[Basement Box 51.0131]

Caption: "An oil sludge fire near an oil refinery on Oklahoma City's east side burned out of control for nearly an hour Sunday, sending up a column of black smoke visible for some 20 miles." Fireman points to smoking oil spill.
Date: November 20, 1971
Creator: Pate, Dave
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0128]

Caption: "At tall building at site of abandoned drive-in theater at NE 58 and Grand Blvd. Thursday afternoon." Charred remains of building.
Date: November 26, 1971
Creator: Aker, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0153]

Firemen retreat from falling burning wall while one fireman is in cherry picker spraying water onto building.
Date: November 29, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0165]

Caption: "Public Supply Co." Firefighters putting out fire at the Public Supply Co.
Date: November 29, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0166]

Caption: "Public Supply Co.- Looks East toward downtown on 4th." Firefighters putting out fire at the Public Supply Co.
Date: November 29, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0169]

Caption: "Public Supply Co." Firefighter holding video camera recording fire at Public Supply Co.
Date: November 29, 1971
Creator: Wilson, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0170]

Caption: "Public Supply Co." Three firefighters using hose to put out fire at Public Supply Co.
Date: November 29, 1971
Creator: Wilson, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0171]

Caption: "Public Supply Co." Firefighters putting out fire at Public Supply Co.
Date: November 29, 1971
Creator: Wilson, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0175]

Fireman on cherry picker spraying water onto burning Public Supply Co. with other firemen on ground looking at smoking building.
Date: November 29, 1971
Creator: Wilson, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0176]

Public Supply Co. building on fire.
Date: November 29, 1971
Creator: Wilson, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0178]

Firemen putting out flames at the Public Supply Co. building.
Date: November 29, 1971
Creator: Wilson, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0179]

Fireman on cherry picker spraying water on the burning Public Supply Co. building with other firemen below.
Date: November 29, 1971
Creator: Wilson, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0180]

Flames consume west wall of the Public Supply Co. warehouse.
Date: November 29, 1971
Creator: Taylor, Robert
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0181]

Caption: "Firemen retreat as fiery wall collapse." With one fireman in cherry picker spraying water onto burning building.
Date: November 29, 1971
Creator: Wilson, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0182]

A daylight photograph taken from the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, showing a fire near Northwest Fourth Street and Klein Avenue. Red wax pencil marks are visible on the image. Caption: "[Smoke and flames] from fire near NW 4 and Klein were recorded in this picture taken from the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. building at NW 3 and Harvey by Dow Dozier of OG&E."
Date: November 30, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0183]

Caption: "Firemen with walkie-talkie receives hurry-up instructions at scene of 4-alarm fire, just east of Klein on NW 4, today." Firemen in front of smoke.
Date: November 29, 1971
Creator: Wilson, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0189]

Caption: "A 4-alarm fire this morning destroyed a warehouse operated by Public Supply Co., on NW 4 east of Klein." Three firefighters using hose to put out fire at the Public Supply Co. warehouse while a wall from the building falls down.
Date: November 29, 1971
Creator: Wilson, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0190]

Caption: "A 4-alarm fire this morning destroyed a warehouse operated by Public Supply Co., on NW 4 east of Klein." Firefighters putting out fire at the Public Supply Co. Warehouse. One is using hose on the ground, the other is in the cherry-picker.
Date: November 29, 1971
Creator: Wilson, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0191]

Caption: "A 4-alarm fire this morning destroyed a warehouse operated by Public Supply Co., on NW 4 east of Klein." Firefighters using ladder to get to the roof of burning Public Supply Co.
Date: November 29, 1971
Creator: Wilson, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.1197]

Police officer searching for victims of a wreck in a field. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: November 20, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.1198]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Three families were making funeral arrangements today in the aftermath of a two-car wreck north of Oklahoma City that took five lives."
Date: November 20, 1971
Creator: Mooney, Hank
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.1199]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A police traffic investigator and a man whose son had just been involved in a collision were hospitalized Monday after they were struck by a passing motorist, officers said. James D. Blair, 22, the policeman, and William F. O'Brian, 50, of 12108 Thornridge, were standing in the street at Memorial Road and N May when they were struck by a southbound car about 7:40 p.m., traffic officials said."
Date: November 15, 1971
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.1200]

Two police officers survey a wrecked car. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: November 8, 1971
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.1201]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Driver of this car 86 year-old Inman Chessmore, Perry, fared better today than the vehicle."
Date: November 8, 1971
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History