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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Well on its way To Complettion is the new Civic Center Music Hall scheduled to open January 23 and 24 with concertesby the Oklahoma City Symphony. This is the rear portion of the hall where the first of the 3,200 seats are now being installed. The one balcony is visible as are the new wood side walls and the new ceiling. The seats will be covered with a lipstick red fabric carpeting will be gold and the wall are a walnut stain."
Date: December 19, 1966
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(drawing of "New Village Library - Phase II - Section Park Area Development.")"
Date: December 20, 1989
Creator: Glover Smith Bode, INC.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Death scene is inspected by firemen Friday night at the Forest Park home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh W. O'Keeffe. Mrs. O'Keefe perished in the master bedroom, just behind and left of firemen. Undamaged clothes hang in a closet, right. Fire officials estimated to the two-story home and its contents at $53,000."
Date: December 17, 1965
Creator: Crowder, Russ
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "The recently completed Free Methodist church at 65000 E reno is a kind of experiment."
Date: December 27, 1957
Creator: Winford, Wesley
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Above the fireplace in the family room hangs an original by Goivanni Battista Sassoferrato (1605-1685) an Italian artist. The piano bench imported from France is of the Louis XV period. The piano contains 15 pieces of matched wood. The case is hand made and the piano was built for a famous concert pianist. The case was made in France and the works imported from Hamburg, Germany."
Date: December 2, 1959
Creator: Peterson, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Testing durability of new plastic dividers installed in two scout cars Tuesday is V.L. Johnson, city garage employee in back seat, and officer Bob Vogt, behind wheel, and Don Spence. The division provide protection for police while escorting prisoners to jail."
Date: December 29, 1964
Creator: Heaton, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Smoke billows from apartment house at 1819 NW 6. Fire destroying the interior, including Christmas gifts. Mrs. Francis Walker wrapped a blanket around a frightened, shivering Pekingese dog named "pumpkin." "The firemen said it was dead when they brought it out," said her brother. Fred J. C. Ogle. "It wasn't breathing." Mrs. Walker handled the dog gently. It may be all that is left for her two small children when they return home...."I doubt if there's much left," said Ogle, who is living with his sister and her husband, James P. Walker, a plumber...The two children, Diana, 3, and Jerry Don, 1, are away visiting relatives, Ogle said. The third roomer, Bill Abbott, also was away from home."
Date: December 19, 1966
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Firemen battle hotel fire as smoke pour from windows, roof. Authorities Wednesday night were investigating the possiblity that a $15,000 hotel fire in downtown Oklahoma City Christmas morning was no accident. One man lost his life in the blaze. Richard Connell, 48, who listed his address as Oklahoma City, was killed in the three-alarm fire that swept through the third floor of the Blackstone Hotel, 7 S Dewey. It was the hotel's third blaze in six weeks."
Date: December 25, 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The lasso around the calf's neck, Tom Ferguson of Miami, concentrates on running the animal down for the tie. (Backside handwriting: "#1 Tom Ferguson Miami Ok. Calf Ropino.")"
Date: December 9, 1978
Creator: Reed, Monty
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Snow churning on desolate parking expanse at NW 10 and Pennsylvania typified city's bitter cold mess today."
Date: December 19, 1979
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The remains of a stairway which escaped destruction framed this picture of devastation."
Date: December 3, 1949
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Steel and concrete will support Oklahoma City's Crosstown skyway. This photo shows construction at the Byers Ave. crossing. Upper part of picture shows proximity of downtown skyscrapers. The elevated, when completed, will extend from I. H. 35 on the east to Western on the west side of the city."
Date: December 30, 1963
Creator: Foster, Ray
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "True Outline Of Oklahoma City's Newest Bypass Expressway is shaping up between Belle Isle lake and NW 39. Concrete curbing outlining the four-lane divided expressway is completed in view above, looking north from Mattern drive toward the Northwest highway bypass. The newest leg of the bypass, which will carry U.S. 66 traffic, will be completed from this point southwest to NW 39 and Drexel under two contracts."
Date: December 23, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "They'll be after their fifth straight championshipp of the All-American College tournament when these Oklahoma Aggies launch their title bid against Texas Tech in the second game of Monday night's doubleheader at the municipal auditorium. From the left, they are; Joe Bradley, J. L. Parks, Bob Harris (behind Parks), coach Henry P. Iba, Gale McArthur (fron), Vernon Yates and Bob Seymour. The Cowboys have won four of five starts thus far this season."
Date: December 21, 1948
Creator: East, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of an area outside of a house/building at its porch(?), burnt debris, a fence, and more.)"
Date: December 4, 1968
Creator: Wood, Tony
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of a construction site in the center that has some concrete poured on the right, roads, railroad tracks, many buildings all around, cars, and more.)"
Date: December 8, 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(aerial photo of hangers, barracks, other buildings across the middle to bottom, the unoversity across the middle, football stadium at middle top center, Norman at top center, and more.)"
Date: December 10, 1951
Creator: Burns, Bill
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Norman's Bobby Berger tightens down for saddle bronc riding."
Date: December 8, 1976
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "High-stepping Jim Feamster (44) and Lester Berryhill of O-State tangle with a Texan in a rebound scramble while Kieth Branch of the Cowboys looks on at right."
Date: December 13, 1965
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Mathilda, safely immered in her new home, stares up at Gayla Peevey, the little girl whose fast-selling Christmas song started the chain of events that tied a Yule ribbon around a 700-pound hippo."
Date: December 24, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "At left, Karen Cassil King adds a few toys Tuesday to the stockpile already accumulated for today's dinner. Organizers hope to have at least one toy for each boy and girl who attends."
Date: December 24, 1991
Creator: Hoke, Doug
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "At first glance this picture makes one wonder how the photographer got his shot without falling on his head. A second and closer look shows a lot of revealing thingswhy traffic moves slowly in downtown Oklahoma City. One each side of Robinson at the light drivers are out in the pedestrain cross walks, distrubing the movement. the delayed pedestrian movement in turn is holding up a right turn in the south-bound lane and traffic stacks up to the alley. Eastbound traffic, sure to be held up by straggling pedestrians tryingh to get around the protruding front car, will keep some of the 14 cars headed east tied up till the next light. One car going north has already cleared the intersection while another, stalled at the crossing stacks traffic half a block south. Forty-two cars, trucks and buses are visible in this intersection shot of Robinson and NW 1 taken at noon."
Date: December 6, 1947
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Heavy snow leaves beauty, heartache and inconvenience around Oklahoma City as the camera records the aftermath of Tuesday night's near blizzard. At left, a pickup truck sits abandoned on SH 41 midway between the Wheatland and Union City, a victim of wind that blocked the road with snow bu blew dry fields nearly bare."
Date: December 29, 1954
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Shirley Cassil spreads out a tablecloth in preperation for the Red Andrews Christmas Dinner. Organizers expect to feed more than 6,000 people at the dinner, held each year at the Myriad Convention Center."
Date: December 24, 1991
Creator: Hoke, Doug
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History