Wilson, OK

Photograph of a Methodist Church and Parsonage in Wilson, OK. Published by Beale's Book Store, Wilson, OK, Nov. 7, 1939.
Date: November 7, 1939
Creator: Beale's Book Store
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lake Murray State Park

Photograph of a cabin at Lake Murray State Park, Ardmore, OK. Printed by Curteich, Chicago, IL. Published by Lacik News Agency, Ardmore, OK, postmarked April 21, 1958.
Date: April 21, 1958
Creator: Curteich
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

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of Main Street and the burning remains of the Santa Fe Freight Depot and Pennington Building after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. Seven unrecognizable bodies were found in the Depot and three in the Pennington Building.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Ardmore Disaster

Photograph of a Ford automobile, under debris, in front of the Waldo Hotel on South Caddo Street 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 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 burring remains of the Bleeding District after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. The cigar girls escaped unharmed, but twenty 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 the southwest corner of the Whittington Hotel 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 the tank car that exploded, I.N.T.X. 8051, and other wreckage in the Santa Fe yard 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

Exchange National Bank

Photograph of the Exchange National Bank sign at night, Ardmore, OK. Photo by Fonville Studio, Ardmore, OK, April 24, 1956.
Date: April 24, 1956
Creator: Fonville Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Governor Lee Cruce

Photograph of "Driving the 'Golden Spike' on the East-West Railroad from Ardmore, 1913." With sledge hammers, L to R: Governor Lee Cruce & Jake Hammon. Photo by Howard Fonville, Ardmore, OK, 1913.
Date: 1913~
Creator: Fonville, Howard
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lake Murray State Park

Photograph of Lake Murray State Park, Ardmore, OK. Photo by Jeff D. Griffin, Oklahoma Planning & Resources Board. Printed by Bond Lithographing & Printing Co.
Date: unknown
Creator: Griffin, Jeff D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Snow Storm

Photograph of Ardmore, Oklahoma after a snow storm.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ledbetter, Eugene P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lake Murray

Photograph of Lake Murray in Ardmore, OK. Photo by EL Rothwell, San Antonio, TX, Feb. 1935.
Date: February 1935
Creator: Rothwell, E. L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Healdton Oil Field

Photograph of the Healdton Oil Field, Wirt, OK. Photo by FH Wallace, Wirt, OK, Nov. 20, 1916.
Date: November 20, 1916
Creator: Wallace, F. H.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Ardmore High School Orchestra

Photograph of the members of the Ardmore High School Orchestra, Ardmore, OK. S. M. Lowenstein, Director, third row center.
Date: 1914~
Creator: Webb, Ran
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Treaty Rights Association

Photograph of members of the Treaty Rights Association, Ardmore, OK.
Date: November 30, 1913
Creator: Webb, Ran
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History