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[BASEMENT BOX 67.0313]
Photograph is of a fireman on top of the open ladder off the fire pump truck spraying an open hose onto the roof of a burning brick building. Smoke is billowing out of the roof of the building. Two other firemen are holding hoses that are spraying into the broken windows into the multiple story structure from the ground.
Date:
April 16, 1955
Creator:
Ford, Ray
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
BASEMENT BOX 67.0315
Photograph taken during daylight of firefighters extinguishing a building fire. Caption: "More than $500,000 damage was caused by fire early Friday in downtown Enid when the J. C. Penney Co. store was destroyed and Woolworth and Montgomery Ward stocks were damaged. Above, Enid, Blackwell and Vance Air Force base fireman put water into the Penney building. This picture was flown to Oklahoma City by a Champlin Refining Co. plane."
Date:
April 15, 1955
Creator:
Ford, Ray
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[BASEMENT BOX 67.0563]
Photograph is of a fireman on a ladder in the air off the top of the pump truck. The fireman is spraying water directly on top of a structure with no roof due to a fire. Two fireman are on the ground near the front of the building holding a fire hose. The photograph was taken in the night time. Caption: "Firemen fight costly Stillwater Lumber yard blaze."
Date:
July 4, 1955
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
BASEMENT BOX 67.0312
Photograph taken at night of two buildings during or after firefighters extinguish a fire.
Date:
April 16, 1955
Creator:
Ford, Ray
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.B0308.0085]
Photograph is of a man in a baseball uniform leaning over looking at a baseball in his hand while another set of hands is gesturing two circles next to each other. Caption: "Bobby Howard, left, whose third straight single broke up the first game of the Oklahoma City-San Antonio doubleheader here Sunday night in favor of the Indians, gives pitcher Bart DiMaggio the no-hit, no-run signs after the latter beat the Missions 1-0 in the eighth inning of what was scheduled to be a seven-inning opener."
Date:
August 14, 1955
Creator:
Miller, Joe
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[BASEMENT BOX 67.0346]
Photograph of a sign featuring Smokey the Bear, used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. The text of the sign says, "Today's Forest Fire Danger: Severe." There are trees in the background. Caption: "Smokey the Bear flashes the right sign for forest fire conditions in southeastern Oklahoma. The sign is near the Oklahoma Forestry Fire Control division headquarters at Broken Bow where officials have warned that conditions still are severe although fires have lessened."
Date:
April 9, 1955
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[BASEMENT BOX 67.0053]
A daylight photograph of fiery single-vehicle accident involving a Liebhart LP (butane) Gas Company truck near Enid in Garfield County, Oklahoma. Caption: "Traffic stopped on U.S. 69 near Enid when this butane truck overturned and burned."
Date:
July 28, 1955
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
BASEMENT BOX 67.0521
Photograph taken during daylight of buildings on fire. A crowd of unidentified people watch as firemen spray water on the buildings. Caption: "Smoke pours from the Klofkorn furniture store building which was destroyed by a $50,000 fire at Newkirk Saturday."
Date:
March 28, 1955
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[2012.201.B0313.0080]
Photograph is of a young man with his hands on a desk looking down at a man wearing a military uniform with the words"recruiting services" printed on a cuff on his left arm. Caption: "for the air force so far in 1955 was Willie Irvin Haddix, 19, right, a graduate of the Whitaker State home at Pryor."
Date:
December 12, 1955
Creator:
Miller, Joe
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[BASEMENT BOX 67.0314]
Photograph is of a fire pump truck parked in front of the J.C. Penny's building. Three fire hoses and a fully opened fire ladder are maned and spraying open water hoses on the fire. There is a ladder leaning against the building leading to a window that flames are visible through. The brightness from the flames and the billows of smoke are rising from the destroyed roof of the structure. Caption: "a $500,000 fire destroyed the J. C. Penney store here early Friday and damaged adjoining Montgomery Ward and Woolworth's firms with smoke and water. The three business buildings are located on the north side of the downtown square."
Date:
April 15, 1955
Creator:
Ford, Ray
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[BASEMENT BOX 67.0054]
A daylight photograph showing the burning wreckage of a Liebhart LP (propane) Gas Company truck at Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma. No caption.
Date:
July 28, 1955
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[2012.201.B0363.0380]
Photograph is of a children's baseball team in uniform in photographic formation. Caption: "Babe Eubanks, city baseball coach."
Date:
June 24, 1955
Creator:
King, Cliff
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Shortleaf Pine, Mulberry, Black Locust, Cottonwood, Blackberry and Weeds Growing on Strip Pit and Spoils Bank
Photograph of a Strip pit and spoils bank covered by multiple kinds of vegetation. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Strip pit and spoils bank planted in shortleaf pine, mulberry and black locust on raw banks. Also cottonwood, blackberry and weeds volunteering. Used for wildlife cover – song birds, quail, rabbit and crows.”
Date:
November 15, 1955
Creator:
Hurd & Moreland
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Black-Eyed Peas Cover Crop
Photograph of a cover crop of black-eyed peas. The back of the photograph proclaims, “blackeyed [sic] peas for a cover crop on land where alfalfa was grown in 1952. Cotton was grown in 1953-54. Class III land, 2% slope, Soil Unit 12. See photo No. Ok-92-10.”
Date:
July 21, 1955
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[2012.201.B0997.0383]
Picture of man in army uniform wiping his cheek with a light colored handkerchief.
Date:
July 5, 1955
Creator:
King, Cliff
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[2012.201.B0997.0453]
Caption: "OKLAHOMA this weekend played host to the nation's general practitioner of the year as Dr. Karl B. Pace, Greenville, N. C. came through the state to visit his brother, district Judge Tom Pace, Norman." Photograph is of an older man wearing a suit sitting and leaning towards someone talking. The photograph is a side profile casual picture.
Date:
April 19, 1955
Creator:
Miller, Joe
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of Cutting alfalfa with a swather. Swather mows and swaths in a single operation. Alfalfa was irrigated with sprinkllers and will make 60 bales per acre from this second cutting. Class I land, 1% slope. Soil unit 8 & 9. OK-92-5.
Date:
July 21, 1955
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of crop rotation. Mung beans planted in rows 40 inches on May 11, 1955. Variety jumbo. Expected yield is 600 pounds. Wheat to follow the Mung beans. Last year, the wheat averaged 37 bushels per acre. OK-143-11.
Date:
September 2, 1955
Creator:
Murrell, Ray C.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of basal-bark application using 2-3/4 gallons of a low volatile 2-4-5-T herbicide ester (4 pounds acid per gallon of material used) in 100 gallons of diesel oil. The spray is being applied so as to completely encircle and wet to the point of creating run-off onto the soil the lower 12 inches of each plant. The equipment used was a John Bean power sprayer. The brush and trees were blackjack, post and white oak, hickory, elm, persimmon and dogwood.
Date:
March 1, 1955
Creator:
Gamble, M. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of a grassy range divided with a wire fence. Printed description on back: "Native range on a gypsum site in excellent condition. Sand Bluestem, Sideoats grama, catclaw, sensitive briar, wild alfalfa, antelope horn, hairy grama, celea, Blazing star, halls panicum, blue grama, buffalo bur and croton are present in this range."
Date:
July 21, 1955
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Elk City St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Wood frame single story church with center door at front, and concrete front stoop. St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Elk City, closed 1988.
Date:
1955
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Swisher-Madison wedding
Black & white photograph of wedding couple. Bride wearing a suit dress, pearls, hat, and carrying a floral bouquet. Groom wearing suit, tie and boutonniere.
Date:
March 1955
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Continental Baking Company Truck in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Photograph of the cab of a Continental Baking Company Truck in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Date:
October 1955
Creator:
Meyers Photo Shop
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History