[2012.201.B0051.0099]

Daytime photo of a fireman walking away from a flipped aircraft. Two fire extinguishers are in the foreground. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Wind flipped a private plane at Wiley Post Airport Saturday."
Date: April 6, 1974
Creator: Artman, Roger
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0051.0170]

Plane wreckage in a open field. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A 41-year-old Bethany pilot, who celebrated his birthday Sunday, was in satisfactory condition at Baptist Hospital Monday after surviving a crash Sunday in his single-engine aircraft. A hospital spokeman said John C. Orf, 7609 NW 29, a former Oklahoma City policeman, was improving. Orf was pulled from the burning wreckage by two men, David Dawkin, 29-year-old former air force medic and a Baptist Hospital emergency room orderly, and Jack Keller, 7013 NW 21, a city businessman."
Date: April 6, 1969
Creator: Taylor, Robert
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0051.0209]

Several men surround the tail section of a plane after the Braniff Airways plane wreck. A workman is attaching a winch line. A person in the crowd holds an Extra Edition of The Daily Oklahoman. The headline reads "8 KILLED IN CITY AIR CRASH". Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Braniff Airways crash in city March 26, 1939 which killed 8 people."
Date: April 1, 1939
Creator: Brooks, G.E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0100.0003]

Photograph is of five boys wearing boy scout undderforms looking on while a woman is givin an award. Caption: "Linwood Elementary PTA representative Melanie Olson, center, presents a 50-year commemorative certificate to Cubmaster Gordon Martin, right, while Assistant Cubmaster John Peek watches."
Date: April 28, 1984
Creator: Wilson, George R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0298.0381]

A man is counting paper money in stacks around him. Caption: "Rolling in dough, but not the kind you can spend, is Bob Dee, left, president of the Oklahoma Coin Dealers Association, during annual coin show Saturday at West-Lions Club, 4135 NW 10."
Date: April 26, 1968
Creator: Heaton, Dave
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

2012.201.B0302.0008

Photograph of two men in a performance. Caption: "Strawberries, two little steel balls, and back stage visits by psychiatrists are quietly making believers of those who see James Demopolos in the role of Captain Queeg at the Mummers Theater."
Date: April 3, 1963
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0316.0780]

Photograph of a man posing with a can of Mother Penn Motor Oil. Caption: "John L. Dryer still has one of the original types of containers 'Mother Penn' motor oil was sold in. The trade mark bears the picture of his mother, Mrs. Minnie Dyer. The present product is marketed in a blue container as small as a quart size."
Date: April 4, 1966
Creator: Traverse, Austin
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0319.0153]

Photograph is of a man in a baseball uniform in the infield, chewing tobacco, and ready to catch a baseball in his mitt. Caption: "Arnold Earley"
Date: April 12, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0319.0156]

Photograph of a man in a button down shirt and suit jacket signing a piece of paper on his knee while a young boy looks on. Caption: "The season got off to an early start for autograph seekers Friday night with Indians' pitcher Arnold Earley taking time to please 11-year-old Dwight L. Szakacs, 1528 NW 7th."
Date: April 12, 1957
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0320.0200]

Photograph is a close up of a man in a baseball jersey and hat with a bat held up to swing at a ball. Caption: "OSU's Terry Edwards"
Date: April 10, 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0320.0201]

Photograph is of a man in a baseball uniform reaching out with one foot on a base catching a baseball in his outstretched mitt. Caption: "Terry Edwards"
Date: April 15, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0358.0051]

Photograph is a side head shot of a man wearing a military uniform. Caption: "121 NE 23--I hadn't even thought about it. I guess we'd just have to add a couple of stars somewhere."
Date: April 2, 1954
Creator: Cobb, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0423.0178]

Photograph is a man in a baseball uniform on a baseball field crouching in a catcher's position.
Date: April 11, 1935
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0423.0182]

Photograph is a head shot of a man in a baseball uniform, smiling.
Date: April 15, 1930
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0423.0188]

Photograph is the head shot of a young man smiling with a baseball uniform on.
Date: April 15, 1930
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0423.0344]

Photograph is a head shot of a man smiling wearing a button down shirt with the collar of his undershirt showing. Caption: "YEOMAN 3-C FRANKLIN D. FOLSOM, 1441 NW 94--I don't think we should take Hawaii in."
Date: April 2, 1954
Creator: Cobb, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0960B.0135]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Rader, a German Shepherd, demonstrates ferocity controlled by K-9 Officer Art Robinson." Image is of a barking and jumping German Sheppard dog being held from behind by a leash by a man wearing a police uniform and helmet.
Date: April 14, 1975
Creator: Guidice, Gary
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0960B.0136]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Canine unit officer Hershel Thomas restrains police dog Deke, poised to attack." Image is of a German Sheppard dog standing in the forefront barking while a man wearing a police uniform is holding the leash of the dog and crouching down to the dog's size.
Date: April 26, 1979
Creator: Tullous, Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0960B.0178]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Image is of a man crouched down by a dark colored short haired dog. The man is rubbing the dog's face. The dog has a leash on that is held by something or someone out of the frame.
Date: April 10, 1975
Creator: Guidice, Gary
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0997.0453]

Caption: "OKLAHOMA this weekend played host to the nation's general practitioner of the year as Dr. Karl B. Pace, Greenville, N. C. came through the state to visit his brother, district Judge Tom Pace, Norman." Photograph is of an older man wearing a suit sitting and leaning towards someone talking. The photograph is a side profile casual picture.
Date: April 19, 1955
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0227]

Smoke is visible against the night sky as fire burns the Rex Hotel in Oklahoma City. The image shows the back of the hotel, and bears green and black wax pencil marks. Caption: "Rex Hotel fire."
Date: April 5, 1972
Creator: unknown
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

[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

[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