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[Photograph 2012.201.B0237.0321]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "He asked for bacon and then pulled a pistol," Alfred Lucian Hager, grocery store proprietor at 1137 N Geary, told Policeman G. W. Glazner (right) after two armed bandits robbed his store Wednesday."
Date: April 23, 1947
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1215.0973]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Henry Skinner, one of the dozens of Woodward tornado victims who want to rebuild its soon as the remains of their houses are cleared away, searches through the wreckage of her two story home for usable articles."
Date: April 23, 1947
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1215.0978]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Henry Skinner, one of the dozens of Woodward tornado victims who want to rebuild its soon as the remains of their houses are cleared away, searches through the wreckage of her two story home for usable articles."
Date: April 23, 1947
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5643]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Westwood school, located in the northwest corner of Woodward, received the main force of the April 9 tornado. It is one of two elementry schools that were destroyed. Friday Tom Ellis, state fire marshal, condemned the junior highschool building. The Westwood school, shown here, was surrounded by homes before the storm. Friday there was not a house standing within three block. It is for the cleaning up of debris and… more
Date: April 23, 1947
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5635]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This 9th street looking north from the Sante Fe tracks. The tank at the right was picked up from a transport truck and dropped in the street. Building at the left is the Coca-Cola Bottling works. Power lines dangle in the streets."
Date: April 23, 1947
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5634]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Damage to Woodward county courthouse, above, has not yet been estimated. Cost of repairs, or rebuilding, of it and the city hall will be a major item in getting the municipality back on its feet. Immediately project of civic leaders, however, is to clear debris so homes can rebuilt."
Date: April 23, 1947
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5636]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "One of the Woodward's most pressing needs is for new school facilities. Here Nova Lee Turner, 7, surveys the wreckage that was Madison park school, on of the two elementry schools which were destroyed by the tornado. Officials estimate it will take $500,000 to rebuild their schools. temporary structures to house classes next autumn will bring an extra expense. (O-9-4-49: This was the way Madison Park grade school looke… more
Date: April 23, 1947
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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