Resource Type

[Photograph 2012.201.B1432.0340]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Dr. Eugene S. Briggs (left) , 58-year-old president of Phillips University, Enid, Okla., Accepts a Gavel, symbolic of his new post as president of The Lions International, from retiring persident Fred W. Smith right of Ventura, Calif., as Madison Square Garden, New York City, July 29, following his unopposed election."
Date: August 26, 1948
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0848]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Monday was jinx day at the Oklahoma air national guard camp, Enid. First a gas trailer fell from its jack wheels and the fire department had to spray the area until a mobile crane righted the tank, above. Then a leak in an underground tank dumped 10,000 gallons of gas on the air filed. No. 3 was a crash of an F-51 in which the pilot escaped."
Date: August 16, 1948
Creator: Pyer, Ronald
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History