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[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0287]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "John Steel Batson, Oklahoma legislator, acting as official representative of Gov. Robert S. Kerr, presents to Staff Sgt. Elmer Morriss, Ringling, a commission as an honorary colonel of the governor's staff. This award was made during the Southern Oklahoma Boxing Tournament in Ardmore. Proceeds from the tourney benefitted the Sgt. Elmer Morriss fund."
Date: October 3, 1945
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0322]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sgt. Elmer Morriss, Oklahoma war hero, is shown here with his mother, Mrs. E. L. Morriss of Ringling, left; his wife, Velma Lee, and his father, E. L. Morriss, on a recent visit they made in McCloskey General Hospital in Temple, Texas."
Date: October 3, 1945
Creator: U.S. Signal Corps
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0236.0389]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A mechanical cotton picker first offered Texas farmers more than 15 years ago is being tuned by its Oklahoma City inventor in preparation in the race to supply the cotton farmer's need for a machine that will substitute for hand labor."
Date: October 3, 1945
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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