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BASEMENT BOX 67.0432

Description: Photograph taken of man standing near building wreckage after fire. Caption: "James Buckley, a volunteer from Midwest City, holds a dry fire hose surveying the ruins of grocery and feed stores."
Date: August 29, 1970
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0171.0412]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "U. S. deputy marshal in the Oklahoma City office, Earnest, 32, bases his campaign simply on the fact that "I think I could better the schools."
Date: January 12, 1972
Creator: Mooney, Hank
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Spillway foam, Luther, Oklahoma

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Foam like this, coming down a spillway on the Deep Fork Creek under a U S 66 bridge west of Luther, has been a concern of area residents for sometime." The bridge and the road itself are gone now, but this photo was taken from the south bank of Deep Fork looking West, Southwest.
Date: April 12, 1978
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 35.667610 -97.200217
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0138.0398]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "there appears to be no way Johnny Rushing, 8, right, can keep up with Mickey Cochran, 12, in a chug-a-lug contest during family night at Luther Dulaney Park, NW 41 and Drexel."
Date: August 1, 1979
Creator: Hoke, Doug
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0260.0624]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "State Highway Department crews will be in Luther another month surveying curves in the Deep Fork River bridge, along the Frisco railroad line and along U. S. 66 as a preliminary report to straightening out sharp curves in the road."
Date: April 1, 1977
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Luther Fire

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of smoldering ruins of building. Caption: "Ruins still smolder after $300,000 fire ravaged the Luther business district." In 2018, this area on South Main Street is a park area commonly called Veteran Memorial and Freedom Center.
Date: August 29, 1970
Creator: Aker, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 35.661801 -97.195845
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0108.0017]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Briscoe is congratulated for his victory by (left to right ) his aunt, Lola Briscoe, cousin, Irby Briscoe and Friend Sandra Le Grande."
Date: August 16, 1977
Creator: Hoke, Doug
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Luther Bridge

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "This steel beam chained across the Luther bridge entrance, along with a road-closed sign, warns motorist the structure is unsafe." Bridge was over the Frisco Railroad.
Date: February 5, 1979
Creator: Hoke, Doug
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 35.666983 -97.191692
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0108.0018]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Briscoe, 49, is a mechanical engineer for the J. C. Penney Co." OHS note: the man in the photograph is John Raymond Briscoe, Jr.
Date: January 17, 1974
Creator: Artman, Roger
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0108.0011]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Democrat James E. Briscoe, a Luther attorney, was elected Tuesday to a seat in the state House, where he once worked as an assistant reading clerk."
Date: November 26, 1977
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1376.0588]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The School boarde race in this northern Oklahoma County district, (Independent 3) , pits challenger i ncumbent John Briscoe for the five-year term in Office No. 4."
Date: January 16, 1974
Creator: Artman, Roger
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Luther Oklahoma Police Car

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Luther's old police cruiser, a 1977 Ford, has been sold for $500." The car is parked on the west side of Main Street, in the gap left by the 1970's fire. The back corner of the VFW building, which was left standing to buttress its surviving neighbor, is a distinguishing feature. The wall behind the car still stands in 2018.
Date: July 17, 1979
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 35.661727 -97.196077
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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