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Description: Photograph of a man wearing a military uniform with a cuff on his right arm that reads " recruiting service" standing in front of a desk that a woman is sitting in front of a typewriter. Caption: "SGT. John Alexander Denning is leaving humdrum of Oklahoma City Army and air force recruiting to go Athens to give the Greeks the word on infantry operations."
Date: March 26, 1951
Creator: Burns, Bill
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Ernie Griffin

Description: Photograph is of a man wearing pants, hat and shoes with a tank top of a Navy military uniform holding a long stick that could be a walking stick while standing on some rocks and uneven terrain. Caption: "Ernie Griffin, Fanshawe, home on leave from the Navy, served as one of the guides for the photographer in finding the remote 40 acres in Pontotoc county where the terrain has been turned topsy-turvy."
Date: June 26, 1952
Creator: Burns, Bill
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0426

Description: Photograph taken at night of firefighters extinguishing a building fire. Caption: "Firemen fight to contain flames surging through the Lawton store of the C. R. Anthony Co. The store was completely gutted by the fire, the second major blaze in downtown Lawton in two months."
Date: July 26, 1956
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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