BASEMENT BOX 66.0373

Photograph taken at night of a firefighter on a ladder spraying water from a fire hose while flames blaze on the roof above him. Caption: "Flames curl from the walls and leap from the roof of the Joseph J. Green residence, 11117 Leaning Elm in Quail Creek, Saturday night as a fireman sprays water through a second floor window to douse the fire which destroyed the home and took the life of Mrs. Green."
Date: September 16, 1973
Creator: Webster, Glen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 66.0374

Photograph taken during daylight of a house destroyed by fire. Caption: "Stand stark against the sky Sunday after a Saturday night fire destroyed this home at 11117 N Leaning Elm and took the life of Mrs. Ida J. Green, wife of Joseph J. Green."
Date: September 16, 1978
Creator: Traverse, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 66.0430

Photograph of people searching through boxes of fire-damaged items. Caption: "Student teacher Jo Ragsdale pokes forlornly through charred wreckage of the learning center at New World private school, 10105 N Pennsylvania, where unexplained flames destroyed the main building shortly before midnight Sunday."
Date: September 16, 1974
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0083]

Photograph taken during daylight of people working to manage a storage tank fire. Caption: "Under a billowing column of heavy black smoke, firemen pour chemicals on a blaze which followed an explosion in an 80,000-barrel storage tank at the Cimarron Valley Pipe Line Co., a mile north of the state fairgrounds."
Date: September 16, 1941
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0556]

Photograph is of Reeves Food Store. Two firemen are fully present. One is spraying a hose on the fire and the other is walking towards the store. The roof, windows and doors have been destroyed by the fire. Burnt bricks and rubble are piled in front of the structure on the street. Caption: "Rush Springs fire is battled."
Date: September 16, 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cherokee Strip Land Run 1893.

Photograph of the Cherokee Strip Land Run, September 16, 1893.
Date: September 16, 1893
Creator: Prettyman, William S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cherokee Strip Land Run Train

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Off for Perry! This photo was taken Sept. 16, 1893, when the Cherokee Strip was opened for white settlers. It shows the loaded train and other vehicles waiting for the starting signal. The train went to Perry. This photo, submitted by Mrs. S. T. Franklin of OKC, was entered in an 'old picture' contest in the Daily Oklahoman in 1939. The photo was taken at the northern boundary of Oklahoma Territory by pioneer Guthrie photographer W. A. Flower."
Date: September 16, 1939
Creator: Flower, W. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.1053]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Billowing smoke awaits fire fighters upon arrival at site of gasoline tanker explosion near."
Date: September 16, 1977
Creator: Reed, Monty
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0916]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Death Car lies smashed against the engine of a Missouri-Kansas-Texas freighter Thursday night after it was carried down the tracks near the 3300 block NE Grand Blvd, following a grinding collision. A Del City man in the car was killed instantly."
Date: September 16, 1965
Creator: Crowder, Russ
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0941]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: September 16, 1965
Creator: Crowder, Russ
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0945]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: September 16, 1965
Creator: Crowder, Russ
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0661]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "This tractor-trailer jack-knifed in high weeds after running off the wet roadway of SW 134 early Friday."
Date: September 16, 1966
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0719]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Karen Kay Evans, 51/2, was killed Thursday afternoon when she was pinned under this pickup truck on NE 23, a miles east of the city limits."
Date: September 16, 1948
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0077.0077]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A recent migrant from rural North Carolina to Atlantic City, N J., get acquainted with a bathtub, an object he did not know back home"
Date: September 16, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0089.0176]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Official American Bicentennial flag is displayed Monday by Tommy Schrameck, left, Teresa Hickey, center and Nancy Wood in a flag-raising ceremony east of city hall."
Date: September 16, 1974
Creator: Tullous, Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0089.0447]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The first cyclists to complete the 100-mile course glide into Stars and Stripes Park."
Date: September 16, 1973
Creator: Traverse, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0091.0385]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "SANTA CLAUS arrived early in Oklahoma City this year. Mrs. Cassie A. Black, left, and Mrs. Bertha Douglas, members of the state Santa Claus Commission.."
Date: September 16, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0091.0670]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Gathering around to welcome their pet parakeet, "Tweetie Pie," back to school are, left to right, David Mallory, 2461 NW 39 terrace; Diana Brown, 2717 NW 44; Alan Meadows, 2610 NW 51, and Tommy Collier, 2720 NW 45."
Date: September 16, 1955
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0091.0854]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "WHEN PEOPLE ask Mrs. Anna Bee Birt what she does in her free time, she answers, "what free time?"
Date: September 16, 1975
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0091.0872]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Gomer H. Bittle, Mrs. Walter E. Huffman and Mrs. George W. Holt"
Date: September 16, 1976
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0092.0004]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. Darliene Black, left, is shown with her step-mother, Mrs. Dewey Norvell, Oklahoma City, and an unidentified spectator during Wednesday's court hearing in Purcell."
Date: September 16, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0092.0005]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Darliene Black, 24-year-old Oklahoma City woman accused of slaying her husband in his sleep went to jail in a McClain county cell Wednesday night, bound over to district court for trial."
Date: September 16, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0092.0009]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Darliene Black, center, walks up the stairs to a Purcell courtroom for her preliminary hearing on a charge of slaying her husband."
Date: September 16, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0092.0562]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma State coach Dave Smith has some words of advice for quarterback Brent Blackman."
Date: September 16, 1972
Creator: Aker, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History