Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Oklahoma came to Iowa in more ways than one this week and theatrical history became outdated."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A cloudburst at the formal opening of the KRNT Radio Theater in Des Moines, Ia., dampened Gov. Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma but didn't daunt his determination to go through with plans to arrive in "the surrey with a fringe on top" before thousand of Midwest Theater-goers holding tickets for "Oklahoma" opening night."