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[BASEMENT BOX 67.0625]

Description: Photograph of the remains of a building on the main street in Binger, OK. The roof is missing, the front windows are gone, and the side of the structure has begun to fall down. Smoke is still rising from the remains. Photograph was taken in the night time. Caption: "A sudden blaze which for a time Tuesday night threatened the entire town of Binger before its populace fought the fire and saved other buildings. left a general store and theater only a shell of blackened ruins."
Date: December 17, 1946
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0169

Description: Photograph taken during evening hours of three men inspecting an explosives truck after a fire. Caption: "Looking at dynamite compartment of truck that suddenly burst into flames near Ringling are driver Clinton Carline and Capt. Clarence C. Greenhill and Sgt. Doyle Nichols of Fort Sill."
Date: November 21, 1962
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.0993]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Melting Pot- Melting snow from Monday's record early storm which turned a dirt road into the spin out of this four wheel drive vehicle and caused it to flip into Lake Hefner Monday evening about 7;20 PM near Stars and Stripes Park."Photo by Renee Lynn. Original Photo 11\17\80. Published on 11-14-80."
Date: November 18, 1980
Creator: Lynn, Renee
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0560]

Description: Photograph of a Shawnee Milling Company building being sprayed by a fire hose, while a crowd of men looks on. Photograph taken during daylight. Caption: "Firemen battle blaze in Shawnee."
Date: October 9, 1954
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0422.0222]

Description: Photograph is of man in a baseball uniform and hat about to step on home plate. Another man, the catcher, is stepping closer to home plate. A man in a black suit and baseball hat is standing behind both the catcher and runner. Caption: "This force play at home plate in the second inning brought on a rhubarb between Indian infielder Joe Damato and plate umpire Don Fisher. Damato was called out at home after Beaumont third baseman Frank Tormay floved a grounder and tossed to catcher Mickey Livins… more
Date: April 14, 1955
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0276]

Description: A daylight photograph of a two-alarm fire at a plumbing supply warehouse in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The image shows a fireman with water hoses near the engulfed structure and under burning electrical wires. Red and green wax pencil editing marks are visible on the photograph. Caption: "Flames engulf south end of plumbing warehouse during two-alarm fire."
Date: April 3, 1972
Creator: Aker, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0051.0100]

Description: Officials inspect wreckage of plane. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Officials inspect forlorn heap of smoking metal that was an executive jet plane."
Date: January 15, 1974
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0381

Description: Guymon Fire department truck and fire fighters at end of daytime fire. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The north side of the fire-razed Guymon Lumber Co., with the bordering row of scorched trees attesting to the intense heat involved."
Date: October 4, 1957
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0320.0233]

Description: Photograph is of a man wearing a suit and tie standing near a calendar pointing to a date that is circled on the calendar. The calendar is hanging on the wall. Caption: "No "unlucky" days in Dr. Willard E. Edwards' calendar."
Date: September 26, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0315

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of firefighters extinguishing a building fire. Caption: "More than $500,000 damage was caused by fire early Friday in downtown Enid when the J. C. Penney Co. store was destroyed and Woolworth and Montgomery Ward stocks were damaged. Above, Enid, Blackwell and Vance Air Force base fireman put water into the Penney building. This picture was flown to Oklahoma City by a Champlin Refining Co. plane."
Date: April 15, 1955
Creator: Ford, Ray
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0358.0044]

Description: Photograph is of a man wearing a naval uniform standing in front of a black car shining the front headlight. Caption: "Seaman J. E. Emerson polishes up the new automobile he won on a dollar investment."
Date: August 18, 1950
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0290]

Description: Photograph is of a multiple story building that has smoke rising out of the where the roof once was. The windows are missing and the brick has burnt marks. A man is outside the building near a car by a fence.
Date: September 14, 1953
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0600]

Description: Photograph of about twenty unidentified men observing two men, one clearly a fireman, on the roof of a building engulfed in smoke and flames. A fire hose is aiming water on the roof of the one story structure from a high height in the foreground right in the image. This photograph was taken in the day time.
Date: July 12, 1963
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0617]

Description: Photograph is an aerial view of a water pump truck spraying water on the remains of a store on the main street. Rubble and bricks lay in the street from the burnt building. Smoke is rising from the center of the building. Caption: "Ruins of a fire in Bartlesville on Christmas day which resulted in loss estimated at $250,000, are shown above."
Date: December 27, 1932
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0592

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of firefighters spraying water at a building fire. Caption: "A blaze that devestated downtown Woodward was finally brought under control Monday afternoon after destroying two department stores and two lodge halls and damaging four other stores."
Date: April 18, 1972
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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