[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0242]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The car at right rammed a parked trailer truck in the 5000 block N Eastern, two persons were killed."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0226.0793]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A hurt, frightened puppy--struck by an automobile--halted Christmas shopping traffic at NW 1 and Broadway Wednesday afternoon."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0235.0239]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "BACK home in Oklahoma City for the holidays is George Getchell, former assistant pro at the County club."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0256.0372]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "You've Got a Hippo For Christmas Now! You've done it! You've gone and bought a "Hippopotamus for Christmas," just like the song says. And it's going to be in Oklahoma City Thursday morning, in time for Christmas."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: Cobb, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0283.0155]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Two German exchange students picked up some practical pointers on the functions of local government during visits at the courthouse and city hall this week."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0289B.0113]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "IT'S ONLY A BIG HOLE in the ground now, but here is where the new U. S. 66 bypass expressway will dive under May avenue."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0907.0710]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Woodard Robert "Doc" Mitchell, City Druggist, Suspected of Practicing Medicine without a License."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0970.0533]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Kneeling in prayer at St. Paul's American Lutheran church, NW 25 and Blackwelder, are, left to right, Mrs. Lewis Holm and 6-year-old daughter Valen, of 2236 NW 26; Wayne Shaw, Waverly, La., and E.W. Shaw, 23105 1 / 2 N Francis."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0970.0630]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at NW 44 and Lee."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1002.0217]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "This weather note bears watching."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1002.0220]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A big fellow in a big fur coat went swimming at Lincoln Park Saturday while the temperature stood at a frigid 2 below zero."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1002.0623]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Here's the new home to which Oklahoma's newly-acquired hippopotamus went Thursday at Lincoln Park zoo."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1004.0222]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "No wonder these happy creatures don't mind the cold."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1245.0321]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Otis Simmons, pastry chief at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country club, carries a tray of French cookies."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: King, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1312.0335]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Capt. Louis Messerli Jr., left, and Maj. Horace D. Tompkins Jr."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: Cobb, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9458]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "True Outline Of Oklahoma City's Newest Bypass Expressway is shaping up between Belle Isle lake and NW 39. Concrete curbing outlining the four-lane divided expressway is completed in view above, looking north from Mattern drive toward the Northwest highway bypass. The newest leg of the bypass, which will carry U.S. 66 traffic, will be completed from this point southwest to NW 39 and Drexel under two contracts."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0096.0355]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: November 23, 1953
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0096.0357]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: November 23, 1953
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0240.0125]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "J. T. Copp, 6-9 Oklahoma City University center who became eligible second semester, will be in the starting lineup for the Chief when they open a two-game series Monday night with Seattle on the road."
Date: November 23, 1953
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0243.0478]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bill Couts . . . scrappy OCU guard."
Date: November 23, 1953
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0243.0479]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: November 23, 1953
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0270.0173]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Uncle Jimmy" Humphries admires he plaque naming him Oklahoma's "Sportsman of the Year."
Date: November 23, 1953
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0292B.0579]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Two of Oklahoma City University's most active reserves this season have been Gerald Hoeltzel ( left ), a six- foot sophomore from Hillsdale, and Don Jones a 6-3 sophomore from Paul's Valley."
Date: November 23, 1953
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0312B.0758]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Claude Cowen, construction superintendent, surveys broken windows and a door-part of the $500 damage caused in a series of vandalism raids last month on the Classen highschool baseball stadium under con-struction at NW 27 and May."
Date: November 23, 1953
Creator: Cobb, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History