[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0512]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Power line posts snappedlike match sticks north of Carmen when a tornado struck the area Wednesday night."
Date: April 17, 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0513]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Kitchen and bedroom of the Larry Cook home, 2 1 / 2 miles west of Carmen, were left exposed when a tornado Wednesday night shifted the rest of the house away."
Date: April 17, 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0515]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The Jacob A. Weber home north of Carmen was left standing, but a shambles, by a tornado which ripped across Alfalfa County, missing the town of Carmen by about a mile."
Date: April 17, 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0516]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Penny, a puppy, couldn't figure just what had happened to his happy home Thursday, as he sat amongst the wreckage."
Date: April 17, 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0517]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Beheaded cottonwood tree lifts its injured arms skyward at the Larry Cook home 2 1 / 2 miles west of Carmen, alfalfa County."
Date: April 17, 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0518]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Home of Bob Curry, 1 1 / 4 miles north of Carmen was ripped from its Brick foundation and dumped down 15 feet away, a complete loss."
Date: April 17, 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0519]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Fallen trees crashed into the Larry Cook home near Carmen when a tornado ripped through the area."
Date: April 17, 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0520]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Bachelor Bob Curry, 69, stands dejectedly beside his destroyed home 1 1 / 4 miles north of Carmen."
Date: April 17, 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0521]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Favorite skillet is found by Bob Curry, 69, among the ruins of his home 2 1 / 4 miles north of Carmen."
Date: April 17, 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0564]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Penny was bewildered by the wreckage of the Larry Cook home."
Date: April 17, 1969
Creator: Jackson, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0565]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Power lines posts snapped like matchsticks north of Carmen when a tornado struck the area Wednesday night."
Date: April 17, 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0588]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ruins of his home are surveyed by Larry Cook, 30, 2 1 / 2 miles west of Carmen, Alfalfa County."
Date: April 17, 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0119A.0360]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Oldest church in Alfalfa county still serves rural people although the congregation has no preacher."
Date: April 23, 1965
Creator: Oklahoma
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0290B.0111]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This is 81-year-old Mrs. Emily Jane Hill of Amorita, a daughter of Mrs. Parr."
Date: April 23, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0125.0019]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Many small towns sometimes wonder how in the world they can establish and maintain a community park. Let 'em take a lesson from Carmen."
Date: April 2, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0117.0029]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The Burlington Co-opertive association of Burlington, Alfafa county, opened its new 305,00 bushel elevator this month."
Date: April 14, 1950
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0290B.0184]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: April 29, 1940
Creator: Cauthen, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0116.0587]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "state game ranges have received new uniforms"
Date: April 21, 1938
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wheat Harvest

Photograph of men harvesting wheat, Cherokee, OK, April 9, 1918, with the caption, "Loyal farmers hauling slacker wheat for Uncle Sam near Cherokee, Oklahoma. The wheat was L. Whitney's."
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History