[Fire at Claremore Business District]

A daylight photograph of a fire at Claremore in Rogers County, Oklahoma. Onlookers watch as firemen endure intense smoke while battling a fire in the Claremore business district. Black wax pencil and editing marks are visible on the image. Caption: "Claremore business district blazes under clouds of dense smoke Friday."
Date: February 21, 1970
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0233

Photograph taken during daylight of buildings destroyed by fire where rubble and charred wreckage remain. A firetruck and fire hose are nearby.
Date: January 11, 1970
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0270]

Photograph is an aerial view of MainSstreet in Crescent City. There is a large smoke cloud rising from some of the buildings and flames on the roof of another.
Date: December 2, 1970
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0332

Burned out building with fire fighters still around, daytime, of sporting goods store. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: July 10, 1970
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0312.0015]

Photograph of three kenneled dogs in the back of a station wagon.
Date: February 28, 1970
Creator: Hill, Ron
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Coweta Oklahoma Fire, 1970

Photograph taken during daylight of a man standing near buildings destroyed by fire. An emergency vehicle is parked nearby. Caption: "Four buildings were destroyed in an early morning fire."
Date: January 10, 1970
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0328]

Photograph is of the debris that is left after a fire destroyed many silos. The burnt debris is the metal silos and support structures of the now destroyed structure. photograph was taken int he day time. Caption: "Enid firemen Wednesday continued their efforts to extinguish a fire which ravaged a feed mill belonging to the W. B. Johnston Grain Co. Joe Meibergen, vice president in charge of the feed department, said Wednesday the mill was "just a total loss."
Date: November 12, 1970
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.1212]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "TWO AMBULANCE ATTENDANTS were injured Friday in a two-car smashup at Northwest 39 Expressway and Rockwell while they were en route to pick up another accident victim at NW 36 and Council Road."
Date: December 25, 1970
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0553

Photograph taken during daylight of building destroyed in fire. Firemen spray water toward the crumbling facade. Caption: "Tumbling wall of a theater building in downtown Ringling."
Date: January 12, 1970
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0051.0146]

Scorched remains of a plane near a field. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Dark area in center background shows scorching path of plane after it hit wheat field. Two Oklahoma City insurance officials and the wife and daughter of a colleague were killed shortly after midnight Wednesday in the flaming crash of a private plane in far northwest Oklahoma City. The dead: FRANK J. HAVELKA, 49, the pilot. G. JAMES HUSTON JR., 37. MRS. NEIL BRATT. CANDACE BRATT, 15, her daughter. Bratt, the sole survivor, is in critical condition in Baptist Hospital with multiple injuries. All With Firm - The five were en route home from the Dallas-Fort Worth area in a twin-engined Beechcraft owned by Mid-Continent Life Insurance Co. when the plane dived into a muddy field. All were affiliated with the firm."
Date: June 4, 1970
Creator: Taylor, Robert
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0051.0145]

Seat from plane crash lying in a field. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Twisted propeller, above, was wrenched from one engine when a seven-passenger Beechcraft crashed just after midnight Wednesday in far north Oklahoma City. Four persons were killed and one critically injured, all linked to Mid-Continent Life Insurance Co. Seat, below, was among numerous item strewn along the plane's flaming path in a wheat field."
Date: June 4, 1970
Creator: Taylor, Robert
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Luther Fire

Photograph taken during daylight of smoldering ruins of building. Caption: "Ruins still smolder after $300,000 fire ravaged the Luther business district." In 2018, this area on South Main Street is a park area commonly called Veteran Memorial and Freedom Center.
Date: August 29, 1970
Creator: Aker, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0298.0089]

Photograph taken during daylight of two women with a lantern. Caption: "Most happy to oblige, and thereby gaining an evening of fun, were guests receiving the invitation headed "Hayden Abney and Cindy Brown want you to come for Hot Dogs in the Hollow."
Date: June 20, 1970
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0334]

Photograph of the remains of a corner hotel on a main street. The remains of the brick structural pillars and the foundation are all that is really identifiable among the remaining rubble. Photograph was taken in the day time. Caption: "Little remains of the landmark Tully Building in Eufaula, destroyed in an early morning blaze Thursday. A hotel, the police department, mayor's office, Chamber of Commerce, supermarket and TV repair service all were lost. Hugh Marshall, 55, of Canadian, was charged with arson in the $500,000 fire."
Date: July 10, 1970
Creator: Parkhurst, Dean
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0422.0017]

Photograph is a head shot of a man dressed in a military dress uniform. Caption: "M. Sgt. Donald A. Firkins, now serving with a unit of the Air Force Communications service at Tinker Air force Base, recently was decorated with the Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam."
Date: November 5, 1970
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0910.0085]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The second annual Model Hobby Fair featuring model trains, boats, planes, cars. rockets, treasure hunting and ham Saturday and Sunday at the radio gear will be next fairgrounds." Image is of a man wearing a dark button down shirt, light colored pants and dark boots crouched down and adjusting wiring connected to a model rocket ship oon its firing dock. There are wires connecting to a plug nect to the rocket. The man and the rocket are located outside during the daytime on a dirt road in a field.
Date: 1970
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0960B.0183]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Image is shown over the shoulder of a man holding a stick up while a lady holds the leash on a German Sheppard dog. The dog has his head lowered and baring his teeth in an aggressive manner.
Date: November 25, 1970
Creator: Aker, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0275.0471]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "SGT. I-SEE-O, (left) a Kiowa Indian scout, is introduced by Maj. Gen. Ernest Hinds, Commandant of the Field Artillery School to General of the Armies John J. Pershing (right) in 1922."
Date: February 24, 1970
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History