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BASEMENT BOX 67.0112]
A daylight photograph of a lone man, surrounded by heavy smoke, fighting a large grass fire near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. Caption: "Firemen from three stations battled a 'king sized' grass fire for more than three hours northeast of Oklahoma City Wednesday before bringing it under control at 4 p.m."
Date:
November 30, 1949
Creator:
Owen, A. Y.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
BASEMENT BOX 67.0588
Photograph taken at night of a brick building on fire. Caption: "Flames leaped high into the air Sunday as firemen battled to save Wilburton Milling Co. at Wilburton ."
Date:
November 14, 1949
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Greek Theater, Chickasha, Oklahoma
Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: ". Asst Professor of speech / Okla. college for for women / Chickasha". Photo was taken at the Oklahoma College for Women original Greek Theater. The current theater was supposedly built near the site of the old theater.
Date:
November 16, 1949
Creator:
Johnson, Bill
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0860]
Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Robert L. McCormick, 33, Sperry, was killed Thursday in the cab of his truck, left, when it crashed into a pipe-laden truck, right, on the Washita river bridge on U.S. 81, three miles north of Chickasha. A truck, driven by James D. Stewart, 29, of 3401 S Shields, stopped at the bridge approach to allow McCormick's truck to cross the bridge, and William Louis Hudler, 24, of 1241 SE 17, driving the pipe-laden truck, was unable to stop. McCormick was trapped inside the cab."
Date:
November 4, 1949
Creator:
Dresser, Ray
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0077.0171]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Lieutenant Col. Roy J. Batterton Jr., commander of the Oklahoma 20th marine battalion which was called to active duty in 1950, returned from Korea Wednesday and paused briefly in Oklahoma City."
Date:
November 12, 1949
Creator:
Tapscott, George
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0091.0922]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "That little oil derrick may look like a child's plaything but it's far from that."
Date:
November 17, 1949
Creator:
Miller, Joe
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0094.0297]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It's three of a kind at Oklahoma A&M's $248,000 dairy palace these days, as herdsman Harley Miller, left, shows Dean W. L. Blizzard a set of Jersey heifer calf triplets born there November 16."
Date:
November 21, 1949
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0095.0380]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Merle Bodkin, senior forward for the Oklahoma City University Chiefs, aims for the basket and a victory over Southwestern Kan., in the Monday night game at OCU's fieldhouse."
Date:
November 16, 1949
Creator:
East, Bob
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0101.0475]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Here is one of the big reasons why coach Gene Boyett, left, of Pawnee tutored his Black Bears to an unbeaten, untied high-school football season."
Date:
November 16, 1949
Creator:
Owen, A. Y.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0102.0035]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The missionary field now has 51 workers in the Congo."
Date:
November 26, 1949
Creator:
McLaughlin, Al
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0104.0054]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Thomas E. Braniff, longtime city business leader and airline founder, poses with Mrs. Braniff before his portrait which was presented to the Oklahoma Historical society Friday for the state's Hall of Fame."
Date:
November 4, 1949
Creator:
Cobb, Richard
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0106.0807]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The $55,000.00 bridge being constructed across Elm Fork of Red River, Five miles south of Granite on No. 6 highway will be finished by Dec. 15, M. K. Brown foreman for the SS and W construction company of Okla. City said."
Date:
November 26, 1949
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0107.0470]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date:
November 10, 1949
Creator:
Johnson, Bill
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0107.0471]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date:
November 10, 1949
Creator:
Johnson, Bill
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0107.0472]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "If you want to find out who shot whom in one of Seminole county's early gun battles , just ask H. I. "Bud" Brinsfield .."
Date:
November 10, 1949
Creator:
Johnson, Bill
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0117.0558]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Renovation and repairs of county jail mattresses and prisoners' clothing now is being done by trusties at a saving of more than $500 annually."
Date:
November 23, 1949
Creator:
Owen, A. Y.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0117.0559]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sheriff Newt Burns has enough stock to open his electrical appliance shop, but there's just one catch-it's all stolen merchandise."
Date:
November 11, 1949
Creator:
Pyer, Ronald
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0118.0343]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "W. S. Burt and his aristocratic angels."
Date:
November 26, 1949
Creator:
Miller, Joe
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0119A.0062]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sweating it out - Harold Byford , onetime king of city bootleggers , gazes pensively out a window on the ninth floor of the federal building .."
Date:
November 8, 1949
Creator:
Kaho, C. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0124.0330]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "One of the few banks in the state which does not destroy its records five years after they are made, the First National bank of Guthrie still has the first checks, deposit slips and ledgers used the day it was founded 60 years ago."
Date:
November 26, 1949
Creator:
McLaughlin, Al
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0145.0157]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This tower of the old courthouse looks like the battlement of a medieval castle."
Date:
November 30, 1949
Creator:
Miller, Joe
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0149.0263]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. Glen Lowry, daughter Glenna and Dr. George Cross . . . another football game for Glenna."
Date:
November 19, 1949
Creator:
Miller, Joe
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0149.0286]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "George L. Cross Pres of OU"
Date:
November 28, 1949
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0149.0289]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "George L. Cross Pres. of OU"
Date:
November 28, 1949
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History