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J. Lynn & A. Miller (5-2-1958)

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Date: May 2, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Orchard

Photograph of an overgrown orchard
Date: October 2, 1958
Creator: Culbertson, C. N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5993]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A three-alarm fire ruined the old No. 9 hangar at CAA control center on Will Rogers municipal airport Thursday night. The spectacular blaze, which could be seen for 10 miles, broke out shortly before 6 p.m. and was brought under control by Oklahoma City fire fighting units about 6:40 p.m. No one was injured. Cause of the blaze was not officially determined, but manager William O. Coleman said he thought a short circuit in wiring was responsible. He said the hangar was insured for $121,000 and "it's a total loss." Demolition Started The hangar was empty at the time of the fire except for some demolition equipment belonging to Dan Tankersley and Associates construction comapny. Crews had been demolishing the building since the CAA moved out of it last week. The hangar was built during the early part of World War II at a cost of about $100,000...Coleman said the construction crews had planned to use the steel for other building. The fire was so hot it twisted most of the spars out of shape, however. A 3-alarm blaze ruined a hangar valued at $121,000 at Will Rogers Municpal …
Date: October 2, 1958
Creator: Gumm, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8001]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "(photo of an oil worker close up, oil rig with the top in site, and more)"
Date: January 2, 1958
Creator: King, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5995]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Spectacular Fire at Will Rogers field Thursday night, in which a huge unoccupied hangar was destroyed, as fought, above by firemen who enteredthe building to play hoses on the blaze. The hangar owned by the city, was about to be torn down to make room fro a $2,780,000 hangar needed by the civil aeronauties administration training center. Flames from the blaze could be seen for 10 miles."
Date: October 2, 1958
Creator: Gumm, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3500]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The later Perry Maxwell and national golf tournaments in Oklahoma go together like hamburger and relish. You don't have one without the other. Four times since 1935, Oklahoma has entertained top level tourneys and all were contested on courses designed by Maxwell, one of America's top golf course architects for 38 years. This is the list: 1935 - Professional Golfers' association chanpionship championship, Twin Hills. 1946 - United States Golf association Women's Amateur, Southern Hills, Tulsa. 1953 - USGA Boy's Junior Southern Hills. A fifth, the USGA Open, which promises to be the biggest and best of all, comes up Thursday in Tulsa, and it will be at picturesque Southern Hills Southern Hills Country Club to keep Maxwell's record intact......The story of Southern Hills is one of Tulsa's confidence in the future. It began in the bleak days of 1935 when Waite Phillips, bilman philanthropist. made a gift of 307 acres of rolling terrain on Tulsa's south side. Maxwell was summoned. he toiled virtually around the clock, even lived on the property, in quarters in a farmhouse. Occasionaly he'd relax long enough to go down to the Mayo hotel …
Date: June 2, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10108]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Dominating the altar end of First Presbyterian's cahpel, the Christ Triumphant window impresses on tots like Mary Sue and worshippers of all ages the timelessness of the Easter story. It pictures Jesus on the first Easter, the lear-stricken Roman soldier and the angel who from the empty sepulchre told Christ's followers, "He is not here. he is risen." (O-4-17-60): "His apperance was like lightning and His raiment white as snow, and for fear of Him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said, 'Do not be afraid."
Date: April 2, 1958
Creator: Cobb, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10756]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Construction is almost complete and crews are moving into this new $2 million OG&E repair plant at SE 74 and High ave. When finished, the new facility will serves as general operational headquarters for the utility company."
Date: July 2, 1958
Creator: King, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0801]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lincoln Borglum, son of Mount Rushmore scupltor, Gutzon Borglum, is the of a daughter Robin, and a son James. He is also a sculpture of these headsd of them, which are on loan to the Junior League for exhibition in its Children's Museum at the new Oklahoma Art Center opening Friday. The scultor now lives in Beevile, Texas, where he is a city councilman, and was president of the South Texas Hereford(?) Association for 20 years. The oklahopma City Junior League has been at the right of Oklahoma Art Center since 1941, according to the official history, and possibly long before. Now that the Art Center ha a new home in Fair Park, the Junior League too has optioned a large unfinished gallery immediately next to the Great Gallery where the inaugural exhibition is being readied, and is embarking upon a new enterprise to be called the Children's Museum, Children's Wing, or some such appropriate name........."
Date: December 2, 1958
Creator: Cobb, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5988]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of about six guys are water spraying at the roof of a sheet metal building on the left, fire hydrant on the bottom left, a house/small building on the right of the guys, and more)"
Date: October 2, 1958
Creator: King, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Frontier City

Photograph of an aerial view of Frontier City Amusement Park, on US 66 & I-35, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: August 2, 1958
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Frontier City

Photograph of an aerial view of Frontier City Amusement Park, on US 66 & I-35, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: August 2, 1958
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Frontier City

Photograph of an aerial view of Frontier City Amusement Park, on US 66 & I-35, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: August 2, 1958
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Frontier City

Photograph of an aerial view of Frontier City Amusement Park, on US 66 & I-35, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: August 2, 1958
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oklahoma City

Photograph of the view looking west past the front of the Skirvin Hotel at Park Avenue in Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: September 2, 1958
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Virginia Smith

Photograph of Virginia Smith sitting at a desk, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: June 2, 1958
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Frontier City

Photograph of an aerial view of Frontier City Amusement Park, on US 66 & I-35, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: August 2, 1958
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Frontier City

Photograph of an aerial view of Frontier City Amusement Park, on US 66 & I-35, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: August 2, 1958
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Frontier City

Photograph of an aerial view of Frontier City Amusement Park, on US 66 & I-35, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: August 2, 1958
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Frontier City

Photograph of an aerial view of Frontier City Amusement Park, on US 66 & I-35, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: August 2, 1958
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Street Scene

Photograph of the view looking west on Northwest 2nd Street from Broadway Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK in March, 1958.
Date: March 2, 1958
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Federal Savings and Loan

Photograph of the construction on the local Federal Savings and Loan Building located at 201 North Robinson Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: January 2, 1958
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Frontier City

Photograph of an aerial view of Frontier City Amusement Park, on US 66 & I-35, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: August 2, 1958
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Street Scene

Photograph of the view looking south on North Broadway from Northwest 3rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK in March, 1958.
Date: March 2, 1958
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History