Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Stagcoach running between Oklahoma City and El Reno soon after the run."

Caption: "Sterrett, Jack - Tulsa University Basketball Coach" Man yells and points to something out of shot while a basketball player points with him and another player sits between them.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A 38-year-old man, formely a prosperous San Francisco businessman, plunged seven stories to his death from the Wells-Roberts Hotel Tuesday afternoon. A moment after he leaped, the hotel switchboard lighted up, and a woman's voice asked to speak to "905." Following a brief pause, operator Agnes Ward told the caller, "He doesn't answer." The woman hung up. Hotel assistant manager Jack Briscoe identified the dead man as Lowell Burton Brown. He said Brown signed the register early Sunday, giving Augusta, Kan., as his home. Briscoe said a woman had been calling Brown all day, but Brown wouldn't answer the phone. At 2 p.m. Brown called the switchboard and told the operate to call a doctor to "pronounce me dead. I'm going to jump." He named a city physicians as the one he wanted called. He Falls About 90 Feet "I figured it was just another drunk with a stunt. but thought I'd better check. I found the engineer and we went up there," Briscoe said. "Just as I opened the door, he yelled, 'I want you to see this.' Then he sort of squatted down and plunged right out …

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Yes, L. J. Eggleston, best basketball shot among the Oklahoma Aggies, had his perspiring moments in his team's 38-30 win over the Texas Aggies in the All - College tournament Thursday night."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The trio of representativesis mastering complicated parliamentary procedure. L-R, Tom Weaver, 16, Stillwater; Virginia Bezona, Capitol Hill HS; and Ferrill Rogers, Stillwater."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Kenneth Dale Handke, the 1940 Times Christmas baby, threw up his hands in amazement when he eyed the presents sent him as the new king."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Van Heflin, Actor"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Van Heflin, Actor"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Van Heflin, City & New York , Actor"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Shaded areas on the city map shown here are the new precincts created recently by the county election board in a wholesale reorganization of election boundary lines."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Oh, it's just what we've always wanted."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dr. E. E. Heflin, City, Dentist, Van Heflin, Actor, Mrs. E. E. Heflin"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Well, you can hardly call it a "Christmas tree, but it takes the place of one."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This is the "Christmas tree" connection used to hold the big pressure at the I. T. I. O. no. 1 Mary Sudik the "Wild Mary" of the Oklahoma City field."