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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5398]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of the capitol building at an angle from the right, front/backside parking with many cars parked, grounds surrounding, housing and building in the background, and more)"
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7918]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This is the way Northeast highschool, Northeast Thirty-sixth street and Kelly avenue, will look when its three units are completed. The central and largest unit is under construction now, with concrete being poured in the second floor forms. Layton & Forsythe are architects for the structure, which will be one of the most beautiful school buildings in the city. In will be finished in Carthage stone, the sity's second school building to be finished with stone. The other is Central highschool. The central unit will cost $300,000. When the entire structure is completed, it will represent an expenditure of approximately $550,000. Contracts for the two wings will be let when attendence demands enlargement. In addition to offices and classrooms the building will include a large auditorium, gymnasium and swimming pool."
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7955]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Above is the farm of W. F. Harn, lying southwest of the state capital and state historical society building. The 100-acre farm is the site of an oil field being started in defiance of city zoning regulations. Inset at left is a photograph of Harn as he appeared not long after (?) homesteaded the farm, back in pioneer days when the tract (?) lay far to the northeast of Oklahoma City. At right, Harn (?) as he appears today, when he has taken a determined position (?) to prove his rights to drill for oil."
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7964]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Sprining up faster than weeds in the warm sunshine, oil derricks have taken the northeaster section of the city. This remarkable aerial picture by Bill Bleakley from a plane flown by Hardy Young shows 41 completed derricks in the area, including the so-called "outlaw" well on the Harn tract, indicated by an arrow."
Date: 1936
Creator: Beakly, Bill
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7965]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "(photo of four guys at a table with an attached photo to the photo, attached photo with housing leading to an oil well at the rear of it, other people around the four, and more)"
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7967]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(drawing showing the capitol at the top, the "Rock Island Railroad line" going down the left, the areas tagged "Ballot 1" through "Ballot 3" for the extension of the drilling line, and more)"
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7970]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "In black and white, here's how Oklahoma City voted on oil extension. Precincts in black are those which approved extension in Tuesday's election. White are where voters cried: "Gushers, stay away from my door." Note how the "solid south" and the "Effete east" overwhelmed ward one, with six precincts even in this stronghold of conservatism joining the black gold rush. Northeast of the statehouse, those 18 white dots are new oil well locations in the new zone, for which drilling permits were asked Wednesday by the Phillips Pertoleum Co. The dotted line indicated the boundary of the new zone, the lines of X's the old zone line."
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7971]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "This map speculates the trend of the Oklahoma City oil field. Not that a geologic fault, together with numerous dry holes define the fieldon the northeast and, in fact, down the entire east side of the field. Dry holes cut off the possibilities of a further northward extension. Only Further drilling can define its western limit. Pioneers in this western hemispher sought a northwest passage from the old world, through the new world and back. Today the modern pioneers are finding an outlet or an end of the Oklahoma City oil field, and they, too, are looking to the northwest. These oil pioneers are guessing almost as much as the old mariners. Dry holes are likened to reefs and barriers, gushing wells are like the soundings of deep water and open channels. The old men on the bridge knew that danger was in front and on each side, so he had to feel his way along. That, in brief, is what the operators in the north extension of the Oklahoma City field are doing. They are feeling their way and some of them are taking long chances. They …
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7972]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "(drawing of a map from to Santa Fe on the left Lottie on the right and more, the capitol at top left, "Harn Tract" at left, "Lincoln Terrace" at right, to possible be zone areas on "March 24th Ballot," and more)"
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8968]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "(cut-out photo of a multi-story fancy buidling with a bell-tower, and more. Backside handwritng: the "Boston Ave. Methodist Church.")"
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.TP0392.0958]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Black Gold Production has completed its four-unit repressure, or gas lift near the intersection of Northeast Thirty-first street and Lincoln boulevard in north end of the Oklahoma City field."
Date: 1936
Creator: 3rd Party
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rialto Theatre

Photograph of the exterior of the Rialto Theatre, before remodeling, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: 1936~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rialto Theatre

Photograph of the interior of the Rialto Theatre, before remodeling, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: 1936~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Robinson Underpass

Photograph of the South Robinson Underpass, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: 1936~
Creator: Soule, Clayton E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Anthony School of Nursing Class of 1936

Photograph of the St. Anthony School of Nursing Class of 1936, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: 1936~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wilson & Co. Meat Packing Plant

Photograph of one of the Wilson & Co. Meat Packing Plants, Oklahoma City, OK, and their Internationally famous six-horse Clydesdale team at the Oklahoma State Fair, c. 1936. Printed by American Colortype, Chicago, IL.
Date: 1936~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Yellow Transit Company Freight Lines

Photograph of Yellow Transit Company Freight Lines Cab #259 and Trailer #280 at the depot, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: 1936~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History