[BASEMENT BOX 67.0602] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [BASEMENT BOX 67.0602]

Date

  • Creation: 1957-12-22

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Photograph shows seven unidentified men and five children observing and working around a structure that smoke is rising from the roof. Flames are coming out the top of the building as well. There is a ladder in the forefront of the image indicating that someone tried to assess the situation from a ladder on the roof. This photograph was taken in the daytime. Caption: "Fireman effort is futile as the Tonkawa Laundry and Dry Cleaning establishment burns."
  • Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Journalism
  • Keyword: fires
  • Keyword: Tonkawa
  • Keyword: Kay County
  • Keyword: Daily Oklahoman photographs
  • OPUBCO folder structure: FIRES / STATE / MISC.
  • Keyword: Tonkawa Laundry Dry Cleaning

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Oklahoma - Kay County - Tonkawa
  • Coverage Date: 1957-12-22
  • Time Period: mod-tim

Source

  • Newspaper: The Daily Oklahoman, December 23, 1957

Collection

  • Name: Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection
    Code: OKPCP

Institution

  • Name: Oklahoma Historical Society
    Code: OKHS

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: BASEMENT BOX 67.0602
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc193159

Note

  • Display Note: PublishDate: O-12-23-57
  • Display Note: Credit: Daily Oklahoman
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