Resource Type

F. G. & I. Company

Photograph of the F. G. & I. Company, the first brick building in Norman, Indian Territory. Copy print by Willis E. Brooks, Norman, Oklahoma Territory.
Date: 1889~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grocery Store

Photograph of the first building in Norman, Indian Territory, used as a grocery store by Edward Girton. Copy print by Willis E. Brooks, Norman, Oklahoma Territory.
Date: April 22, 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

"Old Joe and Ives"

Photograph of "Old Joe and Ives," horses owned by Mrs. L.J. Edwards and Mrs. D.R. Boyd, Norman, Indian Territory.
Date: April 22, 1889
Creator: Brooks, Willis E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Norman, Indian Territory

Photograph of Main Street and a list of Pioneers of Norman, Indian Territory. Copy print by Willis E. Brooks, Norman, Oklahoma Territory.
Date: June 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Purcell, Oklahoma Territory

Photograph of the first cotton crop in Purcell, Oklahoma Territory, 36 miles south of Oklahoma City, the year after the Land Run. The South Canadian River is in the background, c. 1890.
Date: 1890~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

OSFA Conv. (1896) (167 MB)

Photograph of twenty four people standing in front of a stable. The Norman FD team and wagon also appear. This is believed to be the oldest known OSFA Convention photo, taken in Norman, OK, in May, 1896.
Date: 1896
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Chief B.F. (Frank) Myers (Ca.1900)

Photograph of Norman Fire Chief B.F. (Frank) Myers. Uniform cap says 'NFD 1' on the front.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Norman, OK

Photograph of the 100 block of west Main looking east in Norman, OK, Dec. 1900.
Date: December 1900
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Main Street, Norman, Oklahoma

Photograph of Main Street, Norman, Oklahoma. Circa 1901. Cotton ginning season. Stores shown are T.W. Briggs and Co. Grocery and Feed, McGinley, Minor and Berry Grocery, Briggs & Runyan Store, and ?Neaman? bank
Date: 1901~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

David Ross Boyd

Studio photograph of Dr. David Ross Boyd in a suit with a mustache.
Date: 1902
Creator: Brooks, Willis E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Main St. fire (July 7, 1902)

Photograph of Norman, OK...July 7, 1902. Large structure fire in the 100 block of E. Main St. (south side). Many spectators watching.
Date: July 7, 1902
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

OU Science Hall (1-6-03)

Photograph of multi-story brick building on the Oklahoma University campus. This was the OU Science Hall fire. January 6, 1903.
Date: January 6, 1903
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

First National Bank of Moore

Photograph of the exterior of the First National Bank of Moore, Moore, Oklahoma Territory, April 11, 1904.
Date: April 11, 1904
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

State Hospital Doctors

Dr. David Wilson Griffin, left, (hospital namesake) with Dr. A.T. Clark at the State Hospital in Norman, Oklahoma.
Date: 1905~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Edwood Bergen

Portrait of Professor Edwood Bergen of Norman, Oklahoma, visible from the chest up and facing the right side of the image.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

University of Oklahoma

Photograph of L to R: Gymnasium, Library, Main Hall, and the Science Hall at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma Territory, from the University Newsletter, August 16, 1907.
Date: August 16, 1907
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

OU fire (12-1907)

Photograph of OU fire in December, 1907.
Date: December 1907
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

First National Bank

Photograph of the First National Bank in Norman, OK, postmarked July 29, 1909.
Date: July 29, 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

"In Norman"

Photograph of the poem "In Norman." Copyrighted and published by Geo. N. Alsop., Richmond, VA, in 1909, postmarked October 30, 1909.
Date: October 30, 1909
Creator: Alsop, Geo. N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oliver H. Akin

Portrait of Oliver H. Akin from Moore, Oklahoma; Candidate for representative "subject to the action of the democratic primary".
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Norman High School

Photograph of the Norman High School, Norman, OK. Published by H.G. Zimmerman & Co., Chicago, IL, postmarked April 29, 1910.
Date: April 29, 1910
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

University of Oklahoma Students

Photograph of Howard B. Cross, second row second from the left, and other University of Oklahoma students, Norman, OK.
Date: 1912~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fleming Grocery Store

Photograph of L to R: Al Wyat and W.O. Fleming inside the Fleming Grocery Store, Norman, OK.
Date: 1913~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

US Army Batteries 'C' and 'E' 5th Artillery Regiment

Photograph of US Army Batteries 'C' and 'E' 5th Artillery Regiment, over 800,000 pounds, crossing the Free Highway Bridge over the South Canadian River, Norman, OK, October 6, 1913. Photo by That Man Stone, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: October 6, 1913
Creator: That Man Stone
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History