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[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0694]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A tornado roard of a bleak sky shortley beore 6 a.m. Tuesday leaving at least seven persons dead and a dozen injured as it struck the community of Gans in Sequoyah county."
Date: January 22, 1957
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0709]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An over turned piano lay in the wreckage of the Bowlegs Methodist church after tornadic wins swept through the town Monday morning."
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0752]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Twisted wreckage of hanger and workshop at h Archer Airport at Sayre is viewed by E. L. Archer Sr., who had operated the airport on his farm site for 18 years."
Date: April 27, 1962
Creator: Oklahoma Times
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0773]

Description: Caption: "Cars Were Picked up and hurled some 200 yards from a barbecue place's parking lot near Stonewall when a tornado hit that area near Ada Saturday evening in the caf shortly before the tornado hit."
Date: May 10, 1959
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0658]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A haven for about 50 persons when the twister struck Pure Oil camp was this community storm cellar, which holds 150 persons. Standing in the doorway is Ed Johnson, who found safety there before his home was leveled."
Date: April 4, 1957
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0731]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Hail And High Winds, and possibly a tornado, caused over $3 million crop and property damage in southwestern Oklahoma Thursday night, leaving scenes like this."
Date: May 25, 1962
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0713]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Church Steeple and sign rest on top of house of Mrs. J. A. Crow, at left, Back part of house was blown away in the Bowlegs storm, the house is off the foundation."
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0707]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Wrecked by a tornado in Bowlegs Monday morning was the home of Mrs. helen Gills, 24, only one of the eight injured who was hospitalized, at left, her mother Mrs. Sid Hudson, 54, and her sister mrs. Kathryn Butler, 19 look over the debris."
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0682]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Brief but violent was the tornado that struck Holdenville Thursday night. It ripped through several blocks of the downtown business section and the front this building at corner of Main and Broadway was a total wreck."
Date: April 25, 1957
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0747]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Cutlines_Lonely and drenched by the torrential rain is "Jupe", faithful dog owned by the Robert Hairless family, sanding bewildered atop the storm cellar at the site of his master's home, blown away in last week's tornado."
Date: May 12, 1960
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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