[Basement Box 51.0028]

Picture of Mrs. Fannie Fails.
Date: September 11, 1965
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0008]

Burning building.
Date: September 11, 1970
Creator: Aker, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0010]

Burned metal siding.
Date: September 11, 1970
Creator: Pate, Dave
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0012]

Two firemen using hose on burning building.
Date: September 11, 1970
Creator: Aker, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0013]

Two firemen using hose on burning debris.
Date: September 11, 1970
Creator: Aker, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0014]

Three firemen using hose on burning building.
Date: September 11, 1970
Creator: Aker, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0015]

Smoke billows out over Supply Warehouse Dist.
Date: September 11, 1970
Creator: Aker, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0016]

Two firemen using hose through charred remains of house.
Date: September 11, 1970
Creator: Pate, Dave
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0017]

Collapsing burning building.
Date: September 11, 1970
Creator: Aker, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0018]

Fireman sits on ground while spraying water onto burning rubble.
Date: September 11, 1970
Creator: Pate, Dave
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0019]

Firemen spraying water onto collapsed burning building.
Date: September 11, 1970
Creator: Pate, Dave
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0020]

Pipe spraying water at structure fire.
Date: September 11, 1970
Creator: Pate, Dave
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0021]

Firemen walking through charred remains of building.
Date: September 11, 1970
Creator: Pate, Dave
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0180]

A nighttime photograph of a grain elevator fire at Anadarko in Caddo County, Oklahoma. Emergency responders use water hoses to combat the blaze. No caption.
Date: September 11, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0181]

A nighttime photograph of a grain elevator fire at Anadarko in Caddo County, Oklahoma. Emergency responders use water hoses to extinguish the flames. No caption.
Date: September 11, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0182]

A nighttime photograph of a grain elevator fire at Anadarko in Caddo County, Oklahoma. Emergency responders armed with fire hoses combat the flames. Caption: "Anadarko elevator fire"
Date: September 11, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0183]

Nighttime photograph of a grain elevator fire at Anadarko in Caddo County, Oklahoma. Emergency responders use fire hoses to combat the blaze. No caption.
Date: September 11, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0184]

Nighttime photograph of a grain elevator fire at Anadarko in Caddo County, Oklahoma. Emergency responders use water hoses to battle the flames. Black wax pencil crop marks are visible on the image. Caption: "Anadarko elevator swept by fire"
Date: September 11, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.1151]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Twenty year old Kim Melof died when his chest slammed into the steering column of this car."
Date: September 11, 1973
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0139]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "DEATH CAR is viewed by curious spectators at Northwest highway and Portland Wednesday night after a two-car crash which killed Charlotte Mo Henry, about 40, of 3320 N Robinson. She was a passenger in the car above which was driven by Robert Glenn Cody, 40 of 4216 NW 28. Cody and two persons in the other car, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Culbertson, were hurt. Culbertson car exploded in flames."
Date: September 11, 1957
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0146]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Northwest Highway and Portland."
Date: September 11, 1957
Creator: Gumm, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0152]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Death Car. A spectacular auto crash and explosion at the northwest edge of Oklahoma City, claimed one life and seriously injured three persons late Wednesday. Earlier in the day, four other persons were killed on state roads (a fifth died late Tuesday night) as the state's traffic toll continued to soar. The death brought the last four days' total to 25, despite stepped-up enforcement."
Date: September 11, 1957
Creator: Gumm, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0251]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Two Hurt as Car Chops Down Telephone Pole Two persons were injured in this car early Thursday at NE 13 and Stonewall when it crashed into a telephone pole, clipping it off at the base. The driver of the auto, Kenneth Ray Green, 21, of 1508 SW 46, suffered bruises and abrasions. A passenger, Barbara Delores Hancock, 19, who lives at the YWCA, suffered a severe laceration on her left leg. Both were taken to Mercy hospital for treatment."
Date: September 11, 1952
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0476]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A 65-year-old Midwest City man was killed instantly Saturday afternoon when his car was crushed beneath a giant earth mover near downtown Moore. Charlie B. Story, 302 E Ercoupe, was fatally injured when the left front of a road construction machine's trailer passed through the cab of his car nearly decapitating him, police said. Officer Larry Self, who investigated the accident at the scene, said story was driving north on Broadway when he neared the intersection of southeast 4 where the earth mover, driven by Marlin Dean Reams, 33, Norman, was approaching from the east. Story apparently disregarded a flagman at the intersection and turned east onto southeast 4 into the path of the oncoming earthmover, Self said. the victim, apparently realizing his mistake, then backed up to the intersection and around the corner -- then headed north again. the car hit the left side of the earth mover at a point somewhere near the front of the giant machine, Self said. The front end of the auto was crushed beneath the mover's trailer as it passed over the car. Story was not pinned inside the auto although a …
Date: September 11, 1966
Creator: Rutlund, Tom
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History