Photograph shows seven unidentified men and five children observing and working around a structure that smoke is rising from the roof. Flames are coming out the top of the building as well. There is a ladder in the forefront of the image indicating that someone tried to assess the situation from a ladder on the roof. This photograph was taken in the daytime. Caption: "Fireman effort is futile as the Tonkawa Laundry and Dry Cleaning establishment burns."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A new landmark in northern Oklahoma is this water tower on the new townsite of Kaw City in Kay County."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Present site of Kaw City will be flooded when the $86 million project is completed."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This photograph depicts a group of Kaw Indian leaders who traveled to Washington, D. C., near the turn of the century to negotiate with the federal government."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "About 115 years after the tribe came to what is now Oklahoma, there are still Kaw Indians - but not many."

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Elegance in Oklahoma's history surrounds visitors to the Marland Mansion and Estate in the northern Oklahoma town of Ponca City."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "PONCA CITY-Roy M. Mays, vice president of Continental Oil Co. and manager of its Ponca City operations, will be transferred to Denver on special assignment effective June 1."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Attractive oak paneling and glass display cases shown above are part of new look in NOJC at Tonkawa, now open to the public after a $5,00 renovation job."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Central of Attraction in Northern Oklahoma Junior college's newly remodeled museum is this habitat, which displays wildlife specimens in their live backgrounds."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The new First Baptist church at Ponca City will be Completed this year to replace one destroyed by fire last year."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The architect's sketch here shows the First Presbyterian church at Ponca City, a $521,000 construction project now under way on an eight-acre tract."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Pioneer Woman statue, a symbol of Ponca City, was dedicated in 1930 as a tribute to all women who followed their husbands westward."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Although actually attached to Francis E. Warren airbase, Wyo., the school squadron at Stillwater receives logistical support from Vance airbase, near Enid."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Recently elected officers and board members of the Otoe Indian War Mothers left to right, Mrs. Marie Pipestem, vice president; Mrs. George Little Crow and Mrs. Herbert Hudson, board members; Mrs. Fred Monroe, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Charles B. Thompson, who recently was recognized as the oldest Otoe War Mother, and Mrs. Margaret Bassett, chaplain. The women met in the home of Mrs. Harold Fisher, Ponca City."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "super-structure rises on Ponca City's highschool grounds, launching an $828,187 expansion project."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Swimming pool, Wentz Camp, Ponca City"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ponca City-Wentz Camp-mess hall"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ponca City linebacker Meech Shaw has snubbed OU for UCLA."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Betay Stewart of Ponca City scans the sky near Kaw Lake for a glimpse of eagles."