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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3605]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "(Photo looking across a pond/lake at a house/building, the American flag raised high, a seat/watch post on the waters, a person walking at the building on the middle right, and more.)"
Date:
May 26, 1941
Creator:
Hart, Alphia O.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6783]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a footbal)"
Date:
November 12, 1941
Creator:
Owen, A. Y.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6854]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo looking down a hill, trees all arounf, rolling hills through the background, and more)"
Date:
1941
Creator:
Thomas, Gene
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0689]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "(Photo of a four-engine airplane just airborne/fixing to land at the runway with the landing gears still down, crowds of people, a hanger on the bottom left, and more.)"
Date:
1941
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6307]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Here is thre way Municipal airport appeared from the airplane Tuesday. Signs of major face-lifting can best be identified by the numbers. No. 1, on the west side of airport, is the $1,458,828 army bombing base which, when completed, will be comprised of 121 buildings. A request for $550,000 for additions to the base is pending in Washington. No. 2 is runway work and No. 3 designates grading and drainage, for which items a total of $766,403 of work projects administration funds have benn appropriated. The black line marked No. 2 in the foreground is a temporary runway being constructed to handle traffic while the main north-south runway is being relaid and lengthened. Present concrete runwayscan be identified as the white lines in the picture. Dotted lines showed proposed extensions. When completed there will be a north-south runway 4,460 feet long, and east-west runway 3,800 feet long, a southwest-northeast runway 4,000 feet long, and a northwest-southwest runway 4,155 feet long. No. 4 is the administration building on the east side of the field."
Date:
March 17, 1941
Creator:
Thomas, Gene
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0688]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a four-engine airplane (flying fortress) out on concrete in stopped postion, crowds of people all around, and more. Frontside handwriting: "Wingspan 212 Ft.," "Length 132 Ft.," "42 Ft.," "Capacity 82 Tons," and "Weight 41 tons.")"
Date:
1941
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2886]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of the Pioneer Woman Statue - Bryant Baker sculptor)."
Date:
1941
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7508]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(aerial photo of the lake acros the middle, open land all around, canal, some houses at the bottom, roads, and more)"
Date:
August 21, 1941
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0676]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Standing in Line-This was a typical scene at Will Rogers air base southwest of the city Saturday as a crowd estimated at 10,000 jammed the field for dedication ceremonies. Here is an example of the long lines of Oklahomans, many of whom had been waiting for a hal hour or longer, along the specialty built ramp for a close-up look at one of the poweful medium heavy bombers on display. This plane and the huge four-motored "flying fortess" from Albuquerque, N.M., across the field were the main attractions at the field."
Date:
1941
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2908]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Cut-out picture figure of Will Rogers)"
Date:
1941
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2160]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "It was rowboat weather-and-hip boots -Thursday in Walnut Grove's Southeast Fifth Street and Durland avenue after cold and muddy waters swept through the streets. C. J. Kaho, Times photographer, rode a fire truck, a rowboat and then waded water to get to the Walnut Grove school, central point of Red Cross evacuation action in the area. This picture, taken from the top of the school, looks southwest over the intersection. the school housed more than 75 persons overnight. Many of them children - and many of them unfed at mid-morning. But food was coming in continuosly by boat. You could see discomfort bu no tragedy; people miserably wet and cold, but not grumbling."
Date:
October 30, 1941
Creator:
Kaho, C. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6249]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "The ship in which the United States will attempt to find the answer to fuel problems in high altitude flying is shown above with pilots C.E. Clark, left, and Billy Parker, head of Phillips Petroleum Co. aviation divison. The plane, a Lockheed, is being converted into a flying labroratory. For the experiments it already has been fitted with new type 1,200 horsepower engines, which are shown in the picture."
Date:
1941
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0673]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Project Filed- The present allotment of work projects administration-city funds, amounting to $391,860, are enough to complete drainage and grading for the Municipal airfield and to surface the 4,460-foot north-south runway,shown in black. An application was in Washington Wednesday for a supplemental appropriation of $389, 543 additional funds to provide three more runways, shown in the map, and taxi strips and a concrete apron on the east side of the field. Proposed length of the east-west runway is 3,800 feet, southwest-north-east 4,000 feet and the northwest-southeast 4,155 feet. The present 100 and 100-feet concrete apron in front of the administration building would be increased to 200 by 500 feet."
Date:
1941
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6851]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a rock bridge with trees around it, walkway coming from the bottom right to the midle left, and more)"
Date:
November 15, 1941
Creator:
Johnson, Bill
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0381]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This view shows the two-mile-long Armistice day parade here Tuesday as it came down Broadway. The picture was taken from the top of the Daily Oklahoman building. Veterans shared the limelight with soldiers from Will Rogers field, flying cadets from Cimarron field, school bands and many local orginzations."
Date:
November 11, 1941
Creator:
Johnson, Bill
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2904]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a sculpture of Sequoyah at "Washington, D.C. (Statuary Hall).")"
Date:
1941
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0766]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "(Photo of the Oklahoma National Guard units marching dow the street wearing rain clothing, people line-up the sidewalks, a few people on the "Pioneer" second floor stand, on the right is signs of Light & Power", Wall Paper A. L. Lund Paints Glass," Terminal Cafe," and more.)"
Date:
1941
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0776]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of an airfield with two of two side-by-side hangars, bunkers going to the bottom from the hangers, an adminstation building/house at the lower left, crowd of cars on the center right, and more.)"
Date:
November 1, 1941
Creator:
Johnson, Bill
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3606]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo looking across a pond/lake, lot of rocks in the foreground, a house/building in the middle background, hills in the far background, and more.)"
Date:
May 26, 1941
Creator:
Hart, Alphia O.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8465]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Above is the picture story of the kidnaping and slaying of Jess F. Dunn, warden of the state prison at McAlester. Inside the gate, upper x, four desperate convicts seized him and with prison made knives forced him to the east prison gate. There the warden was forced to order guards to throw down their guns. Outside the gate the convicts seized a car and went north. Finding a bridge out, they turned back southeast on a diagonal road. Accosted a block east, they again turned north until they were stopped by another missing bridge, marked by an "X." There the fatal gunfight took place. This picture was taken from an airplane flown by Carl Winstead of Oklahoma City just after the break."
Date:
August 10, 1941
Creator:
Kaho, C. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6267]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Here is how the site of the new city airport north of Bethany looked from the air Saturday, with runways to be included in the intial project painted in by the artist. This view is from the east side of the field. A $701, 000 project for improvement of the site includes a north-south runway 4,000 feet long and a northwest-southeast runway 3,000 feet long. The master plan for the airport, providing for later additions, also contemplates east-west and northeast-southwest runways. Bids for grading and drainage work will be opened April 16. On the extreme left is Northwest Thirty-ninth street, one mile south of the airport. West avenue is the east boundary. Buildings for the air terminal are to be financed by a city bond issue."
Date:
March 17, 1941
Creator:
Thomas, Gene
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0777]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Latest addition to the state's growing list of air corps fields is the new primary training center at Chickasha, opened to the public for inspection Sunday afternoon. This aerial picture by Bill Johnson, Daily Oklahoman photographer, shows the building area, looking north toward the flying field. At the right are one of the two hangars, cadet barracks and ground school buildings. Left foreground is the cadet mess, kitchen and recreation building, and at left are the field hospital and barracks. A second hangar, as yet unroofed, can be seen upper left. Administration and operations buildings are between the two hangars. The school now operates 30 Fairchild planes, training 50 cadets. A second class of 50 is scheduled to report for training Wednesday."
Date:
November 1, 1941
Creator:
Johnson, Bill
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7454]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "(aerial photo of Lake Hefner, piers, boats out, docks, roads, some building on the far left, and more)"
Date:
August 21, 1941
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8999]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Thousands have seen this sight on days when the sparkling water coming over the falls was as an oasis to a desert traveler. Not as many see Turner falls in its autumn dress but it's as lovely as in summertime, Bill Johnson, staff photographer, says and shows."
Date:
November 15, 1941
Creator:
Johnson, Bill
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History