Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Top Aviation Student, marine cadet Jesse Davis, 19, left, chats with Capt. Jim Ryckman, Oklahoma City recruiting officer, about a plane he will soon be flying."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Top Aviation Student, marine cadet Jesse Davis, 19, left, chats with Capt. Jim Ryckman, Oklahoma City recruiting officer, about a plane he will soon be flying."

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of town with the mill and silos at top right, buildings across the top, housing all around, open lands across the top and bottom, roads all around, and more.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Tinker Diagonal paving is half complete. These two bridges, spanning the North Canadian near E Reno and Eastern have been finished except for painting. The aerial photo shows the bridge linking into IH 35."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Example of current 4-lane construction is this section of U.S. 66 approaching Weatherford."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Fourteen Miles OF Water are stretched out in this aerial photograph of Oklahoma City's Atoka reservoir. When the lake is filled to capacity, it will be approximately 15 miles long. Cutting across the center of the new lake is SH 43, which was re-routed over a 150-foot long span. (T-2-4-60) Atoka reservoir, pictured here from shallow end will contain 125,000 acre feet of water, more than Lakes Overholse and Hefner combines. It already contains 100,000 acre feet."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Bigger Than Two Lakes is Oklahoma City's new Atoka reservoir, which after only a few months already contains more water than the combined capacity of Lakes Overholser and Hefner. The reservoir, which one day will feed a huge water line into the city, presently has some 100,000 acre feet of water stored within its banks. It will be completely full within the next two months, however means of financing a pipeline to bring the water to Oklahoma City must still be found. This aerial photo spotlights the intake tower (center) and the short earthen dam which is backing up the waters."

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Semiweekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "This shot of U.S. 66 work, looking north, was taken three miles west of Clinton."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Above photo of U.S. 66 work was taken southwest of Clinton, looking east."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Work also is processing at Weatherford. This photo, looking east, was taken on the southwest side of that city."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "New U.S. 66 construction, north of Hinton, runs deadend, above, inot U.S. 281. The photo was taken looking southeast."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Warehouse like there and wholesale trade employ more than 19,000 persons in Oklahoma City, ranking as the city's second largest industry."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of a built bridge across a river on the highway's path. Backside handwriting: "US 66 & N. Canadian looking east S of Geary.")"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo above exits and entrances ramps under construction, the highway from bottom middle to top right, an overpass, some housing/barns at top middle, and more. Backside handwriting: "3 miles west of Clinton looking northeast.")"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Grading and bridge work progresses at the same time on the U.S. 66 project southwest of Geary."

Daily newspaper from McAlester, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.