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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7745]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "The acquisition of approximately 436 acres west of Tinker Air Force Base by General Motors Corp. for future use is the "most significant" event in Oklahoma's economy in 25 years, city and state leaders said Friday. Paul Strasbaugh, executive director of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, declared it "the most significant since the location of Tinker." "We are very pleased," Strasbaugh said. "We have been working on it for eight months. We don't know and details, but we are very pleased. The announcement was made through Gov. Hall by Edward N. Cole, president of General Motors...........................Gov. Hall said: "It is excellent news and we welcome General Motors Corporation to Oklahoma. To have one of the world's biggest companies become a member of this state's business family merely points again to the fact that Oklahoma is surging forward with sensible, planned economic development. Bob Kirby, international representative for the United Automobile Workers union, exclaimed GM would "bring (the rest cut out) (T-8-9-73: Dotted lines superimposed on aerial photograph show the scope of new General Motors plant in relation to Tinker Air Force Base and downtown Oklahoma City. The …
Date:
March 28, 1973
Creator:
Argo, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2659]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Something different in Easter attire is worn by these gracefully-arching old trees in the 300 block NW 17 Saturday when an early spring storm pelted the city. Although intense, the storm quickly moved on and drizzle that followed that followed erased most of the snow."
Date:
March 28, 1970
Creator:
Argo, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2418]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Like to see Oklahoma City's Civic Center look like this? Unfortunatley, an artist drew in all those palms and tropical birds. Whoops! Don't give in to temptation or those winter stories you heard. It's still much to early to plant an orange tree in the back yard. Oklahoma City isn't a tropical paradise yet..."Why, I remember when the thermometer went down to 20 below and stayed there three weeks," Grandpa says......But id Grandpa is talking about Oklahoma City, it just didn't happen. Weather bureau figures show city winter tempratures may be just a little warmer than they were, but not enough to make all that talk."
Date:
March 19, 1954
Creator:
Lucas, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6040]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Blazing Brush and dry grass fill the sky with billowing smoke clouds Wednesday near Jones. Fire threatened the farm home of Bill Jasper, southwest of Jones, before being brough under control. Fire fighting units from Oklahoma City, Jones, Spencer, and Nichols Hills battled the flames and damage was held to burned pasture, fences, and timber. Authorities urged extreme caution by motorists in rural, dry-grass areas. Grass fires in the Oklahoma City area this spring have plagued city firemen."
Date:
March 30, 1966
Creator:
Miller, Joe
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1826]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Lingering, deadly ammonia gas handicapped rescue efforts at Wilson plant as workers donned gas masks."
Date:
March 24, 1959
Creator:
King, Cliff
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6026]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of three firemen holding and firing a hose into a window, fireman on the right is "Kee," another fireman in the right background, and more)"
Date:
March 8, 1970
Creator:
Heaton, Dave
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9968]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of the front doors for the "Portland Ave. Baptist Church." Backside typing: "Main entrance of the new $390,000 Portland Avenue Baptist Church auditorium, one of the largest Baptist halls in the city area. Decorative tile and aluminum brighten the entrance vestible.")"
Date:
March 30, 1960
Creator:
Cobb, Dick
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2563]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The airport complex as it will look shows these features: A, present terminal; B, new terminal; A, present terminal; B, new terminal; C, loading fingers; D, air frieght loading; E, charter and general aviation loading; F, air frieght and cargo building; G, air frieght and cargo building that will be needed by 1970; H, three-level parking; I, future parking; J, employe parking; K, future employe parking; L, rental car storage and serve; M, aircraft ramp extension; N, future finger; O, future finger (cargo building can be easily removed); P, future express, cargo and frieght terminals; Q, future air frieght buildings; R, tentative locations for new tower,; S, future hanger; T, proposed new fire and safety building; U, future hangar to replace present two hangars; Y, present hangar. The plans for the new terminal were completed this week."
Date:
March 18, 1964
Creator:
Albright, Bob
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7830]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "(photo of site under construction, small walls holding dirt, downtown in the background, and more)"
Date:
March 13, 1979
Creator:
Southerland, Paul
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0248]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo looking into a large floor/room, not yet furnished, vents/something out the floor, the concrete piers/columns on the right with tubes and vents, and more.)"
Date:
March 1, 1961
Creator:
Matheson, Mandell
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1008]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Even a smashed nose won't stop gary Hassman of O-State as he drives on James Gatewood of the Sooners."
Date:
March 9, 1964
Creator:
Traverse, Austin
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1393]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of three firemen at a burned to the ground building, the one on the left is bending over with smoke around him, the center is standing, the right one atop a ceiling/roof, other firemen in the far left background, and more.)"
Date:
March 16, 1966
Creator:
Albright, Bob
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.4831]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "In less than two weeks, the cutain will go up on the 13th annual Fabulous Follies, a benefit show presented by members of the Junior Hospitality Club, Inc. Curtain time will be 8:30 p.m. April 14-15 in the Civic Center Music Hall. Ten thousand dollas of the proceeds are earmarked for the Oklahoma Mental Health Clinic. Previous Folloies shows have raised more than $200,000 for the city. (photo tag: Successful "lift" brings a smile to Mrs. Jack Love's face.)"
Date:
March 29, 1967
Creator:
Traverse, Austin
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5597]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Here's how Crowder Looked Saturday. A house used to be in the foreground. Other pictures on Page 21-A."
Date:
March 25, 1949
Creator:
East, Bob
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1122]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo from a side view of a worker on a tower/crane attaching/checking a safety light, the worker with security/safety belt around him and on the structure, vehicles, and more.)"
Date:
March 17, 1966
Creator:
Traverse, Austin
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2955]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Construction has started on an addition to Midwest City Memorial Hospital that will include added space for maintence and supply as well as storage. To be included in the hospital expansion is an incinerator that will allow the hospital to burn all refuse. A contract was let to Walter Nashert and Sons, Inc., and Oklahoma City construction company. The $40,000 project by the hospital authority is part of a general expansion program that will ultimately include the addition of 30 or more beds."
Date:
March 18, 1965
Creator:
Lucas, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7711]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo guys playing a game with putting money down for their bets or they are just showing how much they have won)"
Date:
March 5, 1964
Creator:
Foster, Ray
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.11079]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Second of three figures, which will represent the "art of communication" and decorate the front of the new home of The Oklahoma Publishing Co., was being installed Monday. The 16-foot, 800-pound figure going up here is "Interpretation." A middle figure installed for some weeks is "Analysis." The third figure , to be installed about April 1, will be "Investigation."
Date:
March 9, 1964
Creator:
Brown, Don
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8017]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "This landscape scene caught the photographer's eye in the 1200 block NE 63. The oil wells in the background blend with the worker busy in the fields at a city nursery firm. The workman is Kenneth Harris and he is planning "little liner," (baby trees). In the background is Northeast highschool."
Date:
March 28, 1949
Creator:
Owen, A. Y.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3737]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "State Fair access should be improved this fall with completion of the new West Bypass. Looking north from I-40, this aerial view shows the fairground, near center of photo, and the new expressway as it snakes towards NW 39."
Date:
March 17, 1976
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1021]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "OU's Bill Whitlock leaps high, but not high enough to block southpaw toss by Gene Johnson."
Date:
March 8, 1965
Creator:
Heaton, Bob
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.11092]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo with a multi-story building on the left, inclosed skywalk at middle, building at the right, cars parked on the street, and more)"
Date:
March 2, 1962
Creator:
Traverse, Austin
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5418]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Historical displays interest youngsters."
Date:
March 4, 1969
Creator:
Argo, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0652]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Heap of junk is about all that's left of a three-ton tractor-trailer and its load of soap and candy Easter eggs Tueday after Santa Fe frieght engine smashed into truck in 5200 block S High just a block from the home of truck driver Frank Lee Bohanon, 33. Bohanon suffered head and chest injuries, but was not believed in serious condition at Hillcrest Hospital."
Date:
March 8, 1966
Creator:
Albright, Bob
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History