Resource Type

[Photograph 2012.201.B0261.0260]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "SMEARED WITH OIL is night club singer Hildegarde who came to Oklahoma to turn the valve to start production of Hildegarde No. 3 located 16 miles northeast of Okemah."
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0290B.0034]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bennie F. Hill, Okemah, State Representative, Okfuskee Co."
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0583]

Photograph shows the building roof fully consumed by flames and smoke. Two people are observing the fire and damage as they walk from the building. A firemen's pump truck is near the building. Caption: "A $25,000 blaze destroyed a brick five room grade school Monday near Weleetka."
Date: March 27, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0584]

Photograph is of the outside brick wall falling away from the structure as it is consumed with flames. The roof, windows and interior structure is destroyed by fire. Caption: "The south wall of the Rosen walk school which housed about 60 Negro grade pupils falls outward as the intense heat buckles the brick structure."
Date: April 3, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0299B.0144]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Capt. Chester A. Howard, Okemah, operations officer for the Thunderbird aviation section, talks with maintenance personnel as mechanics work in background."
Date: August 6, 1957
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History