[BASEMENT BOX 67.0240]

A nighttime photograph of a gas well fire near Centrahoma in Coal County, Oklahoma. The image shows the wreckage of the well silhouetted against the intense blaze. Caption: "THIS IS ART ON BURNING GAS WELL AT CENTRAHOMA. IT IS PAID."
Date: January 19, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0261.0582]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "George Hill, Coalgate Record-Register."
Date: January 28, 1965
Creator: Crowder, Russ
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0239]

A nighttime photograph of a gas well fire near Centrahoma in Coal County, Oklahoma. Intense flames were visible among the damaged rig where four workmen were injured by the fire. Caption: "LEAPING FLAMES surrounded this gas well that came in unexpected Sunday night near Centrahoma. Four men were injured when the fire stated and damage was estimated at $300.000. Workmen were attempting Monday to clear away wreckage so fire-fighting operations could begin."
Date: January 19, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0109.0359]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "William James Brooks, a square-jawed man with a flattened nose like a prizefighter's stood by the white frame house be built with his own hands and looked down the winding dirt road."
Date: November 12, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History