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[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0074]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "No state employee could ask for more potent endorsement than James M. Courtney, 30, center, key punch operator for the state highway department. That's his boss, C. A. Stoldt, right, highway director, and at left is none other than Gov. Murray. Courtney began suffering from muscular dystrophy when he was 6, but his wheel chair condition doesn't prevent him from being a valuable member of the department."
Date: September 28, 1951
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0107]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Proclaiming Oklahoma Home Week is Gov. Murray, donning his colorful Indian headdress to point up the fact that Oklahoma's first home builders were the tepee dwelling Indians who will appear at the Oklahoma City Parade of Homes."
Date: September 5, 1954
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0100]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The felt hat season was launched here Thursday when Miss Patsy Whigham, an English girl whose home is in Argentina, arrived in Oklahoma City. She is a hostess on Braniff International Airway, and when she arrived in OKC, she brought Gov. Murray a special new felt called the "Sky Fleet." After a brief ceremony at the capitol, Miss Whigham spoke at the Kiwanis Club luncheon at Biltmore Hotel."
Date: September 18, 1952
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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