Caption: "A familiar picture to fairgoers but not cirucsgoers is this one of an exhibitor washing down his prize pig." Man washes a pig.

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Veterans' Day is just like all other days for many organization which aid patients at Veterans hospital."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Barbara Allison, wife of OU end and tri-captain Carl Allison, stops to isit with Shirley Darnell, wife of Bobby Darnell, OU center."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Highway patrol trooper Bob Blackburn is shown with the "Speedwatch" as it was tested northeast of the city."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Here's what a bridge abutment did when this car crashed into it Sunday at what the highway patrol said was high speed. The crash 7 miles southeast of Blackwell sent the driver, Pvt. Ronald E. McConnell, 20, of Blackwell, to Vance air force base hospital with critical injuries. Two other young airmen riding with him also are hospitalized. A third escaped injury."

Daily newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Sapulpa, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Charley Cheer, with his misbehaving accordion, is one of the famous clowns who'll be with the eleventh annual India Shrine-Polack Bros. Circus Tuesday through Friday, appearing twice daily at Municipal auditoriunm."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "When the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma A&M college meet for their 49th annual football game at Stillwater Saturday, both teams will have special groups of enthusiastic fans."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Graders and other equipment are shown at work on two blocks of D Avenue in Lawton to give motorist a paved detour around Gore Blvd. project due to start soon."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Wanda Jackson is the singer and Mary Evon Thomas and Dennis Bolin are the rumba dancers in the number "I Get A Kick Out of You," in "Anything Goes," Capitol Hill high school's Chieftain Capers of 1954."

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Left in shambles by the blast that rocked Allen highschool Monday afternoon were these classrooms and hallways. Forty students who were attending classes in this section of the building were injured. Two of them are in critical condition and the highschool principal, Freeman O. Pickle, was seriously hurt. The superintendent, J. N. McKeel, also was injured. McKeel youched off the blast when he struck a match to test for a gas leak. Plaster is stripped off a partition in this picture left, and the partition has been shoved out of position."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "And at right is the remains of the room where the explosion started. The school superintendent was teaching an algebra class of 21 pupils there."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "More than 40 Allen highschool students, the principal and superintendent were injured Monday afternoon when a gas explosion ripped through the one-story brick school building. Students were flung against the ceiling and blown through windows by the bomb-like blast which occured at 1:40 p.m. Two of the injured students were in critical condition Monday night, and the principal, Freeman O. Pickle, 48, was still unconscious and believed :very serious." Thirty of the students were rushed to Ada for treatment, and 15 were hospitalized at Valley View hospital there. Five of the eight teen-agers taken to Holdenville were hospitalized...The explosion was set off by J. N. McKeel, superintednent , who struck a match to test for a gas leak after students in his algebra class compained of a "Gasey smell."........."There was a flash - then the explosion," said Dale Plunk, 18-year-old junior. "It was Terrible."...........The superintendent also played a heroic role. Students said he helped hold up the collapsed ceiling so casualities could be rescued. Pickle was teaching the English class in an adjoining room when the blast occured. He received a serious head injury. Five Ada ambulances were rushed …

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "I saw a big orange flash that seemed to cover everything." That is how one girl described a gas explosion Monday afternoon at Allen highschool, where 100 students were in classes. This scene typifies the condition of the entire building after the blast. Forty-eight students have been treated for injuries and more are expected to report to doctors during the day. Twenty-three are in hospitals."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An inside of the English room, right, shows the sunken roof, which dropped down on the top of the students."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Getting the inside scoop on how a Marine's best friend operates - that ugly M1 rifle - is Charlavan Baker, Miss Oklahoma, who also bears the title of honorary recruiter for Oklahoma City Marines. Capt. Jim Williams, chief recruiter, is explaining which end of the rifle is dangerous, just in case any prospective recruits ask Miss Baker."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "At right, John D. Holman, 2509 Mickey drive, Del City, gets a box of tissue from Mrs. Ella Mae Thomas, left, 2608 N Tate, VFWA 405."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of four guardsmen along side a damaged school building, car in the background, and more)"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Left in shambles by the blast that rocked Allen highschool Monday afternoon were these classrooms and hallways. Forty students who were attending classes in this section of the building were injured. Two of them are in critical condition and the highschool principal, Freeman O. Pickle, was seriously hurt. The superintendent, J. N. McKeel, also was injured. McKeel youched off the blast when he struck a match to test for a gas leak. Plaster is stripped off a partition in this picture left, and the partition has been shoved out of position. Center is a cluttered hallway filled with debris."

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.