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[BASEMENT BOX 67.0291]

Photograph is of a large group of people in the street observing and helping to spray water from fire hoses on multiple buildings that are burning on a main street. Debris, rubble and water is in the street in front of the crowd.
Date: September 14, 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0454

Two burned out store fronts, night time. Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The J. and J. Supermarket, left, and an unoccupied theater, right in left panel, in Maysville were gutted by a three - hour fire which was extinguished shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday. Damage was estimated at more than $25,000."
Date: September 24, 1953
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0290]

Photograph is of a multiple story building that has smoke rising out of the where the roof once was. The windows are missing and the brick has burnt marks. A man is outside the building near a car by a fence.
Date: September 14, 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0418.0339]

Photograph two groups of firemen are spraying water from a hose on a single story wooden structure. There are a few men in dress clothes nearby surveying the damage. heavy smoke is rising from the eaves, roof, and windows of the structure. Caption: "Two hose teams of Oklahoma City firemen press close to the east side of Warr-Caston Lumber Co.'s sash and door."
Date: February 18, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0289]

Photograph is of a group of unidentified people observing a fire of a multiple story brick storage building. Tires are strewn on the ground around the men observing the fire. A smaller group of men are holding a fire hose spraying on the top corner of the building. Smoke is rising from where the roof once existed. part of the walls have collapsed into the center of the structure.
Date: September 14, 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk (open access)

Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
Date: 1953
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0287]

Photograph is a large group of people observing a burning brick building with smoke billowing from the top.Firemen are spraying hoses in the background on the building. Photograph was taken in the daytime. Caption: "DOWNTOWN DUNCAN was full of smoke and people Sunday as a $500,000 fire swept through a half block of business. This picture taken by Rollin Cox, an executive with Halliburton Oil Cementing Co., looks north at the unit block of North street from the busy intersection of Ninth and Main."
Date: September 14, 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0423.0194]

Photograph is of a man in a button down shirt looking down at a baseball he holds in his hand. Caption: "The face below will be familiar to oldtime Indian fans. It is that of "Fitz", former catcher- manager here, who admires a painting of Injun president E. J. Humphries on a baseball."
Date: February 13, 1953
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0292]

Photograph is of three groups of unidentified people each holding open fire hoses on a multiple level building that smoke is billowing out of the top. The buildings appear to be on a main street and the cafe is the closest seen in the photo that is completely consumed by smoke and missing a roof due to an active fire.
Date: September 14, 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0366.0168]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Back in 1922, a 27-year-old veteran of World War I went to work for the veterans bureau sub-district office in Tulsa as chief of the administration division." Photograph is of an older man wearing a shirt and tie and glasses sitting at a desk folding a piece of paper while looking at the camera.
Date: May 29, 1953
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0394]

Photograph is of a structure completely engulfed in flames and smoke. All that is visible is the side of the structure's wood siding. Photograph was taken in the daytime. Caption: "Flames leap high from a blazing Holdenville apartment house Tuesday in which one person, Mrs. Minnie Hawkins, 65, died ."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph of Laboratory Dance Band Performing at Perrin Field Air Base]

Photograph of the 1952-1953 North Texas State College Laboratory Dance Band performing at Perrin Field Air Base in Texas. The group of young men are situation on a stage behind music desks and a standing microphone. Club signs and a painting of a man in a suit with a woman decorate the wall behind them. To the left of the photo, a young woman, in a dress sits by a potted plant.
Date: April 20, 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Laboratory Dance Band Performing at Perrin Field Air Base]

Photograph of the 1952-1953 North Texas State College Laboratory Dance Band performing at Perrin Field Air Base in Texas. The group of young men are situation on a stage behind music desks and a standing microphone. Club signs and a painting of a man in a suit with a woman decorate the wall behind them. To the left of the photo, a young woman, in a dress sits by a potted plant. Handwritten notes on the back of the photograph identify the band members, their instruments, and the young woman (Shirley Murray).
Date: April 20, 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Beverly Watson at Perrin Field Air Force Base]

Photograph of Beverly Watson and the North Texas State College Laboratory Dance Band performing on stage at Perrin Air Force Base in Texas. She is wearing a white blouse and dark skirt and is singing into a microphone while musicians are playing a guitar and saxophone behind her. Handwritten text beneath the photo says "Beverly Watson - Perrin Field Air Base 1-12-53."
Date: January 12, 1953
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Shirley Murray on Stage at Perrin Field Air Force Base]

Photograph of Shirley Murray and the North Texas State College Laboratory Dance Band performing on stage at Perrin Air Force Base in Texas. She is wearing a floral pattern dress and singing into a microphone while musicians are playing their brass instruments behind her. Gene Hall is conducting the band in the background of the photo to the right. A spade shaped tear mars the photo just left of its center, obscuring part of Murray's dress. A handwritten note at the bottom of the photo says "Shirley Murray - Perrin Field Air Force Base - 4/20/53."
Date: April 20, 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lab Band - 1952-53

Photograph of the 1952-1953 North Texas State College Laboratory Dance Band. Their director, Gene Hall, stands on the left side of the photo and addresses the young men who are arranged around music stands and playing a variety of instruments. A wide curtain serves as a background. "1953" is handwritten on the bottom of the photograph. Further handwriting appears on the back of the picture notes that this is a photograph of the Lab Band taken on April 1, 1953, and then lists the people as they appear from left to right.
Date: April 1, 1953
Creator: North Texas State College. News Service.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Earthquakes, 1953 (open access)

United States Earthquakes, 1953

Report discussing earthquake activity in the United States during 1953. The report is broken down by regions and has sections for specific earthquakes.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The El Reno American (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 60, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1953 (open access)

The El Reno American (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 60, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1953

Weekly newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 31, 1953
Creator: McNaught, Bill
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Frederick Leader (Frederick, Okla.), Vol. 47, No. 49, Ed. 1 Monday, October 5, 1953 (open access)

The Frederick Leader (Frederick, Okla.), Vol. 47, No. 49, Ed. 1 Monday, October 5, 1953

Daily newspaper from Frederick, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 5, 1953
Creator: Bull, Bob
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 62, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, April 17, 1953 (open access)

The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 62, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, April 17, 1953

Daily newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 17, 1953
Creator: Dyer, Ray J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 61, No. 301, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 18, 1953 (open access)

The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 61, No. 301, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 18, 1953

Daily newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 18, 1953
Creator: Dyer, Ray J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 62, No. 245, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 13, 1953 (open access)

The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 62, No. 245, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 13, 1953

Daily newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 13, 1953
Creator: Dyer, Ray J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 62, No. 224, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 18, 1953 (open access)

The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 62, No. 224, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 18, 1953

Daily newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 18, 1953
Creator: Dyer, Ray J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 62, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 10, 1953 (open access)

The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 62, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 10, 1953

Daily newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 10, 1953
Creator: Dyer, Ray J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History