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[Photograph 2012.201.B0413.0195]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Tulsa Engineer William Fell points southward to the established route of Southwestern turnpike from SH 36 at a point six miles south of Lawton."
Date: January 4, 1962
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0860]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Wreckage litters turnpike and shoulder after crash that killed two." Photographer Unknown. Original Photo 08/24/63. Published on T-08-24-63 RS."
Date: August 24, 1963
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9007]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Former Gov. Roy J. Turner says there was never too much excitement around the mansion at Christmas time when he and his family lived there. "They were just average Christmases, I guess," he said. "we never had any big crowds, although a few friends would drop by to wish us a merry Christmas. "On Christmas, this was just a day for the family. We tried to have all members of the family who could come to be there." Turner… more
Date: 1968
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0260.0467]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Huge aggregate piles line the Eastern Turnpike from Henryetta to McAlester as contractors prepare to pave the 41-mile section A, about 10 of which are nearing completion."
Date: June 9, 1965
Creator: Granger, Frank
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0260.0468]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Toll Road construction, a popular subject with Gov. Bellmon this year, is far ahead of schedule on the north section of the Eastern Turnpike between Henryetta and McAlester."
Date: January 11, 1965
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0260.0473]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Last Blast went off Saturday as major dynamiting was completed in grading the roadbed of the Eastern Turnpike section from Henryetta to McAlester."
Date: January 10, 1965
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0260.0456]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Eastern Turnpike grading now extends southwest of Eufaula on the section A leg from Henryetta to McAlester, and a toll plaza is scheduled to be built at this junction with S.H. 9 above."
Date: October 26, 1964
Creator: State Staff Photos
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0260.0472]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dynamiting of 5,000 cubic yards of rock in this hill north of U. S. 270 this week completed major blasting work on the Eastern Turnpike's 40-mile north section."
Date: January 13, 1965
Creator: Granger, Frank
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0260.0476]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Millions of yards of dirt are being moved by thousands of men on hundreds of machines to construct the state's fourth toll road."
Date: January 22, 1965
Creator: State Staff Photos
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0260.0469]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Eastern Turnpike construction pushes ahead with most bridgework completed and almost ten miles of paving laid on the 41-mile section A from Henryetta to McAlester."
Date: June 9, 1965
Creator: Granger, Frank
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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