[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10041]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A Dream Came true Sunday for members of the First Christian church when they formally dedicated their "Church of Tomorrow" at NW 36 and Walker. An afternoon ceremony marked the climax of a plan that was conceived 10 years ago by Rev. William G. "Bill" Alexander, pastor to the 3,800 members of the church. the plant, comprising three buildings and a carillion tower, cost nearly $1.5 million. Here some of the large crowd which braved the chill and cloudy weather to attend the service are shown leaving the modernistic church."
Date: December 22, 1956
Creator: King, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Sometimes two or three pint-sized visitors can make a shoe department seem this crowded without moving at maximum speed. However, this is the real thing. Salesman J. E. Posey actually did find himself fitting 50 little stocking feet at one time. He testified the 25 kids from Baptist Children's City were model customers, with no tears, no tantrums, no nicked furniture, no bruised shins and not a sign of bubble gum. Final score: 50 shiny new oxfords and 25 happy grins."
Date: October 22, 1954
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9132]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a crowd coming out of a church, most are at the door and some are walkingt towards the photographer, street and cars on the left, and more)"
Date: June 22, 1963
Creator: Foster, Ray
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Backward look at the Civic Center Music Hall shows the view from the stage toward the rear of the hall and balcony. The public got its first view of the $500,000 remodeling job of the old Municipal Auditorium at dedication ceremonies and a concert Sunday afternoon."
Date: January 22, 1967
Creator: Derby, Paul
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Nobody's got it yet, but Oklahoma City's Murray Davison (21) appears ready to control the puck as (from left to righ) Houston's Jim Paterson, the Blazer's Brian Bradley and Houston's Bob Charlebois look on."
Date: January 22, 1966
Creator: Crowder, Russ
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo street looking towards downtown center buildings, empire type tower at left, the "Municipal Building" at lower left, "Biltmore Hotel" at right center, and more)"
Date: July 22, 1949
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.4985]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Attracting a lot of attention downtown is this French mural north of the Skirvin Hotel. A misspelled word that has drawn much comment is just outside of the picture at the left. The mural is being done from a water color. Sidewalk superintedents are getting an eyeful at Broadway and Park Ave. these days, and sign painters are getting a lesson in French. "It was bound to happen," one painter called down from his perch about 40 feet off the pavement."Look at that!" "What? It looks fine," an observer yelled back. The VIVa , man," replied the painter. "The VIVA. That's the Spanish spelling. It ought to be VIVE. The French spelling. We've had at least six people call it to our attention today." The painter was talking about the giant "French" scene being painted on the side of the Palace Arms Hotel, facing the Sun Suite pool of the Skirvin..."Funny thing about that misspelled word though," J. Stewart Bell of Glenn Advertising said. "We had three 'French' experts check the scene over so we wouldn't make any mistakes. But as soon as we were almost finished, a half …
Date: June 22, 1961
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tangled remains of wrecked cars of an 86-car Rock Island frieght train shows their cargo scattered across the country side just west of Shawnee Monday. Twenty-seven cars and the engine left the tracks in the unexplained derailment. J. D. Roe of Shawnee was the engineer of the El Reno-to-Memphis frieght. There were no injuries, but crews worked into the night clearing the tracks."
Date: November 22, 1971
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6598]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Keeping up with OU's Billy Sims (20) can be difficult as Rice Safety Mike Downs discovers."
Date: September 22, 1978
Creator: Tullous, Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6334]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An Angry Sky is what the old-timers called a scene like this - and their description was apt. Clouds like these mark conditions that produce heavy rains, wind, hail and possibly tornadoes. Scientifically, they are called "mammato-cumulus" and are produced by extreme turbulence. Daily Oklahoman photographer Dick Cobb captured this scene late Sunday afternoon during the storms that hit the city with three blows."
Date: May 22, 1961
Creator: Cobb, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Soaking up sun beside Lincoln Park Lake are OCU students Sandy Parkins, Winterset, Iowa, and Randy Reddell, Duncan."
Date: February 22, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Yes, Virginia, there is golf in December."
Date: December 22, 1987
Creator: Beckel, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: December 22, 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0226.0765]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Allan Clark at his studio piano."
Date: October 22, 1948
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0907.0385]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Miss Oklahoma Contestants, Miss Anadarko, Carolyn Mingus." OHS correction: The person in the photograph is Roberta Scott, Miss Tulsa 1961, contestant in the 1961 Miss Oklahoma Pageant.
Date: July 22, 1961
Creator: Gumm, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0075.0038]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "When Merle Sango (29) wasn't canning some of his 42 points on the Douglass end of the court he was grabbing rebounds" OHS note: Merle Sango is athlete number 20 in this photograph. The other athlete rebounding the ball is number 54 Reginald Hines.
Date: December 22, 1972
Creator: Artman, Roger
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History