Resource Type

Mayo Building in Tulsa

Photograph of Mayo Building on the corner of West Fifth Street and South Main Street in Tulsa. Several automobiles are parked on othe street. Two women are standing on the corner and another individual is crossing the street. A man is on the sidewalk.
Date: [..1940]
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Illinois Central (IC) 4921

A photograph print showing the Illinois Central (IC) 4921, 4-4-0, Memphis, TN.
Date: December 31, 1940
Creator: Schick, Joseph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0301B.0533]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: December 31, 1940
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0968.0946]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: December 30, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Santa Fe (ATSF) 3717

A photograph print showing Santa Fe 3717, 4-8-2, Denver, CO.
Date: December 30, 1940
Creator: Schick, Joseph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0292.0292]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: December 29, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0964.0010]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: December 29, 1940
Creator: Brown, Connery & Co.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1042.0175]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: December 29, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1295.0331]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: December 29, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0241.0591]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: December 27, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1201.0280]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Stagcoach running between Oklahoma City and El Reno soon after the run."
Date: December 27, 1940
Creator: Brown, Connery & Co.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1229.0265]

Caption: "Ted Savage, Hammon, Roger Mills County, student at Oklahoma A&M college is such a firm believer in farming that he introduced a bill in the Oklahoma Junior legislature session here requiring that all Oklahoma school children must have four years of agricultural training."
Date: December 27, 1940
Creator: Johnson, Bill
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1261.0482]

Caption: "Sterrett, Jack - Tulsa University Basketball Coach" Man yells and points to something out of shot while a basketball player points with him and another player sits between them.
Date: December 27, 1940
Creator: Thomas, Gene
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.4987]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A 38-year-old man, formely a prosperous San Francisco businessman, plunged seven stories to his death from the Wells-Roberts Hotel Tuesday afternoon. A moment after he leaped, the hotel switchboard lighted up, and a woman's voice asked to speak to "905." Following a brief pause, operator Agnes Ward told the caller, "He doesn't answer." The woman hung up. Hotel assistant manager Jack Briscoe identified the dead man as Lowell Burton Brown. He said Brown signed the register early Sunday, giving Augusta, Kan., as his home. Briscoe said a woman had been calling Brown all day, but Brown wouldn't answer the phone. At 2 p.m. Brown called the switchboard and told the operate to call a doctor to "pronounce me dead. I'm going to jump." He named a city physicians as the one he wanted called. He Falls About 90 Feet "I figured it was just another drunk with a stunt. but thought I'd better check. I found the engineer and we went up there," Briscoe said. "Just as I opened the door, he yelled, 'I want you to see this.' Then he sort of squatted down and plunged right out …
Date: December 27, 1940
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0150.0139]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: December 26, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0150.0147]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: December 26, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0257.0477]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Yes, L. J. Eggleston, best basketball shot among the Oklahoma Aggies, had his perspiring moments in his team's 38-30 win over the Texas Aggies in the All - College tournament Thursday night."
Date: December 26, 1940
Creator: Thomas, Gene
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0283.0232]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lady Halifax wife of British Ambassador to U. S."
Date: December 26, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0967.0532]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: December 26, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1048.0220]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: December 26, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1134.0276]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The trio of representativesis mastering complicated parliamentary procedure. L-R, Tom Weaver, 16, Stillwater; Virginia Bezona, Capitol Hill HS; and Ferrill Rogers, Stillwater."
Date: December 26, 1940
Creator: Johnson, Bill
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Home of Chief Allen Wright

Photograph of Chief Allen Wright's home on Christmas day, Boggy Depot, OK.
Date: December 25, 1940
Creator: Richards, A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Midland Valley (MV) 75

A photograph print showing the Midland Valley (MV) 75, 2-8-2 (BLW - class 70), Panama, OK.
Date: December 25, 1940
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0284.0423]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Kenneth Dale Handke, the 1940 Times Christmas baby, threw up his hands in amazement when he eyed the presents sent him as the new king."
Date: December 25, 1940
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History