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[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0126]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "HOVERING near death in a local hospital, Joseph Alvin Perkins, 20 of 9417 N. Military, was critically injured early Friday when this wrecked hot rod went out of control and overturned on the victim. Another passenger was injured in the careening crash in which the car traveled 334 feet out of control before rolling twice."
Date: January 16, 1959
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0114]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "CHRISTMAS CARNAGE costing eight lives in Oklahoma since Wednesday is typified by this lethal junk pile. It is what's left of a car involved in a collision Thursday night at SW 15 and May. Harry holiday, 76, of 2708 SW 60, was killed. His wife and their son, John, 34, remained in "very serious" condition Saturday in Mercy hospital."
Date: December 26, 1959
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0124]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "RAIN SLICK streets and an unseen stop sign were the cause of a collision which heavily damaged this police cruiser at NW 9 and Hudson Tuesday. Scout car officer Phil Kennedy suffered bruised ribs and Mrs. Ina Mae Day, Edmond, a bruised hip in the wreck. Mrs. Day said she failed to see an eastbound stop sign. Kennedy was unable to stop on the slick streets, before the collision occurred, the officer said."
Date: May 5, 1959
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0125]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "HEY, LADY, you forgot your car. Police are wondering who owns this vehicle, in a most embarrassing position on S May, between Reno and the N Canadian river bridge. A women called to advise she had overturned her car. She summoned a wrecker. Then, apparently feeling things were in hand, she went home, neglecting to leave her name."
Date: January 1, 1959
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0107]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "TWO WERE INJURED Saturday in the smashup at NW 10 and Council road. Both were taken to Mercy hospital. Injured were Charles C. Williams, 62, of 1621 SW Binkley, and Minifred Burrow, 48 Chickasha. Highway patrol trooper Bob Lamb said one of the cars passed over the center line and the vehicles struck head on. Williams was thrown out of the wreck."
Date: March 12, 1959
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0108]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "STOPPED BY A TREE, one man was hurt in the 1400 block NE 7 Tuesday Afternoon. His car went out of control and crashed in to this tree in front of Dunbar School. The Driver, Nathaniel M. Cochran, 54 of 1900 NE 16, was taken to Mercy Hospital with a broken leg, head and internal injuries."
Date: February 11, 1959
Creator: King, Cliff
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0110]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "SMASHED UP in a collision with another vehicle at NW 11 and Linn was this 1958 Lincoln Continental. The driver, Mrs. Kathleen J. Eng, 1313 Brighton, was not injured. For a Look at what hit this $8,000 luxury car."
Date: June 5, 1959
Creator: Cannon, Larry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0102]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "HIT BY A CAR, Chris Contreros, 11 of 1518 NW 26, is comforted by Sgt. R. D. Brokaw of the police accident division while motorcycle officer Jim Jackson directs traffic, rear. Jackson identified the driver of the car (in background) which hit the youngster as Masa Bounkang, 71, of 2123 NW 14. The accident happened at NW 21 and McKinley. The boy, son of Oscar W. Nissan, escaped serious injury"
Date: September 19, 1959
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0111]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Severely injured when this car overturned Monday at NW 8 and Shartel was Uel N. Hampton, 20-year-old employe of the Miller Floor Co., 5009 NW 10. Uel N. Hampton, 20-year-old Oklahoma City construction company employe, suffered serious injuries Monday, when his car overturned after colliding with another vehicle at NW 8 and Shartel. Hampton, a native of Coalgate, was rushed to mercy hospital, for treatment and massive s… more
Date: June 8, 1959
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0101]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "HIT BY A CAR, Betty Ann Henry, 11, daughter of Mrs. Ethel Harris, 1616 SW 5, waits for an ambulance Thursday afternoon under the eyes of scout car officer Dale Harbolt at NW Park and Hudson. Betty was treated at Mercy hospital for bruises and pavement burns, and then released. Police said John Young jr., 19, route 3 driver of the car would be cited for failure to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian."
Date: February 5, 1959
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0112]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Young Accident victim, identified as 12-year-old Raymond Revas, 219 NE 5, is comforted after he was struck by a car as he stepped off a safety island at NE 6 and Harrison Monday morning. The boy's injuries were not believed critical."
Date: November 30, 1959
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0109]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "HITTING HIS OWN DRIVEWAY wasn't as easy as it seemed Saturday for Sterling Brent, 1441 NE 18. Officers said he turned the corner near his house at high speed and missed the driveway in front of his home by at least 15 feet. He didn't miss an elm tree in his yard, though. Brent is in Mercy hospital with undetermined injuries. Police were trying to locate him at the time of the accident."
Date: June 5, 1959
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0122]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "DEATH CAR crushed a Del City boy early Saturday when it overturned in a ditch at SE 44 and Sooner road. The victim, Danny Pierce, 15 of 3936 Thomas avenue, was thrown out and fatally injured when the car rolled over him. The driver, James Henry Cunningham, 14, of 3701 Epperly drive, and another passenger, Joe Cox, 13, Also of Del City, Suffered minor injuries."
Date: February 15, 1959
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0103]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An auto-station wagon collision at NE 23 and Midwest blvd. Wednesday injured five persons. Mary Jane Hines, 61, suffered critical Head injuries. Roscoe Walker, 36, lying across seat of wrecked car, suffered lacerations. A 61-year-old woman was taken to Mercy hospital Wednesday with critical head injuries as the result of a two car collision at NE 23 and Midwest blvd. Injured was Mary Jane Hines 2749 NW 22. She was a pas… more
Date: September 3, 1959
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0113]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Snow flurries peppered Oklahoma city Thursday bringing a rash of auto accidents. This car, owned by Melvin Edgar Gates, 25, of 3701 SW 26, struck a signal light at SW 5 and Walker after being in collision with another car. Gates' 9-year-old son Melvin jr. received head lacerations, officer U. Kasenurm said."
Date: November 26, 1959
Creator: Fisher, Dawes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0129]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "DEATH MET an Edmond man at this automobile dashboard Wednesday morning when his car collided head on with another auto near the intersection of NE 26 and Lincoln. Six other persons were injured in the crash which killed veteran state employe Leslie E. Charlton, securities exchange commission employee for more than 21 years."
Date: January 14, 1959
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0116]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "FIVE-CAR PILE UP- caused by a young motorist's glance at a ditch-digging machine--resulted in this mile-long traffic jam on the north bypass at the Wednesday evening rush hour. With in 15 minutes after the accident occurred at 5 p.m. at the Pennsylvania intersection, cars had backed up all the way to Western. Police charged Margaret Ackors, 20 of 3012 NW 19, with negligent driving. Her car plowed into the rear of the … more
Date: September 23, 1959
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0117]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "HIT BY A CAR, Chris Contreros, 11 fo 1518 NW 26, is comforted by Sgt. R. D. Brokaw of the police accident division while motorcycle officer Jim Jackson directs traffic, rear. Jackson identified the driver of the carwhich hit the youngster as Masa Bounkang, 71, of 2123 NW 14. The accident happened at NW 21 and McKinley. The boy, son of Oscar W. Nissan, was not seriously injured."
Date: September 19, 1959
Creator: Duncan, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0119]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. A. J. Hale walked away from this mess with a headache and a couple of cuts. Woman Survives Wild Accident Car Wrecked, Driver Bumped. A Nicoma Park woman took a wild ride with death Tuesday, and escaped with only a headache. Mrs. A. J. Hale, 35 stepped shakily out of her automobile after: Cresting a hill on Coltrane Rd., she spotted the stop sign at NE 23. the car apparently skidded on gravel, slammed sideways into… more
Date: December 22, 1959
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0118]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Teddy Lynn Crase, 7 of 1714 E Eubanks, died Monday morning when he stepped from high weeds and grass into the path of a car in the 1400 block NE 36."
Date: September 22, 1959
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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