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3 District Judges in Robes

Photograph of three district judges dressed in judicial robes.
Date: December 23, 1968
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[2012.201.B0092.0024]

Photograph of a man with a toddler and a bouquet of flowers. Caption: "Lots of dolls can talk and smile, but it took 3-year-old Dee Dee Black - Oklahoma's cerebral palsy theme child for 1969 - to tug at the heartstrings of Gov. Bartlett Thursday during their brief meeting in the capitol ."
Date: December 12, 1968
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0298.0113]

Photograph is a photo of four young women wearing white dresses holding matching flower bouquets standing on a stage. Caption: "night yesterday, 15 debutantes were presented at a holiday ball held in Tinker Air Force Base Officers Club."
Date: December 27, 1968
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Aerial Photograph of Automation Industries (Abilene, Texas)

An aerial photograph of Automation Industries, located at North 1st Street and Wall Street in Abilene, Texas. The photo was taken by Abilene photographer Don Hutcheson.
Date: December 10, 1968
Creator: Hutcheson, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial Photograph of Automation Industries (Abilene, Texas)

An aerial photograph of Automation Industries, located at North 1st Street and Wall Street in Abilene, Texas. The photo was taken by Abilene photographer Don Hutcheson.
Date: December 10, 1968
Creator: Hutcheson, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial Photograph of McMurry College (Abilene, Texas)

An aerial photograph of McMurry College (Now McMurry University), located at the intersection of South 14th Street and Sayles Boulevard in Abilene, Texas. The photo was taken in 1968 by Abilene photographer Lloyd Jones.
Date: December 6, 1968
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial Photograph of McMurry College (Abilene, Texas)

An aerial photograph of McMurry College (Now McMurry University), located at the intersection of South 14th Street and Sayles Boulevard in Abilene, Texas. The photo was taken in 1968 by Abilene photographer Lloyd Jones.
Date: December 6, 1968
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Basement Box 51.0072]

Fireman inspects charred shelves.
Date: December 19, 1968
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Basement Box 51.0110]

Caption: "Charred wreckage of Pa and Ma's little Food Mart, 4212 NE 23, smolders Thursday after wind-fanned flames did an estimated $10,000 damage." Firemen putting out fire on roof of Pa and Ma's little Food Mart.
Date: December 12, 1968
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Basement Box 51.0115]

Charred remains of building.
Date: December 20, 1968
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Basement Box 51.0116]

Caption: "Charred pool table stands before firemen inspecting ruins in Lee's Lounge, which burned early Friday." Firemen inspecting charred remains of Lee's Lounge.
Date: December 20, 1968
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Basement Box 51.0123]

Caption: "A two-alarm fire damaged one building and others early Monday at the Free Will Baptist Church, 2300 SW 30. Assistant Chief Nim Newberry said the fire started in the kitchen area of the educational building and damaged several classroom." Top of church steeple seen through collapsed roof after fire.
Date: December 16, 1968
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Basement Box 51.0124]

Caption: "INTENSE HEAT melted candles in educational building of Free Will Baptist Church Monday as fire did an estimated $10,000 damage. Fire investigators have not eliminated the possibility of arson." Charred electric candles.
Date: December 16, 1968
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Basement Box 51.0126]

Caption: "BURNED BEDS were thrown from balcony above during two-alarm fire at the Downtowner Motor Hotel, 1305 N. Classen Dr. early Wednesday. Arrow points to second floor storage room where the beds were kept and where the fire began." Charred beds in front of burned building.
Date: December 11, 1968
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0080]

Caption: "Fire possibly caused by an electrical short burned a portion of ceiling in the main floor of Oklahoma City University's library Friday morning." Two men walking into Oklahoma City University's library to inspect fire damage.
Date: December 6, 1968
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Capitol in Color

Aerial close up shot of Capitol dome in color
Date: December 20, 1968
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Capitol in Color

Aerial show of Lavaca St. looking north. In the center right foreground is the Robert Schieffer filling station (note the Texaco star). On the left background is the Castilian dormitory.
Date: December 20, 1968
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Coal Mining

Photograph of soils, featuring mine pits and dumps in Coal County, Oklahoma. A typical area of the mine pits and dumps mapping unit. (100). OK-3290-10.
Date: December 1968
Creator: Moebius, Gordon
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Construction of Mechanical Center]

Photograph of a crane and other equipment, viewed through a fence or latticework. Handwritten text on the back says "Lee College - Dec. 1968" and "Ductwork, H[...] Air Conditioning Mechanical Center. Connected to [...]."
Date: December 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Explosives]

Photograph of Andy Anderson (seated left), Santos Arellano (standing left), Polo Castillo (standing right) of the 1st Motor Transport Battalion, 1st Marine Division. The men are posing in front of the Explosives sign at Gia Le Combat Base, Vietnam.
Date: December 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fin Jet- SAFB

Photograph of an aircraft on the runway at Sheppard Air Force Base.
Date: December 9, 1968
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firefighters Eating Burgers at Station 36B]

Photograph of four firefighters eating burgers at a picnic-style table inside Station 36B. From left to right, the firefighters are: J.A. Roberts, Captain R. L. Bickley, J.D. Speak, and Wayne Wilkins. They are seated in front of three large windows covered by Venetian blinds. There is an embossed stamp on the bottom left of the photo. On the back of the photograph are a label with an identifier, a stamp with information about the photo, and handwritten notes identifying the firefighters.
Date: December 17, 1968
Creator: Brock, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Reno Cemetery

Photograph of the headstone for Chalk, an Arapaho scout killed on September 13, 1878, in the Fort Reno Cemetery, El Reno, OK, December 1968.
Date: December 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Reno Cemetery

Photograph of the German-Italian P.O.W. section of the Fort Reno Cemetery, El Reno, OK, December 1968. There are 62 German and 8 Italian graves.
Date: December 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History