The Edmond Sun (Edmond, Okla.), Vol. 70, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 25, 1959 (open access)

The Edmond Sun (Edmond, Okla.), Vol. 70, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 25, 1959

Weekly newspaper from Edmond, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 70, No. 169, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 25, 1959 (open access)

Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 70, No. 169, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 25, 1959

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Gaylord, E. K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 70, No. 169, Ed. 2 Tuesday, August 25, 1959 (open access)

Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 70, No. 169, Ed. 2 Tuesday, August 25, 1959

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Gaylord, E. K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 70, No. 169, Ed. 3 Tuesday, August 25, 1959 (open access)

Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 70, No. 169, Ed. 3 Tuesday, August 25, 1959

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Gaylord, E. K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 70, No. 169, Ed. 4 Tuesday, August 25, 1959 (open access)

Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 70, No. 169, Ed. 4 Tuesday, August 25, 1959

Daily newspaper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Gaylord, E. K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0164.0382]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "YOUNG MAN is the name of this English bulldog."
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: King, Cliff
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0164.0551]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Germans bred the Dachshund years ago to ferret the badger out of lobs and to dig the mean little critters out of dens in the ground."
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: King, Cliff
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0164.0592]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Doberman Pinschers and Miniature Pinschers are quick in obedience trials and stylish in the show ring."
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: King, Cliff
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0281.0136]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Radio cuts hospital loneliness for Sharon Kay Hall."
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0369.0263]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Indian sign will be put on national AMVETS convention in Grand Rapids, Mich., by these and other Oklahoma delegates who left here Tuesday morning by chartered bus. Leading the 36-member delegation was Chalmer Langston, Norman, right, state commander. With him are his wife, Ruth, and Woody Hunt."
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0415.0177]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0418.0125]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Loose power and telephone wires cluttered the area."
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Tapscott, George
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1361.0434]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Top level inspection was conducted at the new Western Electric Co. plant construction site here Tuesday."
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1340]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of many burned oil drums, buckets, metal supporters, a wheel, and more.)"
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Tapscott, George
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1341]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The million-dollar ruins of the Cato Oil and Grease Co. plant. 1808 NE 9, smoldered late into the morning Tuesday. Bout 225 firemen battled the flames."
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Tapscott, George
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1342]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Tangled wreckage of storage drum is all that remains on this loading doack of Cato Oil and Grease Co. The drums were loaded with motor oil and related fuels manufactured by the firm. They exploded in the fiery blaze. In background is shown, dimly, a tank car loaded with oil that , despite being enveloped in flames, did not exploded. Plans for reconstruction of the Cato Oil and Grease Co., 1808 NE 9, "must necessarily await a study of the damage we suffered. But, said Dean A. McGee, president of Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc., "there is no reason to consider moving the plant, or doing anything else just now but rebuild. Claude Huffman is president of Cato, but all of the stock of the company is owned by Kerr-McGee. The $1.5 million estimate of the value of the property was made by Kerr-McGee claims agent Ray McNary. Normally, between 100 and 125 persons are employed at the plant. McGee did not have the exact figure early Tuesday, after the spectacular 4-alarn fire during the night......McGee said that until debris is cleared away, it will be impossible to estimate …
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Tapscott, George
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1343]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oil explosions at the Cato Oil and Grease Co. fire sent flames 200 feet into the air and black smoke clouds billowing and additional feet. Chunks of metal were sent flying through the area by the explosions. Two firemen were injured by blasts during a four alarm oil and grease fire that raged out of control early Tuesday morning at the Cato Oil Co., 1808 NE 9. Lieut. L. W. Rogers and W. D. Morton were burned about the face."
Date: August 25, 1959
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History