Photograph of an unidentified woman outdoors on a porch.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "One of the nation's most revolutionary bank designs began taking shape here Wednesdat when workmen began assembling the gold dome that will top the Citizens State Bank at NW 23 and Classen. The first of the 625 panels of gold anodized aluminum were fitted together at 10 a.m. Wednesday. the 60 foot high dome is expected to be in place by Wednesday of next week....Bailey, Bozalis, Dickinson and Roloff, Oklahoma City architects, designed the structure, which is located on the former Jefferson school site purchased by the bank for $351,000. Dale Benz, Inc., of Phoenix is constructing the aluminum dome, which is the fifthsuch dome to be erected in the world and the first to be used for a bank. General contractor of Secor Construction Co. of Oklahoma City..............The contractor is not rushing the Citizens State job, but the aluminum dome on the Borger, Texas auditorium was erected in 30 hours."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Just killing time at Frontier City is this western character billed as Joe Blow Esq., from Talala who will drive the stage and head up Frontier City USA's Spit and Whistle club which is scheduled to meet weekly at the station depot for sessions of sitting and whittling. The club will have no dues and no business sessions. It will be decoted exclusively to loafing."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Bell Isle Lake spreads out over a huge area in northside Oklahoma City, some arms reaching to the bypass and others touching N Pennsylvania."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sixteen hundred theatergoers can be seated comfortably in the Warner, which originally opened as a legitimate theater."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Rioting exploded at Moon junior highschool shortly before noon Thursday, and enveloped the entire neighborhood in yelling, milling hysteria. The short-lived, end-of-shool outbreak was quelled in a bout 30 minutes by 15 police squadcars units, four motorcycle officers and fire hose-wielding firemen. No injuries were noted in the rain of bricks, ballbats, broken bottles, shoes, books and other missles thrown by shouting students. However, police sergent was struck in the chest with a clod of dirt. Principal William W. Johnson blamed the riot on hordes of Douglass and Webster students who already had been excused for summer vacation. He said the students came to Moon and "kidded" students who still had to pick up grade cards. Deputy sheriff A. D. Boyd, whose wife teaches at the school, said about 500 douglass and Webster students were on the school grounds. As the uprising began to spread, Johnson said he called police. The first two-man unit was thrown back immediately from the crowd-blocked door, and called for help. Suceeding waves of police cars arrived, anid repeated calls for reinforcements...Four fire department rescue squads and one fire truck were rushed to …

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City's busiest intersection is at Reno where Western meets Exchange. An average of 38,570 vehicles pass the corner during a 24-hour period, a figure which barely edged the intersection of NW 23 and Classen, where 38,482 cars pass daily. This shot looking south and southwest was taken at about 7:45 a.m. Wednesday showing a portion of the thousands of cars that jam the corner."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Western Hills Baptist church will open the glass doors to its new sanctuary Sunday. The church is setting special attendance goals to more than half fill the auditorium, whose seating is about 1,200, counting balcony pews. The $230,000 building, at 401 SW 44, was started in August. Dedication ceremonies are planned for June 21 when the church also will celebrate its anniversary - it organized in 1931 - with a homecoming celebration.........In front is a ramp, to be used by persons unable to walk up the steps. The building is air contioned. Besides seating for the congregation, the sanctuary provides space for a 60-voice choir. The old sanctuary will be partitioned off into educational and recreation space. (photo tag: Inside, sound technician Bob Ellenwood, 4518 S Drexel, finishes the pulpit public address system.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "From the moment the bright gold dome of Citizen's State Bank started rising at NW 23 and Classen, it haas been attracting attention. There is little woner-it stands out like the rising sun on a foggy morning. From the Northwest highway the gleaming gold sits like a jewel in the midst of the trees. Workers in downtown skyscrapers looking north can't miss it in the afternoon when the sun reflects from the dozens of curved aluminum panels. Cityans may grag: No one else has a building like that thing! Oh yeah? Kaiser Aluminum Co., inventor of the dome, announced Thursday that the dome was the fifth completed in this country in the past ten months! Completed at the same time was a theater-in-the round in Fort Worth, Texas................It was designed by Bailey, Bozalis, Dickinson and Roloff. the designers can spot it from their offices on the 33rd floor of Liberty National bank building. "It shines in my eyes all day," commented one employe of the firm. General contractor is Secor Buildings Co. of Oklahoma City. However, the tricky dome-raising was done by Benz, Inc. of Phoenix, Ariz...............It was …

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Thunderstorms, flash flooding and tornadoes Friday night left Oklahoma City and vicinity with a soggy, battered hangover strikingly illustrated by these photos taken the morning after. From left are a view of the rising South Canadian river from the E Reno detour about half-mile east of S Eastern."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo a a number of golfers on a green, buildings, a house, and more.)"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A big kersplash officially opened the new Midwest City Elks Golf and Country club Friday. Machile Cooley, 6 W. P. Bill Atkinson's granddaughter, snipped a ribbon and dived into the sparkling junior olympics size pool, followed by a hundred or more small-fry. Highlights of the three-day grand opening include a golf tournament and the Oklahoma AAU swimming and diving championship, which end Sunday. Built on 33 acres of land, the new country club boasts a nine-hole course and a clubhouse accomodating 600 members."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Circle of Steel will form the roof of the new $300,000 art center being erected at State Fair Park on the Palza Circle. Virtually all the steelframework of the circular building is up, and the workmen have started putting place the 120 terrazo panels that will make up the exterior walls. The art center is being constructed through a gift bu sity oilman John E. Kirkpatrick and his wife. parr and & Aderhold of Oklahoma City are architects for the building. Contractor is Charles M. Dunning Comstruction Co. FFA and I-H buildings can be seen under the steel framework."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Just like piecing a quilt" is the way one fellow described the roofing project going on at nW 23 and Classen, where workmen are busy erecting a gold dome on the new Classen State Bank. The picture at lower left shows the pattern the workmwn must follow, and the photo at the lower right shows construction men readying some of the pieces. An idea of how the dome will appear when completed can be taken from the top picture, which shows the start of the project. Workmen had 625 diamond shaped panels to piece together when they started Wednesday. They hope to have the quilt-like job finished this coming Wednesday. As a row of panels is affixed around the perimeter of the dome, the roof is raised another notch by use of the tower.....The dome will top a building designed by Bailey, Bozalis, Dickinson and Roloff, Oklahoma City architects. Secor Construction Co. of Oklahoma City is the general contractor, and Dale Benz, Inc., od Phoenix is erecting the dome..."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "They make a pretty picture, but wheat stalks at N Lincol and the bypass aren't funny to the highway department."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Ponderous earth-moving machines are shaping a mountain range across east Oklahoma City. Completion will give Capitol Hill, Midwest City and Del City residents a fast, ultra-modern route into town. Principal work is on the immense Raymond Gary expressway, and construction has just begun on the Tinker field diagonal. The Gary expressway will serve as a bypass for U.S. 77 and will connect with S Shields at Moore. Along Reno and the North Canadian river, the towering mountains of earth slash across oilfields in a confused pattern. here the freeway will connect with the Tinker diagnoal. And here is perhaps the most spectacular show in the expressway construction picture. The Raymond Gary expressway will flow high above the surrounding countryside on the high ridges of earth......Actual construction of the 4 1/2-mile downtown road will get underway in 1959. Work began earlier this month on the Tinker field diagonal, which should carry a large load of airbase workers. Leo Sanders, Oklahoma City contractor, is grading and doing drainage work from Renosoutheast to a point east of SunnyLane. Pool Construction Co. of Shawnee will build two bridges between Foundry and Grand …

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "A couple watches the miniature boat on lake in Springlake amusement park."

Photograph of Old Thompson at his log house north side of the Butterfield Route, near Dog Creek, Latimer County, OK, May 1958.

Photograph of Old Thompson at his log house north side of the Butterfield Route, near Dog Creek, Latimer County, OK, May 1958.

Photograph of L to R: Grace Hester, Gertrude Pratt, Celoise Shurley, and Rachel Munson during the Golden Anniversary Pageant at Western State Hospital, Fort Supply, OK.

Photograph of Warren Thompson during the Golden Anniversary Pageant at Western State Hospital, Fort Supply, OK.

Photograph of four UNIDENTIFIED people during the Golden Anniversary Pageant at Western State Hospital, Fort Supply, OK.

Photograph of L to R: Rachel Munson and Grace Hester during the Golden Anniversary Pageant at Western State Hospital, Fort Supply, OK.

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Carter, Fort Supply, OK.