.0186]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "I'll go along with that - so long as brutality is not part of the discipline."
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: King, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0318.0098]

Caption: "When Excel Body Corp., manufacturers of school buses, needed more space, Durant offered a large hangar; then raised $14,000 to replace the building with a new hangar for their airport."
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: Jacoby's Photo Service
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0243.0184]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Spreading applesauce on each layer is just part of the involved process of baking this cake."
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: King, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0970.0561]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The chancel of Immanuel Lutheran church."
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1412.0221]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Walter Williams points out one of his favorite sweets."
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0355.0563]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Using proper hand signals and driving in the proper traffic lanes Wednesday earned Herbert Wayne Hill, 22, of 619 NW 7, the award of "Driver of the Day."
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0997.0012]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "These Future Farmers of America from (Gotebo) say they have a nice place to display this trophy, given them for being best (FFA) team of the third Land Judg-ing contest here Friday, after its presentation by P. A. Sugg, manager of WKY and WKY-TV, contest Sponsor."
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1026.0031]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "All Oklahoma and Tulsa county schools are participating in the vaccination of second grade students."
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: King, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1064.0383]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1092.0035]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.1176]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "This huge elm snapped like a match at 723 W California during gale-like winds that whipped Oklahoma City Thursday night."
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1054.0210]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Bruce Smallwood, 1345 Campbell Rd., and Mrs. Romney Philpott, 1221 NE 38, prepare to go on stage at Northeast High School to perform the production written by Mrs. Philpott."
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1026.0030]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Lunchtime is a good opportunity to ask more questions of the teacher concerning this blood sample business, which is just as important as the vaccinations for the control study. First graders Charlotte Bingham and Terry Holden question their teacher, Miss Helen Treado, regarding their role as "polio pioneers."
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: King, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sandstone Creek

Photograph of Site No. 16, Sandstone Creek. Picture taken the same time water was discharging below the structure. There was no flooding the valley below. Aerial photo.
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita River Flood

Photograph of Washita River, E. of Hannon, Okla. At 5:15 p. m. Note irrigation pump in the center of the picture which is surrounded by water. Aerial photo.
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sandstone Creek Drawdown Structure

Photograph of approximately 6" of rain fell above this site in the period of four days. On April 27th, 1954, 2" fell in twenty five miinutes, 3" fell in one hour on April 29 and 1" fell on April 30. Water rose approximately seven feet above the drowdown structure. Note the water being discharged out of the 24" drawdown structure. Aerial photo.
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita River After Crest of Storm

Photograph of Washita River, 8 miles northeast of Stafford, Okla. This picture was taken at 4:45 p. m. Aerial photo.
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita River Flood

Photograph of aerial view of flood crest coming down the Washita River from the storm of April 29,1954, showing Stafford, Okla. , in the background. This photo was taken at 4:45 pm.
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita River Flood

Photograph of aerial view of flood crest coming down the Washita River from the storm of April 29,1954, showing Stafford, Okla. , in the background. This photo was taken at 4:45 pm.
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita River Flood

Photograph of aerial view of Washita River, 8 miles northeast of Stafford, Okla. This picture was takenat 4:45 pm.
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of site # 17, Sandstone Creek, near Cheyenne, OK. Photo taken at the same time there was approx. 6.6 feet of water over the drawdown structure. The water level came within several feet of the emergency spillway elevation which is on the right side of the lake. Also note 17-A at the left site of the photo and the stream discharge down by the ranch headquarters below the reservoir site. OK 10-847.
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Railroad Damage by Flood

Photograph of an aerial shot of flood damage caused by the Washita River to an UNIDENTIFIED Railroad track near Hammon, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Washita River, north of Hammon Oklahoma, where the Washita River crosses a railroad. This photo was taken at 5:15 p. m. Note water coming through railroad fill. Also note crest of storm has already passed fill and damage has been done to the railroad.”
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History