BASEMENT BOX 67.0518

Photograph taken during daylight of two women standing next to display in storefront window. Caption: "In front of the Mountain Park garage where Saturday auctions have been held to raise money for the school, Mrs. Elzie Noble, left, and Mrs. Henry Dotson, admire the quilt contributed by eight ladies of the community for the last sale."
Date: March 5, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.1393]

Back end of a police car. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: August 5, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0229]

A daylight photograph showing the aftermath of a hotel fire in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The image shows fire department personnel using a high pressure water hose and a shovel crane to extinguish hot spots in the debris. A barricade, traffic light, and street signs are in the scene, and black and green wax pencil editorial marks are visible on the photograph. Caption: "Crane finishes off fire-ravaged hotel."
Date: April 5, 1972
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0051.0358]

Parts of a broken apart plane in a ravine. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: May 5, 1969
Creator: Hill, Ron
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0363.0080]

Photograph is of a man in a baseball uniform punting a ball of a bat.
Date: July 5, 1939
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.0696]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "This is the wreckage of the Eastern Airlines propeller driven Constellation that crashed in air with a TWA jetliner near North Salem, N.Y, yesterday."
Date: December 5, 1965
Creator: Harris, Harry
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0236]

A daylight photograph showing the aftermath of a fire at the Rex Hotel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The image shows a shovel crane being used to prevent the fire from spreading to a neighboring structure. Caption: "Flames possibly started by transient squatters destroyed the Rex Hotel building, 330 W Sheridan, early today as firemen fought to protect an adjoining business where cleaning solvent was stored."
Date: April 5, 1972
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0228]

A nighttime photograph taken at a fire in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The image shows two firemen in a bucket lift, using a water cannon to combat a blaze at the Rex Hotel. Caption: "Smoke and flames boil up from Rex Hotel building at 330 W Sheridan, destroyed in a pre-dawn fire today."
Date: April 5, 1972
Creator: Jones, Lucien
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0051.0148]

Wreckage of a experimental plane crash. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "WRECKED PLANE flown and built by Mark L. Landoll was found Saturday southeast of Tinker Air Force Base some 18 hours after it had taken off for a 30-minute flight. Landoll and his passenger, Randy Smith, were hospitalized with multiple injuries, Story on Page 1-A."
Date: June 5, 1971
Creator: Mooney, Hank
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0051.0359]

Smoldering remains of an airplane that crashed into a wooded hillside. Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sheared prop and charred metal scar woods southeast of Purcell."
Date: May 5, 1969
Creator: Hill, Ron
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0051.0357]

An Oklahoma Highway Patrolman rests his foot on a tree limb as he watches the smoke rise from the carcass of the airplane that crashed into the wooded area. Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "A state trooper examines wreckage of fatal airplane crash near Purcell."
Date: May 5, 1969
Creator: Hill, Ron
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0313.0002]

Photograph is of a young boy walking down the hall with his hand in front of his face. An older man is walking next to him wearing khakies and a button down shirt. Caption: "John Dominick, 14, is accused of killing his father with a baseball bat in their Philadelphia home."
Date: June 5, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0320.0300]

Photograph is of a man wearing a baseball jersey smiling. Caption: "File Photo"
Date: July 5, 1951
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0235]

A nighttime photograph of a fire at the Rex Hotel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The image shows two firemen as they scale an aerial ladder truck reaching the roof of the burning building. Smoke and a Hotel Black sign are visible against the night sky. Caption: "Rex Hotel Fire."
Date: April 5, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0300.0072]

Photograph is of a man in a US Navy uniform pointing to a diving helmet while a woman on the other side of the helmet looks on. Caption: "Even the Navy is represented in the Capitol Hill Home show. The new $1 million dollar field house is filled with furniture and home appliances of every description ."
Date: April 5, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0186

Photograph taken during daylight of destroyed building being demolished. Caption: "Burned out rubble from a $250,000 fire that gutted three downtown buildings early Saturday"
Date: July 5, 1974
Creator: Carter, J. Pat
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0234]

A nighttime photograph of a fire at the Rex Hotel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The image shows firemen and civilians outside the hotel as smoke billows from the structure. Caption: "Rex Hotel fire."
Date: April 5, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.1391]

Wrecked car in the middle of a busy street. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: August 5, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0654]

Photo was taken during the daytime. it is an aerial image of the fire and smoke from a forested area as the fire comes closer to a residential area. Caption: "(KO1)-OCTAVIA, OKLA., APRIL 5 - FIRE ENDANGERS SETTLEMENT - One of the numerous forest fires in southeastern Oklahoma edges dangerously near a settlement close to the McCurtain-Leflore County lines Monday."
Date: April 5, 1966
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0317.0407]

Photograph is of a man wearing a military uniform crouching down and holding up a small white dog and a woman wearing a flowered dress crouching down next to the dog.
Date: December 5, 1944
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 66.0372

Photograph taken during daylight of a man holding a box open in front of a fire-damaged building. Caption: "Owner Troy O. Lollis clears debris from damaged business at 3730 S High."
Date: July 5, 1973
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0051.0208]

A crumpled and wrecked airplane lies upside down in the middle of a field with wheels in the air. Harry Hentschel was killed in the accident. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Harry Hentschel killed by airplane crash."
Date: July 5, 1935
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0413.0241]

Photograph is of a man wearing a suit in profile shaking another person's hand.
Date: June 5, 1948
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0271]

Photograph is of a brick building with smoke coming out underneath the roof. The corner of the brick wall of the building is starting to collapse. Photograph was taken across a field. Fire hoses are spaying the building in the background. Caption: "CUSTER CITY ,watched this Packard Milling Co. building go up in smoke Wednesday causing an estimated $5,000 damage, only the mill section was burned and machinery was moved last year. The warehouse section and office are undamaged."
Date: June 5, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History