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[Photograph 2012.201.B1215.0956]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Red Gross Director Robert Edson, confers with Paul Reed, Oklahoma State commissioner of public safety, and State Senator Orval Grim, about the pogress of relief operatrions in Woodward, Woods, Ellis and other Oklahoma counties affected by the recent tornado. Standing in the background, left to right are R.R. Russell, superintednent of schools here, Upton Porter, formerly of this city, now residing in Colorado, D… more
Date: April 12, 1947
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1215.0957]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "General Wainwright arrived here today for a personal inspection gour of the entire disaster area, including this city, White Horse, Okla., Higgens, Texas, Clazier, texas, adn White Deer, Texas. The general conferred with Dr. Raymond Barnes, Red Cross medical director of Midwestern area, center, and Rober Edson, Red Cross disaster director of the Area, both of St. Loius. General Wainwright offered the facilities … more
Date: April 18, 1947
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1215.0965]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "These were not cracked up in landing. They were planes staked out on the Woodward Municipal airport when the wind struck, and piled planes into eachother and the building."
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1215.0967]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Every tornado prodices its freak. This picture shows what happened when the mighty arm of the swirling storm at Woodward heaved a javelin-like board through a tree near the courhouse at Woodward."
Date: April 11, 1947
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1215.0943]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The Woodward County courthouse and once beautiful tress surrounded it were left devasted. The roof and all the windows were gone, and part of cornice was pushed off the wall."
Date: April 10, 1947
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1215.0951]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "These were once homes, and automobile which had apparently been stored away carefully in agarage on North Knight in Woodward."
Date: April 10, 1947
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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