[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6100]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a guy walking towards the camera with a semi on the left and a ramp on the righ, muddy where he is at, oil well on fire in the distance, and more)"
Date: August 18, 1964
Creator: Heaton, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.4598]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It's a big state-Tinker employees make all Oklahoma their state fair exhibit."
Date: August 18, 1964
Creator: Wood, Tony
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6120]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Blowing rocks and soil high into the air, rampaging oil well near Canton has created 15-foot-high wall around crater. Melted rig is shown in foreground as fire bellows from the hole."
Date: August 18, 1964
Creator: Heaton, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6103]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo looking at the center of the fire from the ground, flames/smoke going up in a mushroom looking, and more)"
Date: August 18, 1964
Creator: Heaton, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6113]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo with two guys in the foreground at fence sign of "Keep Out," wood/steel frame on the left, oil well fire in the background, and more. Backside handwriting: "1/2 mile from fire guards & sign to keep people back Both are guards.")"
Date: August 18, 1964
Creator: Heaton, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0295.0237]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Bill Homeier west coast midget auto racing hotshot, was the first entrant for a the AAA midget races here Tuesday night, August 9." William "Bill" Homeier won the 100-mile championship midget race held in Tulsa, April 14, 1951, at the Tulsa Fairgrounds, winning the John Zink Award Trophy.
Date: August 18, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History