Photograph taken at night of a firefighter standing next to a burning building. Caption: "This is what Blackwell firemen found when they arrived at the scene of the disastrous fire here Saturday night"

Photograph shows seven unidentified men and five children observing and working around a structure that smoke is rising from the roof. Flames are coming out the top of the building as well. There is a ladder in the forefront of the image indicating that someone tried to assess the situation from a ladder on the roof. This photograph was taken in the daytime. Caption: "Fireman effort is futile as the Tonkawa Laundry and Dry Cleaning establishment burns."

A nighttime photograph showing a fireman as smoke billows from the Walker Walgreen Drug store in Ponca City after a fire swept through the building.

Photograph taken at night of people near a burning building. Caption: "Fire belches out of the Oklahoma Tire and Supply."

Ponca City furniture store night time fire with fireman in "cherry picker" dowsing the fire from on high. Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Fireman fights raging downtown Ponca City blaze from high perch Wednesday night as he directs stream of water into blazing furniture store and clothing store."

Photograph taken at night of crowd watching as firefighters work to extinguish a burning building. building burns. Caption: "Fire at its height in the Oklahoma Tire and Supply building before it spread to the Security Bank Building"

Photograph taken during daylight of building wreckage after a fire. Caption: "Giant cranes collapse the wall around Blackwell's Security Bank building which was ruined by Saturday night's fire"

Photograph taken at night of crowd watching as a fire crew works to extinguish a building fire. Caption: "Warren Bickford building"

Photograph taken during daylight of buildings on fire. A crowd of unidentified people watch as firemen spray water on the buildings. Caption: "Smoke pours from the Klofkorn furniture store building which was destroyed by a $50,000 fire at Newkirk Saturday."

A nighttime photograph showing Ponca City firemen and a fire engine as smoke billows from the Walker Walgreen Drug store, situated next to T.G.& Y. in the Pioneer Shopping Center.

Photograph is of a man wearing a US Navy dress uniform. Caption: "US Navy member."

Photograph is of a crowd of men observing the mill and silo burning next to the water pump fire truck. On the picture is another picture of one of the buildings looking down at a group of men through the burned roof observing the fire destruction. Photograph was taken in the day time. Caption: "Flames eating at the roof of the Ponca City Milling Co. were brought under control late Thursday after an hours battle by Ponca City firemen aided by fire fighters of the Continental Oil Co. and Cities Service Oil Co."