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[2012.201.B0415.0154]

Photograph of a man in a baseball uniform taking a step to swing the bat he is holding behind his left shoulder.
Date: July 29, 1933
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 66.0291

Photograph taken at night of firefighters standing outside a house damaged by fire with debris in front yard. Caption: "Three persons died and a fourth was left in critical condition today from a smoldering fire in this house."
Date: December 29, 1972
Creator: Carter, J. Pat
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 66.0293

Photograph of disheveled bedroom with a bed, chair, Monopoly game and records. Caption: "Three victims were found in this back bedroom."
Date: December 29, 1972
Creator: Carter, J. Pat
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0423.0190]

Photograph is of a man sitting on the bed of a truck leaning. He is wearing a short sleeved button down and slacks. He is talking to a man dressed in a baseball uniform with his hand on his hip near the truck. Caption: "Tells Fitzpatrick the dogs get him around the outfield -Art Ruble"
Date: March 29, 1936
Creator: Allred, G. R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0411.0058]

Photograph is of a man in a suit and tie sitting at a desk with papers and a pen.
Date: February 29, 1952
Creator: Burns, Bill
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 66.0292

Photograph taken at night of a police car destroyed by fire.
Date: December 29, 1972
Creator: Tullous, Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0051.0255]

Six men stand around a single engine propeller driven aircraft that is setting with its propeller in the dirt. There are hangars in the background. Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Forced Down Investigators and onlookers examine a small plane that was forced to land short of Tulsa International Airport Wednesday morning."
Date: December 29, 1982
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.1077]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Smashed auto where child was killed and her mother injured marks one stage of a wild chase which ended with the arrest of an ex-convict at the airport."
Date: September 29, 1977
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0539

Fire near gas station. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: July 29, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0423.0185]

Photograph is of a baseball player in the catcher's uniform, lifting his face guard to see the ball above.
Date: March 29, 1935
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0320.0038]

Photograph is of a man in a baseball uniform holding a bat in position to swing at a ball.
Date: July 29, 1933
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Luther Fire

Photograph taken during daylight of smoldering ruins of building. Caption: "Ruins still smolder after $300,000 fire ravaged the Luther business district." In 2018, this area on South Main Street is a park area commonly called Veteran Memorial and Freedom Center.
Date: August 29, 1970
Creator: Aker, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0366.0168]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Back in 1922, a 27-year-old veteran of World War I went to work for the veterans bureau sub-district office in Tulsa as chief of the administration division." Photograph is of an older man wearing a shirt and tie and glasses sitting at a desk folding a piece of paper while looking at the camera.
Date: May 29, 1953
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0416]

A daylight photograph of a fire in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The fire produced a cloud of heavy, black smoke, visible from a vantage point near the W. H. Stewart Company on an unidentified street.
Date: March 29, 1974
Creator: Artman, Roger
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0051.0267]

Several people working to pull an aircraft from Fort Gibson Reservoir at a boat ramp. Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Who Was That Man? Onlookers hoist the wreckage of a stunt plane onto a loading ramp at the Fort Gibson Reservoir after its pilot Lonnie Garner, was critically injured when the plane crashed into the reservoir Monday."
Date: July 29, 1980
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge Buffalo

Photograph of three buffalo standing in a field located in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The back of the photograph proclaims, “A part of the Buffalo herd in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge, Lawton, Okla. This is the second largest herd of buffalo on the continent. The buffalo was the department store of the plains Indian, supplying them with practically all their needs. When the millions of buffalo that roamed the prairies were exterminated there were a few small herds saved and those have now grown to some 22,000 in North American game preserves.“
Date: September 29, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Exterior of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Tulsa

Stacked stone building, steep roof, cross at top, rose window and covered vestibule. Stamped on back "Oct 29, 1954."
Date: October 29, 1954
Creator: H. Burton
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Coe-Spiva wedding

Color photograph of wedding couple. Bride wearing floor length wedding gown, long veil, and carrying pink and white floral bouquet. Groom wearing white tuxedo, blue trim, blue ruffled shirt, blue bow tie and boutonniere.
Date: June 29, 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of seeding native grass for seed production. Windrowing Caddo switchgrass planted in the spring of 1957. Planted on irrigated land for seed production as a cash crop. Tillman County Soil Conservation District (SCD) assisted with the planting of the grass. OK-577-12.
Date: October 29, 1957
Creator: Woodward, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of individual plants of Sorghum Almum, a new drought-resistant, warm-season, perennial, tall and luxuriant bunch grass under observation by the Soil Conservation Service [SCS]. The plant being shown by Hervie E. Skelley and son, Gomer, came from one seed planted 2 1/2 months previously (on June 15, 1956) with less than 3 inches of rainfall. Single plants have up to 53 stalks in this field. OK-374-2.
Date: August 29, 1956
Creator: Archer, Sellars G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a single plant of Sorghum Almum, a perennial, warm season, drought resistant grass being introduced into OK. The grass was planted on June 15, 1956. Two months and 14 days later, after a very dry growing season, the seed stalks reached 7 feet in height and developed a bunch more than a foot wide at the bottom. New shoots are being put out continually. The Soil Conservation Service [SCS] is watching the planting to see if the grass is acclimated to western OK. OK-373-8.
Date: August 29, 1956
Creator: Archer, Sellars G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of seeding native seed grass for seed production. Windrowing Caddo switchgrass planted in the spring of 1957. Planted on irrigated land for seed production as a cash crop. Tillman County Soil Conservation District [SCD] assisted with planting this grass. OK-577-12.
Date: October 29, 1957
Creator: Woodward, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of seeding native seed grass for seed production. Combining Coronado sideoats grama planted for seed production. Planted in the spring of 1956 on irrigated land as a cash crop. Tillman County Soil Conservation District [SCD] assisted with planting this grass. OK-577-7.
Date: October 29, 1957
Creator: Woodward, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the harvesting of Caddo switchgrass planted as a cash crop on irrigated land. Yield is about 300 pounds per acre. Planted in the spring of 1957 at a rate of 1.5 pounds per acre with the assitance from Tillman County Soil Conservation District [SCD]. OK-577-3.
Date: October 29, 1957
Creator: Woodward, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History