BASEMENT BOX 67.0189

Photograph of a fiery structural blaze. Caption: "Holdenville Christmas tree fire is fatal"
Date: December 22, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0388

Raging house fire. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Swirling flames envelope the upstairs room in which Mrs. Minnie Hawkins burned to death in a Holdenville apartment house fire Tuesday morning."
Date: December 22, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0602]

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."
Date: December 22, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0119]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. A. J. Hale walked away from this mess with a headache and a couple of cuts. Woman Survives Wild Accident Car Wrecked, Driver Bumped. A Nicoma Park woman took a wild ride with death Tuesday, and escaped with only a headache. Mrs. A. J. Hale, 35 stepped shakily out of her automobile after: Cresting a hill on Coltrane Rd., she spotted the stop sign at NE 23. the car apparently skidded on gravel, slammed sideways into the sight. Impact of the collision sheared the steel pole off at the ground, sent her car spinning 83 feet toward a ditch. Hitting the ditch, the car started rolling. It flipped over four times, rolling once through a barbed wire fence, and rested in a pasture. The right side of the car was caved in. The rear window glass was gone, and the back seat came to rest atop the truck. The area immediately around the driver's seat was the only undamaged spot. Mrs. Hale was taken to Mercy Hospital. Doctors said she bumped her head once and suffered several small cuts on her legs and arms."
Date: December 22, 1959
Creator: Peterson, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0311]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "FIREMEN INSPECT THE WRECKAGE OF a car which exploded and burned after a spectacular spill at Ne 13 and Lindsay Tuesday night. Two occupants of the car, Hugh McDonald, 70, and Marie Herr,53, both of 1315 W Park place, were pulled from the burning wreckage. Neither was injured seriously. Police say McDonald's car rolled end over end 105 feet it was struck in the side by a car driven by Mrs. Naomi Wallen, 31, of 4600 Nw 45 terrace. Mrs. Wallen's 5-year-old daughter, Freddie, suffered bruises."
Date: December 22, 1953
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0072.0440]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Russell rebounds here's Bill Russell of San Francisco's champions demonstrating his amazing jumping ability as he leaps high to snare a rebound against George Washington."
Date: December 22, 1954
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0072.0574]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma A&M controls a rebound as forward Clayton Carter clears the ball"
Date: December 22, 1954
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0072.0575]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Rebound not hop scotch but merely pulling in a rebound"
Date: December 22, 1954
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0072.0582]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Aggie Sophomore Jerry Wallace kicks high to take a rebound"
Date: December 22, 1954
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0072.0583]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ballet scene finds guards going high in an attempt to snare the wayward pass."
Date: December 22, 1954
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0072.0585]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Wichita's Cleo Littleton and Wyoming's Bob Moore scrape for a rebound"
Date: December 22, 1954
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0072.0603]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "High stepping Roger Holloway of OCU controls the ball"
Date: December 22, 1954
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0076.0033]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Chosen for the junior all-college is Lincoln Terrace Christian Church's midget team"
Date: December 22, 1959
Creator: Ginter Photo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0091.0896]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "School's out until January 3rd, and city teachers took home Christmas memories by the armload Wednesday."
Date: December 22, 1954
Creator: Cobb, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0099.0293]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. John C. Hope, 4900 Thompson, handed out the first doll Wednesday as the Salvation Army began distribution of toys to needy families here."
Date: December 22, 1954
Creator: Peterson, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0104.0079]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Oklahoma City's Braniff Airways Director, Fred Jones , right , is shown inspecting the airline's financial report at Dallas last weekend with Tom E. Braniff, center, and George Butler of Houston, founder-president of the airline and director respectively."
Date: December 22, 1950
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0114.0355]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "One Feature of the club has been Ed Buck's annual speech . . . which he never got to deliver . . . and his playing of the drums when he could find drums."
Date: December 22, 1956
Creator: Gumm, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0135.0323]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: December 22, 1959
Creator: Cobb, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0135.0325]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Hefty workman is dwarfed by his job"
Date: December 22, 1959
Creator: Cobb, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0164.0704]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "With a boy back from college for the holidays, it takes a hear of livin' to keep a house a home."
Date: December 22, 1959
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0175.0041]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "He came out nowhere to become governor."
Date: December 22, 1958
Creator: Traverse, Austin
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0175.0137]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "ALL SMILES after a 2-hour 45-minute chat at the capitol Monday are Gov. Raymond Gary and Gov. elect J. Howard Edmondson."
Date: December 22, 1958
Creator: Cobb, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0175.0253]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: December 22, 1958
Creator: Traverse, Austin
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0175.0390]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Edmondson former Gov. J. Howard Edmonson dies Wednesday morning in his Edmond home of a heart attack, at the age of 46."
Date: December 22, 1958
Creator: Traverse, Austin
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History