[Photograph 2012.201.B0096.0034]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Prospects who will get a good look this year by major league scouts talk with Anadarko coach Phil Bohannon at last years's OU tournament."
Date: April 18, 1959
Creator: Gumm, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0119.0305]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "John Butler and Janet Berry are shown at organ console."
Date: April 18, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0234.0322]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "L. H. Colvin, Cache, holds two of three puppies whose color almost upset the daily routine of living in the Comanche, county town."
Date: April 18, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0111.0378]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "P. D. Brown, Moss high school's fastballing pitching standout, is the 1959 All-State team's player-of-the-year."
Date: April 18, 1959
Creator: Gumm, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1268.0211]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Invited to sevre as chaplain of the state senate for the week beginning April 27 is Rev. G. C. Stutzer, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Redeamer, Okmulgee."
Date: April 18, 1959
Creator: Spring, Kent
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1247.0050]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "General's daughter and her husband, Lieut. H. E. Simpson."
Date: April 18, 1959
Creator: United States. Army.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1237.0538]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "New director of the Oklahoma City libraries is Irwin Sexton, 37-year-old professional librarian from Kansas City, Mo."
Date: April 18, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1251.0300]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Gomer Smith. Mrs. W.D. Grisso and Miss Barbara Huckins."
Date: April 18, 1959
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0941.0640]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Art Nemecheck, left, and Robert Hawkins, 3224 NW 25, inspect special clocking devices for a race."
Date: April 18, 1959
Creator: Fisher, Dawes
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1018.0405]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: April 18, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6091]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Fire at a Continental Oil Co. well 5 miles south of Will Rogers field, believed touched off by lightning during an early morning thunderstorm, raged out of control Saturday. Company workers were battling it with fire hoses. Damage was estimated at upwards of $100,000 at the well, Castlebury No. 1 in Cleveland County. A four-man crew - as a precautionary measure - was attempting to seal the well, which was blowing oil, at 5 p.m. Before the control heads could be closed, the oil ignited, probably from a lightining bolt. No one was injured as the area burst into flames...W. L. Bennett, Oklahoma City, well service operator, estimated value of the rig equipment at $100,000. At mid-day, moving equipment was being used to drag away tje charred remains of the rig while more than a score of Conco workers kept water trained on the blaze. Oklahoma City firemen were at the scene on a stand-by basis. 100 Barrels A Day The well, one mile east and a half-mile south of "Bailey's Corner," the intersection of SH 37 and U. S. 62 and 277, was drilled in 1955 and …
Date: April 18, 1959
Creator: Gumm, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6092]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Fire at a Continental Oil Co. well 5 miles south of Will Rogers field, believed touched off by lightning during an early morning thunderstorm, raged out of control Saturday. Company workers were battling it with fire hoses. Damage was estimated at upwards of $100,000 at the well, Castlebury No. 1 in Cleveland County. A four-man crew - as a precautionary measure - was attempting to seal the well, which was blowing oil, at 5 p.m. Before the control heads could be closed, the oil ignited, probably from a lightining bolt. No one was injured as the area burst into flames...W. L. Bennett, Oklahoma City, well service operator, estimated value of the rig equipment at $100,000. At mid-day, moving equipment was being used to drag away tje charred remains of the rig while more than a score of Conco workers kept water trained on the blaze. Oklahoma City firemen were at the scene on a stand-by basis. 100 Barrels A Day The well, one mile east and a half-mile south of "Bailey's Corner," the intersection of SH 37 and U. S. 62 and 277, was drilled in 1955 and …
Date: April 18, 1959
Creator: Gumm, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0285.0007]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Art Nemechek, left, and Robert Hawkins, 3224 NW 25, inspect special clocking devices for race."
Date: April 18, 1959
Creator: Fisher, Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6090]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "White-Hot Flames shoot over the melted wreckage of an oil well derrick in a $100,000 blaze south of Oklahoma city Saturday. The fire was set off when lightning struck Continental Oil Co.'s Castlebury No. 1, five miles southeast of will Rogers field. After burning out of control for more that six hours it was extinguished at noon. No one was injured."
Date: April 18, 1959
Creator: Peterson, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History