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[Photograph 2012.201.B0225.0907]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A veteran campaigner, former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, despite his retirement is back i the middle of another campaign on behalf of his conservative party."
Date: May 19, 1955
Creator: Daives, J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Aerial Shot of Ferris Creek Flood #2

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of damages caused by the 19 May 1955 Cow/Ferris Creek flood to the land next to the railroad tracks. Note the height of the water in comparison to the power/phone pole. Note: This collection contains two identical copies of this photograph, but one states Cow Creek and the other states Beaver Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Looping southwest of overpass. Next of Addington. This is Ferris Creek. 9:30 AM - May 19, 1955.”
Date: May 19, 1955
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0402.0167]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Peter Marshall Murray, right, president of the New York County Medical society, meets Oklahoma's first Negro graduate from the University of Oklahoma medical school, Dr. Daniel Lee."
Date: May 19, 1955
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0376.0444]

Description: Caption: "A CHANCE TELEPHONE call while passing through Oklahoma City Friday had reunited a 64-year-old California woman with five of her brothers and sisters who thought she had been killed 41 years ago in an Oklahoma tornado." Woman and man sit on couch with their arms entwined.
Date: May 19, 1955
Creator: Peterson, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2167]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Stranded by flash flood water from Mustang creek southwest of Oklahoma City was this herd of frightened dairy cattle owned by Meadow Lodge Dairy. The cattle were caught on a bank with a fence at their backs and water blocking their escape from the front. Dairy workers rushed to rescue the cattle after learning of their plight."
Date: May 19, 1955
Creator: King, Cliff
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6403]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of a very high/flooded creek, smoke stack and building in the right background, power and telephone poles and lines, and more)"
Date: May 19, 1955
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1539]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "At right, the North Canadian River's first big flood crest passes south of Watonga racing towards Oklahoma City where water engineers are waiting to sack it up in Lakes Overholser and Hefner. (O-5-20-55E): In the picture at right, the North Canadian river is at flood stage south of Watonga. Racing torrents carrying debris threatens to wash away a railroad trestle above."
Date: May 19, 1955
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1541]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "The North Canadian river channel lay somewhere beneath all this water which passes Greenfield, north of Geary, Thursday. Ir spread over farmland on either side of the river so that the main channel could not be spotted from the air. The crest was one of several headed toward Oklahoma City water resdevoirs."
Date: May 19, 1955
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1549]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of the river, the flooded area all around, some dry grounds, a bridge across the middle, another bridge across the lower top, and more. Backside handwriting: "debris threatiing to break down railroad trestle 3 miles south of Watonga.")"
Date: May 19, 1955
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1542]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The North Canadian river leaps its banks south of Watonga and spreads out as much as half a mile over nearby farm land. This aerial view shows the first big flood crest on the river which is rolling tons of water down the river toward Oklahoma City's reservoirs."
Date: May 19, 1955
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1544]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "U.S. 270 and the bridge over the North Canadian river 3 miles south of Watonga were about the only spots not under water Thursday afternoon as one of the numerous North Canadian flood crests ruched downstream. The flood was helped along by a 5.3-inch rain at Eagle City Wednesday night. (backside handwriting: "view of U. S. 270 bridge 3 miles south of Watonga flood cresting here at this time.")"
Date: May 19, 1955
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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