Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Near Hydro 08-06-53"

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Six persons lost their lives and 35 were injured early Thursday when this Greyhound bus an automobile sideswiped, locked bumpers then plunged 40 feet into the bottom of Deer creek just west of Hydro, Caddo county, on U. S. 66. This was the picture after rescuers cleared the last of victims from the wreckage. A woman and her 3-year-old daughter, riding in the auto, and four bus passengers were killed in this, one of the state's worst traffic accidents."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Near Hydro 08-06-53"

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Near Hydro 08-06-53"

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Here`s all that`s left of the house trailer and belongings of the Jean Louis Wilkey family whose automobile collided with the bus. The trailer was torn free of the car by a bridge railing but was demolished when it smashed into the bridge structure. Mrs. Wilkey and her daughter, Jerry Ruth, were killed in the crash, and Wilkey, driver of the car, is in critical condition in Clinton`s Oklahoma General hospital."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Near Hydro 08-06-53"

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "It's stardust in her eyes now, but in less than a month it will be sand under her feet at Waikiki beach for Janis Clark, 2548 NW 23. She's going o Hawaii."

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "This was the crash scene minutes after the tragedy, as survivors struggle out of the ill-fated bus which plunged 23 feet over the side of a narrow bridge near Hydro early Thursday. Six persons were killed in the state`s worst highway accident since 1949. A greyhound bus and an automobile, their bumpers locked together, plunged into a creek bed near Hydro on U. S. 66 Thursday killing six people and injuring 35 in what was described as the state`s worst highway accident since 1949. Thursday`s tragic accident put August in line for the dubious honor of being the bloodiest month on state highways so far this year, with 16 fatalities in only six days. If that rate continues, 75 persons will die in highway accidents before the month is over. one highway patrol spokesman said. The highway patrol termed Thursday`s crash the worst in the state since February 2, 1949 when seven persons were killed in Tulsa in an automobile-train collision. Dead in the accident near Hydro are: Mrs. W. F. Brady, 75, Little Rock, Ark., killed instantly. Mrs. P. A. Ferguson, 48, Compton, Calif., killed instantly. Mrs. …

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The job often calls for conference with H. P. Johnson, hotel manager, of keeping the hotel in running order."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Cutting pipe, requiring a hefty right arm, is routine business for Mrs. Lauvaughn Garner, blue-eyed, pretty and efficient plumber at a city hotel."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "When not keeping the hotel's drain and network of pipes unclogged, Mrs. Garner fills in with jobs which enhance the comfort and convenience of guests."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Under the supervision of Helen McGee, Oklahoma City, nutritionist for the state school lunch division cafeteria employees prepare a complete dinner at a cost of only 11 cents a meal."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mr. and Mrs. Randall Stewart, Providence, R. I., are houseguests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Jones, 1314 NW 22, OKC. He is a professor of English at Brown Univ., and has authored several books, while Mrs. Stewart is an OU graduate, and was a member of the English department there for many years."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Please, Judy, that's only a tree trunk! We know you're a lonesome gal, but let's not carry this thing too far."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Perry halfback Billy Pricer is set to star for the North Thursday night in the annual all-state football game. Pricer is also defending state wrestling champion at 167 pounds."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Two new members of the Southeastern State College music faculty, who will begin their duties at the start of the fall term, are Dr. Howard H. Rye of Myrtle Merrill, both of New York."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The best possible place to unload furniture is from a truck that's double parked, so you can lift it over the parked automobiles."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Patsy listens to teacher Verdry Vaughan speak sentences into the microphone attached to her hearing aid."