[Photograph 2012.201.B0366.0286]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Searching for dead"
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0366.0285]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0366.0287]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0366.0291]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Side view of Whittington hotel"
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0366.0284]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Ruins of Pennington grocery"
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0366.0293]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0366.0288]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Back of Pennington grocery"
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0366.0289]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 68, Ed. 1 Monday, December 27, 1915 (open access)

The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 68, Ed. 1 Monday, December 27, 1915

Daily newspaper from Ardmore, Oklahoma. Coverage includes local, state, and national news, along with advertising.
Date: December 27, 1915
Creator: Easley, John F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 173, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 27, 1915 (open access)

The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 173, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 27, 1915

Daily newspaper from Ardmore, Oklahoma. Coverage includes local, state, and national news, along with advertising.
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Easley, John F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 199, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 1915 (open access)

The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 199, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 1915

Daily newspaper from Ardmore, Oklahoma. Coverage includes local, state, and national news, along with advertising.
Date: May 27, 1915
Creator: Easley, John F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 250, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 27, 1915 (open access)

The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 250, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 27, 1915

Daily newspaper from Ardmore, Oklahoma. Coverage includes local, state, and national news, along with advertising.
Date: July 27, 1915
Creator: Easley, John F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 225, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 27, 1915 (open access)

The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 225, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 27, 1915

Daily newspaper from Ardmore, Oklahoma. Coverage includes local, state, and national news, along with advertising.
Date: June 27, 1915
Creator: Easley, John F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 96, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 27, 1915 (open access)

The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 96, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 27, 1915

Daily newspaper from Ardmore, Oklahoma. Coverage includes local, state, and national news, along with advertising.
Date: January 27, 1915
Creator: Easley, John F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0366.0292]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0366.0290]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of rescuers searching for bodies in the destruction on East Main Street, roughly 100 yards from the explosion, after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. Seventeen African-American bodies were found in the ruins.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of Ardmore Firemen and a fire truck after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of destruction on Main Street, east of the Santa Fe tracks, after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of a tangled mesh of wires on Main Street and the Whittington Hotel, on the right, after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. Seven unrecognizable bodies were found in the area.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of the Union Passenger Station after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. The Station was 300 feet north of the explosion and several people were injured, but none fatally.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of the main line of the Santa Fe tracks, looking east, where several people were burned to death after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. The remains of the building used by the Dawson Brothers and Ladd & Davidson can be seen in the background.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of smoke rising from the burning Santa Fe Freight Station and the sole remaining wall of the two-story Pennington Wholesale Grocery Co. Building after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of South Caddo Street showing the east wall of the Whittington Hotel and the rear end of the demolished Pennington Building after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. Several unrecognizable bodies were found in the area.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History