AA Ballard

Photograph of AA Ballard, c. 1915.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of rescuers searching for bodies in the destruction on East Main Street, roughly 100 yards from the explosion, after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. Seventeen African-American bodies were found in the ruins.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of Ardmore Firemen and a fire truck after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of destruction on Main Street, east of the Santa Fe tracks, after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of a tangled mesh of wires on Main Street and the Whittington Hotel, on the right, after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. Seven unrecognizable bodies were found in the area.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of the Union Passenger Station after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. The Station was 300 feet north of the explosion and several people were injured, but none fatally.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of the main line of the Santa Fe tracks, looking east, where several people were burned to death after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. The remains of the building used by the Dawson Brothers and Ladd & Davidson can be seen in the background.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of smoke rising from the burning Santa Fe Freight Station and the sole remaining wall of the two-story Pennington Wholesale Grocery Co. Building after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of South Caddo Street showing the east wall of the Whittington Hotel and the rear end of the demolished Pennington Building after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. Several unrecognizable bodies were found in the area.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of Main Street and the burning remains of the Santa Fe Freight Depot and Pennington Building after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. Seven unrecognizable bodies were found in the Depot and three in the Pennington Building.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of a Ford automobile, under debris, in front of the Waldo Hotel on South Caddo Street after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of South Caddo Street showing the east wall of the Whittington Hotel after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of burring remains of the Bleeding District after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. The cigar girls escaped unharmed, but twenty African-American bodies were found in the ruins.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of the southwest corner of the Whittington Hotel after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of the tank car that exploded, I.N.T.X. 8051, and other wreckage in the Santa Fe yard after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bartlesville Zinc Co.

Scan of a postcard showing the Bartlesville Zinc Co., Bartlesville, OK. Published by S.H. Kress Co. Postmarked October 9, 1915.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Benjamin and Margaret Aldridge's 50th Wedding Anniversary

Photograph of L to R: front, Benjamin Azariah Aldridge and Margaret Jane Mcilwain Aldridge, back Elmer Aldridge, William Isaac Aldridge, Alonzo Aldridge, and Clyde Aldridge at Benjamin and Margaret Aldridge's 50th Wedding Anniversary, Konawa, OK, April 1915.
Date: April 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

C. L. Stealey Home

Scan of a postcard showing the home of C. L. Stealey, 329 Northeast 6th Street, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: 1915~/1927~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Captain Louis D. Abney

Photograph of Captain Louis D. Abney, a Legislator from Norman, OK.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Car

Photograph of a car, Darlington, OK. Caption reads, "Our First Car."
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Central State Normal

Photograph of a group of people standing next to a train car with a banner for Central State Normal School in Edmond, OK, c. 1915.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Chandler, OK

Photograph of the rifle range in Chandler, OK, 1915.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Chickasha, OK

Photograph of a court jury in front of the Alamo Hotel in Chickasha, OK, May 25, 1915.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Choctaw Victor M. Kelley

Portrait photograph of Choctaw Victor M. Kelley taken in Durant, Oklahoma in 1915 by Truby.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History