Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection - 18 Matching Results

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[2012.201.B0415.0160]

Description: Photograph is of two women standing as they put pins on the shoulder straps of his military uniform as he watches them. Caption: "Joe Bryan Ferrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest S. Ferrell, 3505 Marilyn Dr. dons his new gold bars with the assistance of his best girls, Penny Duncan, a WAF from New York stationed at Tinker air force base, and his mother. Ferrell received his commission as a second lieutenant in the air force at mid year military convocation at Oklahoma A&M. Ferrell was commander o… more
Date: February 9, 1956
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

2012.201.B0236.0019

Description: Photograph of two women, a man, two babies and a dog. Caption: "Captain and Mrs. Joe Paul Conner, of Durant, after 18 months in Germany, are home with their babies and a young German girl who came with them to become an American citizen."
Date: March 11, 1956
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0308.0088]

Description: Photograph of a man wearing a baseball uniform crouching down to catch a baseball on the ground with his mitt on his left hand. Caption: "Engaging in the favorite spring training pastime, pepper, are Oklahoma City Indians pitchers Don Graham, left, and Bart DiMaggio."
Date: March 12, 1956
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0316.0310]

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of a man showing a hunting dog. Caption: "Here are two dogs that could win it all at the field trials in progress this week at Lake Murray State Park."
Date: March 18, 1956
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0300.0072]

Description: Photograph is of a man in a US Navy uniform pointing to a diving helmet while a woman on the other side of the helmet looks on. Caption: "Even the Navy is represented in the Capitol Hill Home show. The new $1 million dollar field house is filled with furniture and home appliances of every description ."
Date: April 5, 1956
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0163

Description: Photograph of two men in firefighter suits with fire hoses standing in wrecked building interior. Caption: "Resembling men from Mars, firemen Wallace Reed, left, and M. W. Johnson emerge from the smoke-filled Elks building wearing oxygen masks."
Date: May 24, 1956
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0157

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of man spraying water from a hose onto a gas pump. The charred wreckage of a building burns in the background. Caption: "Turpin, Okla., April 19 - Firemen from Liberal, Kan., 10 miles north, arrived in time to prevent only the explosion of gasoline pumps and storage tanks in front of the Smith Motor Co. & Hardware which burned to the ground."
Date: May 25, 1956
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0429

Description: Fire truck with water hose putting out fire of BJ Goodrich tires and restaurant.Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Lawton's worst fire since 1919, possibly set by an arsonist, gutted four downtown buildings Friday night, causing damages estimated as high as $400,000."
Date: May 25, 1956
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.0786]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "WRECKAGE OF UAL PLANE - bits of wreckage of the UAL-DC-7 which crashed into the Grand Canyon yesterday, lie on the precipitous slope of Chuar butte, in this photo taken by Dennis Scheick of the Review-Journal."
Date: June 30, 1956
Creator: Scheick, Dennis
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

BASEMENT BOX 67.0299

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of a building with a fire ladder extended to the roof of a "Safeway" building. Three men stand at the top of the ladder. There is a fire hose on the ground, and a crowd gathered.
Date: September 2, 1956
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0423

Description: Four story Hotel, burned out, street view with fire trucks and fire fighters. Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Firemen pour water on the Midland hotel in Lawton Thursday after blaze broke out in the southwest portion of the building."
Date: September 14, 1956
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0099.0299]

Description: Photograph of two adult women posing with several dolls. Caption: "More dolls than a hundred girls could wear out in a lifetime will be displayed at 407 W. Main all day Friday and Saturday by the Salvation Army."
Date: December 5, 1956
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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