Resource Type

[Photograph 2012.201.B0150.0787]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Sketch of Edison from New York Daily Graphic of 1880."
Date: January 3, 1880
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0388.0331]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "This photograph of the Boomer leaders was taken in 1884. They are, from left (seated), A. C. McCord, David L. Payne, W. L. Couch, (standing) H. H. Stafford, G. F. Goodrich, and A. P. Lewis. Payne was principal leader of the movement."
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0969.0825]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. OHS note: This is likely a photograph of five Sisters of Mercy nuns who arrived by train in the territory in 1884 from Lacon, Illinois. The Sisters were met by Father Isidore Robot and Brother Dominic Lambert from the Sacred Heart Mission and some Native American scouts. Information source: "Tenacious Monks" by Joseph F. Murphy, a priest from St. Gregory’s College.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Early Post Office

Photo copy of a photograph of an early Oklahoma post office circa 1889. Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: 1889~
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0176]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Reidener district in west Guthrie two weeks after the opening."
Date: 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0180]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Breaking ground--virgin Oklahoma soil near Guthrie, 1889."
Date: 1889
Creator: Allred, G. R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0182]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "the realism of Swearingen's photograph of the entertainers at the club Theatre takes much of the romantic glamour from Hollywood's version of western theatres but detracts nothing form the interest in this rare picture. The company included five men, three women and two child performers, a bull fiddle player, two violinists, a cornetist a trombonist and a drummer. Footlights were seven shielded kerosene lamps."
Date: 1889
Creator: Swearingen, Harmon Theodore
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0187]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A long line waits before the post office tent at Guthrie for mail. One man, Dennis Flynn, did all the handling."
Date: 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0213]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Early city and street scene in Guthrie, 1889. Buildings being erected on a busy street."
Date: 1889
Creator: Swearingen, A. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0241]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Guthrie's first brick building was not long in taking shape and by May, when Swearingen returned to the town the National Bank Block had its first occupants: Grant Stanley, Lawyer, Whitley-Orput loans and investments and the McNeal Little Banking Company. Even in 1889 everyone liked to "mug the camera" even if it meant stopping work."
Date: 1889
Creator: Swearingen, Harmon Theodore
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0968.0976]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: 18890422
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0245]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Engineers and surveyors gather at the Guthrie land office in April 1889."
Date: April 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0200]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The original Guthrie postoffices is the largest center tent, pictured here on the day before the opening. The land office is at the right."
Date: April 21, 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0171.0277]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: April 22, 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0189]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Taken before noon April 22, at or near Guthrie."
Date: April 22, 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0351.0468]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: April 22, 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0243]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Guthrie, Ok., April 24, 1889."
Date: April 24, 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0242]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A Crowded Street in Guthrie. April 25, 1889."
Date: April 25, 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0247]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A Crowded Street in Guthrie. April 25, 1889."
Date: April 25, 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0171]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: April 27, 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0174]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Except for a few hurriedly constructed frame buildings, Guthrie was for a considerable time, a city of tents. Signs on tents indicated law and land offices, lunch rooms and hotels, blacksmith shops and grocery stores. The tent city extended for some distance on both sides of the railroad tracks."
Date: April 27, 1889
Creator: Swearingen, Harmon Theodore
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0225]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "April 27, 1889 -- Guthrie promised to be the most important town in the new territory. Frame buildings started going up immediately. Masses of People moved in."
Date: April 27, 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0184]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Guthrie, April 22, 1889."
Date: April 29, 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0199]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Iowa Indians visiting Guthrie, OT May 1889"
Date: May 1889
Creator: Swearingen, Harmon Theodore
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History