Photograph taken during daylight of a crowd of people viewing the destruction of a burned building.

Photograph taken during daylight of a firefighters with a firetruck and hoses extinguishing a building fire as a crowd of people looks on.

Fire truck with water hose putting out fire of BJ Goodrich tires and restaurant.Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Lawton's worst fire since 1919, possibly set by an arsonist, gutted four downtown buildings Friday night, causing damages estimated as high as $400,000."

Four story Hotel, burned out, street view with fire trucks and fire fighters. Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Firemen pour water on the Midland hotel in Lawton Thursday after blaze broke out in the southwest portion of the building."

Photograph taken at night of firefighters extinguishing a building fire. Caption: "Firemen fight to contain flames surging through the Lawton store of the C. R. Anthony Co. The store was completely gutted by the fire, the second major blaze in downtown Lawton in two months."

Photograph is of a man in a baseball uniform throwing a pitch from the pitcher's mound. Caption: "Bart DiMaggio ... Mound returnee."

Photograph taken during daylight of man spraying water from a hose onto a gas pump. The charred wreckage of a building burns in the background. Caption: "Turpin, Okla., April 19 - Firemen from Liberal, Kan., 10 miles north, arrived in time to prevent only the explosion of gasoline pumps and storage tanks in front of the Smith Motor Co. & Hardware which burned to the ground."

Photograph taken during daylight of a building with a fire ladder extended to the roof of a "Safeway" building. Three men stand at the top of the ladder. There is a fire hose on the ground, and a crowd gathered.

Photograph taken during daylight of a man showing a hunting dog. Caption: "Here are two dogs that could win it all at the field trials in progress this week at Lake Murray State Park."

Daytime scene of bystanders at end of a fire, across from Conoco building. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph is of two women standing as they put pins on the shoulder straps of his military uniform as he watches them. Caption: "Joe Bryan Ferrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest S. Ferrell, 3505 Marilyn Dr. dons his new gold bars with the assistance of his best girls, Penny Duncan, a WAF from New York stationed at Tinker air force base, and his mother. Ferrell received his commission as a second lieutenant in the air force at mid year military convocation at Oklahoma A&M. Ferrell was commander of the entire cadet division during the 1955-56 Autumn term."

Photograph of two men in firefighter suits with fire hoses standing in wrecked building interior. Caption: "Resembling men from Mars, firemen Wallace Reed, left, and M. W. Johnson emerge from the smoke-filled Elks building wearing oxygen masks."

Photograph of two women, a man, two babies and a dog. Caption: "Captain and Mrs. Joe Paul Conner, of Durant, after 18 months in Germany, are home with their babies and a young German girl who came with them to become an American citizen."

Photograph of a man wearing a baseball uniform crouching down to catch a baseball on the ground with his mitt on his left hand. Caption: "Engaging in the favorite spring training pastime, pepper, are Oklahoma City Indians pitchers Don Graham, left, and Bart DiMaggio."

Photograph taken during daylight of a building engulfed in flames and billowing black smoke. Caption: "Smith Motor Co. & Hardware - Turpin, Okla."

Photograph of two adult women posing with several dolls. Caption: "More dolls than a hundred girls could wear out in a lifetime will be displayed at 407 W. Main all day Friday and Saturday by the Salvation Army."