[Photograph 2012.201.B0138.0428]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: ". . . and shows the "boxing gloves" used to cover the rooster's natural spurs for sparring matches."
Date: November 29, 1975
Creator: Southerland, Paul
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0138.0427]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Feathers fly as tow gamecocks lock in battle while their owners and the referee watch."
Date: November 22, 1975
Creator: Southerland, Paul
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0138.0429]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A 2 1/2 'gaff is strapped to the leg of a fighting cock."
Date: November 29, 1975
Creator: Southerland, Paul
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0138.0430]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gamecock owners extend their birds toward each other for beak sparring before the cockfight begins."
Date: November 22, 1975
Creator: Southerland, Paul
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0138.0426]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Gamecock handlers separate roosters after gaff snags in one of the cocks."
Date: November 22, 1975
Creator: Southerland, Paul
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History