[Photograph 2012.201.B0146.0753]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "After four seasons as music director and conductor of the Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra, Ainslee Cox is packing his bags, selling hes home and preparing to leave Oklahoma City."
Date: December 10, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0140.0467]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: December 1, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0166.0523]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Dover say a nightly parade comes past their house to see the decorations, including "Santa's Workshop."
Date: December 21, 1977
Creator: Klock, Roger
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0164.0153]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dog's lonely wait goes unrewarded."
Date: December 14, 1977
Creator: Hoke, Doug
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0154.0549]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lynn Davis is spotlighted on the poinsettia-bedecked ramp."
Date: December 23, 1977
Creator: Tullous, Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0161.0327]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Frances Dickerson gives her ball a healthy thrust, cheered on by her teammates who are members of the Oklahoma Foundation for the Disabled."
Date: December 16, 1977
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0162.0372]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Norman R. Dillard, Hefner Junior High Principal, played Santa the other day for more than 100 Walnut Grove Head Start Students."
Date: December 19, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0162.0396]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The steel frame of the Dillard's store rises against the sky on the site of the Heritage Park Mall currently under construction in Midwest City."
Date: December 23, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0170.0225]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "William E. Durrett has been elected president, director and a member of the executive committee of American Fidelity."
Date: December 8, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0148.0167]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Shorty and Gene Creed-rodeo professionals 50 years ago-still say rodeo is "No. 1." "We really have athletes in professional rodeo today," she says. "A lot of boys who have college degrees and play football, they've taken up rodeo."
Date: December 5, 1977
Creator: Southerland, Paul
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0166.0295]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: December 28, 1977
Creator: Vahlberg, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0174.0227]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "She doesn't have the dramatic impact on Edmond's skyline that her big sister presents on the New York horizon."
Date: December 23, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0162.0596]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Members of the ladies Advisory Board to Deaconess Home help furnish rooms, buy textbooks and decorate the Christmas tree.."
Date: December 12, 1977
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0153.0315]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Harlem Globetrotters coming to Oklahoma City brings back fond memories to Oklahoma City Insurance Agent Pete Darcey."
Date: December 28, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0135.0757]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Police parking enforces Karen Clark, left, and Ken Buettner prepare to start the day's rounds in one of the Oklahoma City department's new three-wheeled cycles."
Date: December 29, 1977
Creator: Tullous, Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0153.0316]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: December 28, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0148.0307]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Kyle Morrison sits in the midst of storm sewer construction."
Date: December 7, 1977
Creator: Southerland, Paul
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0142.0410]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City Council members Tuesday heatedly debated the safety of the city's water supply, eventually voting 6-1 to go on record in opposition to proposed federal water treatment standards."
Date: December 16, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0143.0422]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lou Anna Graham, 4, Gives Santa (M. Sgt. Vic Cooper. A kiss for Doll & Crib Gift While Helper Laura Cooper, 5, Assists."
Date: December 21, 1977
Creator: Klock, Roger
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0336]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Wherever corrections officials decide to install a new work release center for prison inmates, changes are they'll have to do so with a hide tough enough to withstand the acid snarls of opposition from residents near the site."
Date: December 15, 1977
Creator: Hoke, Doug
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0134.0017]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Santa's mini workshop is depicted in this contest entry decorated by employees in the materials management office."
Date: December 13, 1977
Creator: Cook, J. Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0353.0334]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Angler John Michael whiles a way a few peaceful hours casting his fishing line over the edge of a Lake Hefner boat dock and waiting for a good nibble on a recent brick and misty afternoon in northwest Oklahoma City."
Date: December 29, 1977
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0354.0601]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. John W. DeVore, left, and Mrs. F. Dail Harper, right, pause to chat with Mrs. Robert E. Lee, who with her husband entertained at a dinner dace for members of the Beaux Art Ball royal court."
Date: December 18, 1977
Creator: Reed, Monty
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0350.0527]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "BALANCING ACT is performed by Perry Lambird, front, and Bill Gummer-son, who joined other patrons and area residents in assembling elaborate playground equipment Saturday at Wilson Elementary School, 600 NW 22."
Date: December 3, 1977
Creator: Reed, Monty
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History