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[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0080]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gov. Murray got all dressed up Monday to introduce Mrs. Perle Mesta at commencement exercises of Oklahoma College for Women. Miss Julia Lee Hawkins, dean of student affairs, pulls on the traditional cap."
Date: May 28, 1951
Creator: Peterson, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0086]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Bennie Evans Harkey, Holdenville Junior High teacher, accepts the cup from Gov. Murray won for her school by Paula Sue Kennerly (right) who entered the top essay in the governor's contest. Third prize went to Bill Tiffany, Shawnee, left, while JoAnn Witt, Grandfield, took second. The essays were on the topic "How Efficient State Government Can Improve Oklahoma's Industrial Progress."
Date: July 13, 1951
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0079]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Gov. Johnston Murray takes a turn with the peace pipe presented by MacKinley Ross, vice-chief of the Cherokee Nation."
Date: May 8, 1951
Creator: Burns, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0075]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Gov. Murray Friday greeted at the capitol the three top-place winners in his first annual $1,000 essay contest. Left is Jo Ann Witt, Grandfield, second-place $250 bond winner. Behind the governor is Bill Tiffany Jr., Shawnee, third-place $100 bond winner; and exchanging smiles with the governor is Paul Sue Kennerly, Holdenville, winner of the grand prize, a $500 bond."
Date: July 13, 1951
Creator: Peterson, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0098]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Billy Drew Reaves, 18, Tishomingo, was crowned queen of the March o' Dimes Ball Saturday night in Municipal Auditorium. Gov. Murray placed the crown on her head."
Date: January 20, 1951
Creator: Burns, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0091]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "From left, Harry Gould, Div. Mgr. of Cities Service Oil Co., OKC; S. B. Irelan, Pres. of Cities Service Oil Co., OKC; Governor Johnston Murray; Paul LaValle, famous band conductor; and B. J. Farwig, also of Cities Service Oil Co., Chicago, Ill."
Date: March 15, 1951
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0108]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "It was 20 years ago that the late U. D. T. Murray administered the oath of office to his son, Governor-elect William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray. The same father-son act developed again Monday a generation later, when former governor Murray stood with his son, Johnston, on the south steps of the statehouse."
Date: January 8, 1951
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0085]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Taking part in the Governor's Inaugural ball, a benefit for the March of Dimes, will be four men from the Volunteer Air Reserve office. They are, from left to right, S/Sgt. William E. Hamlett; M/Sgt. Victor O. Fredrickson; M/Sgt. Clarence D. Bearden; and M/Sgt. Derrel J. Shelby."
Date: January 4, 1951
Creator: Peterson, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0096]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It was 'open house' at the governor's office Thursday - and it was fun. Witness these three smiles on the faces of Gov. Murray, right, and Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Mills, 529 SW 29."
Date: November 15, 1951
Creator: Burns, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0093]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Gov. Johnston Murray, left, is talking to Halliburton welder Grover Sigler, center, and Halliburton president W. R. McClendon, in the Halliburton "truck shop."
Date: November 29, 1951
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0078]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Two prominent Mexican congressmen are in Oklahoma City for Gov.-elect Murray's inauguration Monday. They are Gabriel Garcia Rojas, seated, and Norberto Aguirre, top right, who has been a friend of Murray, seated right, for many years."
Date: January 6, 1951
Creator: Burns, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0081]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gov. Murray proves himself to be handy with a peace pipe as he smokes with MacKinley Ross, vice-chief of the Cherokees. (Gov. Murray is a descendant of a former Chickasaw chief.)"
Date: May 8, 1951
Creator: Burns, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0083]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "With a special, gilded shovel Gov. Murray Friday officially opened construction of the new Oklahoma City-Norman super highway."
Date: March 23, 1951
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0087]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "For a time Sunday, Gov. Murray donned a yachtman's cap and took over the helm of the excursion boat "Idle Time" when he and a party at the Lake Texoma State Park dedication ceremony took a three-hour cruise. (Part of celebration of governor's 49th birthday)"
Date: July 22, 1951
Creator: Petrauskas, Kazimir
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0073]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Gov. Murray received an arm load of roses this week from Frances Trout, secretary of the Greater Oklahoma Florist Association, as he signed a proclamation designating October 28-November 4 Flower Week."
Date: October 23, 1951
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0074]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "No state employee could ask for more potent endorsement than James M. Courtney, 30, center, key punch operator for the state highway department. That's his boss, C. A. Stoldt, right, highway director, and at left is none other than Gov. Murray. Courtney began suffering from muscular dystrophy when he was 6, but his wheel chair condition doesn't prevent him from being a valuable member of the department."
Date: September 28, 1951
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0076]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gov. Murray all smiles as he leaves the grand jury room. He testified before an Oklahoma County grand jury voluntarily in its investigation of charges leveled against state capitol departments. He was believed to be the first Oklahoma governor to appear before a grand jury, even though they had no power to subpoena him."
Date: October 4, 1951
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0090]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Gov. Murray Monday presented a state flag to Mrs. Earl Chew, 229 SW 41, president of the Oklahoma department of the 8 et 40, for use by the state delegation at the National Convention of the group in Miami, Fla., Oct. 14."
Date: October 5, 1951
Creator: Peterson, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0412B.0095]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Northwestern Oklahoma this week celebrated opening of the final link of U. S. 60 at Vici. Gov. Murray is shown with Wanda Care, 16-year-old Vici highschool girl, chosen "Miss Highway 60." The celebration marked completion of the final stretch of concrete between Arnett, Ellis County, and Vici, Dewey County."
Date: October 12, 1951
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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