[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3651]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Muddled markings face the highway traveler approching the SE 74 bypass, where road signs can't be seen for the road signs. These stacked markings on I.H. 35 hide the turnoff designation to the H. E. Bailey Turnpike and Lawton/SE and SW 74 serve as an east-west link in south Oklahoma City, connecting I.H. 35 with the northern end of the turnpike"
Date: April 23, 1964
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1273]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Firemen battle three-alarm blaze that roared through two firms early today."
Date: April 23, 1974
Creator: Carter, J. Pat
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1598]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Duplicate of the Explorer I satellite, minus instruments and fuel, is explained by T. F. Fox to Richard Chesser, 1208 NW 13, ninth grade member of the Classen highschool Rocket club who specializes in math. The model will be one exhibit at the "Frontiers of the Space Age" confernece here May 1."
Date: April 23, 1958
Creator: Gumm, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0374]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "There's nothing like a parade! An estimated 100,000 persons saw a big one here Wednesday. Here's a view of Main Street looking east from Harvey shortly before the parade arrived. Oklahoma City closed up shop to watch its longest parade in history Wednesday afternoon. An estimated 100,000 persons lined the streets in 55-degree tempratures to watch the five-mile long parade marathon. It was the high point of the 63rd annual celebration of the historic run for land in Oklahoma territory in 1889. The rest of the week will feature the state's largest professional rodeo in Capitol Hill highschool stadium, SW 36 and Walker."
Date: April 23, 1952
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0493]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Salvation Army was on the scene within minutes to aid in the rescue."
Date: April 23, 1966
Creator: Wood, Tony
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8876]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "On his way to the Mid-State pole vault title, Putnam City's Jeff Thweatt clears the bar at 11-6. thweatt later won the event with a vault of 12-6."
Date: April 23, 1974
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0494]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a guy wearing a uniform with a flashlight at a crashed plane, the exhaust pipe(?) on the top of wreckage, other lights in the background, and more.)"
Date: April 23, 1966
Creator: Wood, Tony
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3585]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Cowd at the toll gate, road machinery under the gate's cover, a small stage with a guy speaking at the podium, and more. Backside type: "Dedication of H. E. Baily Turnpike Newcastle toll gate Oklahoman reid will meet photographer there.")"
Date: April 23, 1964
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5643]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Westwood school, located in the northwest corner of Woodward, received the main force of the April 9 tornado. It is one of two elementry schools that were destroyed. Friday Tom Ellis, state fire marshal, condemned the junior highschool building. The Westwood school, shown here, was surrounded by homes before the storm. Friday there was not a house standing within three block. It is for the cleaning up of debris and the rebuilding of public buildings, streets and sanitation facilities that Woodward needs the $500,000 fundher residents have asked other state citizens to give."
Date: April 23, 1947
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5635]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This 9th street looking north from the Sante Fe tracks. The tank at the right was picked up from a transport truck and dropped in the street. Building at the left is the Coca-Cola Bottling works. Power lines dangle in the streets."
Date: April 23, 1947
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0497]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "The Fort Sill Public Information Office released Saturday this list of Survivors in the crash of a military charter plane near Ardmore Friday night: Ronald J. Gugliuzza, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Gugliuzza, 929 Niagara, Buffalo, N.Y., critical condition, transferred from Tinker Air Force Base to Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio. John H. Benoit, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Noel Benoit, Lunenburg, Vt., critical condition at Tinker. Daniel E McNutt, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. paul V. McNutt, 1501 Regulus St., San Diego, Calif., condition unknown, Ardmore Memorial. Nicholas V. Leone jr., 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Leone, 1048 Mulberry Pl., Toms River, N.J., critical condition Tinker AFB. David Thomasm 19, brother of Rebecca Duncan, Rt. 6, Hunterloop Rd., Montgomery, Ala., critical condition at Tinker. Joseph H. Deeny, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Deeny, 426 7th Ave., Lindenwold, N.J., critical condition at Tinker. Teddy J. Edwards, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy W. Edwards, Pecla Rt., Gillette, Wyo., critical condition at Tinker."
Date: April 23, 1966
Creator: Wood, Tony
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5634]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Damage to Woodward county courthouse, above, has not yet been estimated. Cost of repairs, or rebuilding, of it and the city hall will be a major item in getting the municipality back on its feet. Immediately project of civic leaders, however, is to clear debris so homes can rebuilt."
Date: April 23, 1947
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5636]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "One of the Woodward's most pressing needs is for new school facilities. Here Nova Lee Turner, 7, surveys the wreckage that was Madison park school, on of the two elementry schools which were destroyed by the tornado. Officials estimate it will take $500,000 to rebuild their schools. temporary structures to house classes next autumn will bring an extra expense. (O-9-4-49: This was the way Madison Park grade school looked the day after the tornado struck. It was repaired, however, and was put back in use at the beginning of the 1948 school term, one of the few schools available for use at that time."
Date: April 23, 1947
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0496]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Like giant serpent sliced in half, jet engine's air duct lies lifeless in the midst of twisted metal and burned bodies."
Date: April 23, 1966
Creator: Wood, Tony
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0495]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Firemen wade through rubble with giant plane tail in background."
Date: April 23, 1966
Creator: Wood, Tony
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7596]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "President Nixon holds Michael Newton while he talks with him in the President Oval office. Michael was the 1971 Hearing Poster Child."
Date: April 23, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9337]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "High Sights from down-to-earth viewpoints give the Southwest American exposition an awesome perspective for pint-sized visitors. Two-year-old David Benedict, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Benedict, 2336 NW 32, makes friends with a wooden sentry at the children's midway entrance."
Date: April 23, 1956
Creator: Peterson, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0967.0002]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "High altitude craftsman got a chance to sun himself and get a job done Friday as he painted the flagpole atop the Skirvin Tower Hotel."
Date: April 23, 1965
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0970.0474]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "This large pretty structure was completed by the Capitol Hill Church of Christ members in 1949."
Date: April 23, 1954
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0979.0089]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: April 23, 1939
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0972.0527]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "John Bomhoff of Oklahoma Duct Cleaning attaches a lar vacuum hose to the central duct work of a home in preparation for the cleaning process."
Date: April 23, 1988
Creator: Southerland, Paul B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0987.0581]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: April 23, 1936
Creator: Hart, Alphia O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0987.0579]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A few years ago an Indian scout guided the white man, now he is guided by the white man."
Date: April 23, 1936
Creator: Hart, Alphia O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0972.0445]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Bankers Count bonds they bought to finance Industrial park site."
Date: April 23, 1969
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History