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[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0244]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This was the scene at NW 30 and Western early Sunday after a crash which killed a city woman and piled this highway patrol car into the stop sign."
Date: February 11, 1952
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0139]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "DEATH CAR is viewed by curious spectators at Northwest highway and Portland Wednesday night after a two-car crash which killed Charlotte Mo Henry, about 40, of 3320 N Robinson. She was a passenger in the car above which was driven by Robert Glenn Cody, 40 of 4216 NW 28. Cody and two persons in the other car, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Culbertson, were hurt. Culbertson car exploded in flames."
Date: September 11, 1957
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0716]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The driver escaped injury when this heavy truck, loaded with 180 sacks of feed, missed a bridge at the intersection of SE 59 and Eastern late Saturday night."
Date: March 8, 1954
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0228]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Three Are Hurt-- This is what happened to a 1950 Chrysler Friday when it tangled with the side of a truck at NE 36 and Lincoln."
Date: April 28, 1950
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0147]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "INJURED BUT ALIVE, Mrs. Mary Frances Green, 42, Wichita Falls, Texas is carried from the scene of an auto accident which killed two persons Wednesday southwest of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Green's two sons suffered serious injuries in the accident. All were taken to Wesley hospital. They were passengers in an auto driven by W. O. Hunter, Houston, assistant fire chief."
Date: July 25, 1957
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0305]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Cityan Seriously Hurt as Spinning Car Pins Him Down, An Oklahoma City man was seriously injured Saturday when this car overturned 2 1/2 times and landed on its top four miles east of the city on NE 23. The driver, James A. Maple, 23, of 2821 N Robinson, was pinned inside the car until officers freed him. He was taken to Mercy hospital with chest and head injuries."
Date: September 12, 1953
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0308]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "-Photo by George Mitchell. JAMMED ATOP A TRAFFIC ISLAND,this automobile driven by David Hugh Coofey, 39, of 1801 NE 18, halted traffic at NW 6 and Classen Monday while police accident investigators called an ambulance and sent Coffey to Mercy hospital. The Driver suffered a fractured pelvis and internal injuries. His car skidded into the island after a collision with an automobile driven by Conner H. Roy Burton, 61, of 130… more
Date: December 4, 1953
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0502]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Three Are Killed -All three occupants of this automobile were killed Sunday noon in a collision with a Smith & Kernke funeral home ambulance making an emergency run to Harrah. Dead were Felix Raymond Mayer, 31, Harrah, the driver, and Henry Tayler, 44, and his son, Lonnie, 13, of Jones. The ambulance driver and his assistant were not seriously injured. The automobile was hit broadside by the ambulance. Here, a wrecker has … more
Date: June 23, 1952
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0209]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "TWO DOCTORS AND A NURSE WERE HURT Thursday in a wreck on the S Walker viaduct. Dr. Clarence Oscar Epley, 73, of 3124 N Youngs, suffered a broken leg, wrist and cheek bone when his car, above, was struck head-on by a car which, police said, veered across the center line. The other driver, Dr. Presse M. Paul jr., 29, of 830 NW 24, and passenger , Miss Pearline Carroll, 29, of 101 NE 3, were injured. Miss. Carroll… more
Date: September 23, 1955
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0300]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "THREE PEOPLE WERE HURT, Friday afternoon when this car flipped on its top at NW 1 and McKinley. The driver, Mary Louise O'Dell, 25, of NW 1, and her 4-year-old son, William Arthur O'Dell, suffered body bruises. Another passenger, Rose Mae Gaulden, 5, of, of 218 N Blackwedler, suffered a broken shoulder. Police said the car was involved in an accident with one driven by Ernest Davenport, 45, of 33 S Indiana. No charges were… more
Date: December 4, 1953
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0607]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "ONE MAN DIED Wednesday when the new Studebaker coupe he was driving overturned several times and came to rest near the highway on NW MacArthur. The victim, Robert Donald Goodon of Newkirk who was discharged only four days ago from the army, was thrown clear of the vehicle. The car traveled more than 500 feet on the shoulder of the highway before overturning and striking a culvert. Goodon had driven to Oklahoma … more
Date: February 3, 1954
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0390]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Death Car. A Shawnee mechanic whose driver's license had been suspended crashed Thursday into a railroad underpass support at 3200 E Reno after a state trooper had tried to arrest him. The small coupe above was nearly demolished. Officers said the mechanic, Virgil Wade, 36, forced two other automobiles off the highway during his wild attempt to escape. He was killed instantly."
Date: February 28, 1967
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0288]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Motorist Lies Beside car after Accident Near Here, A 52-year-old Edmond man, Halvert Joseph Shea, shown lying by his car, was admitted to St. Anthony hospital early Wednesday morning suffering fractured ribs and a fractured shoulder blade. Highway patrolman said Shea lost control of his car near Reno and Eastern and the vehicle swerved back and forth and across the highway before overturning and throwing him out. His c… more
Date: November 18, 1953
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0220]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "OKLAHOMA'S 501ST TRAFFIC VICTIM, Mrs. Bernice May Eckel, 53, of 914 SW 4, lies on the pavement of the Exchange avenue viaduct after she was struck down by a car. Unidentified spectators and a policeman are awaiting the arrival of an ambulance. A municipal employe, Booker Jackson, 23, was arrested by police as the driver of the car. Mrs. Eckel was the 16th person to die on Oklahoma City streets this year."
Date: November 11, 1955
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0296]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A CRASH at NW 10 and Broadway Wednesday sent Delwyn Carl Wright, 43, of Ponca City, to Mercy hospital with head and chest injuries. Wright's car crashed into the rear of a trailer truck. Driver of the truck, William R. Wolfe, 36, route 2, Miami, was not hurt. Wright's injuries were considered serious."
Date: April 2, 1953
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0505]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Car Sideswipes One Truck, Crashes Head-On Into Second This is all that was left of a 1950 sedan Thursday after it smashed head-on into a truck in the 4200 block W Reno. the truck had sideswiped a cement mixer a split second before. Driver of the car, Joel D. Fields, 63, Maud was in critical condition at Mercy hospital Friday. three other persons suffered minor injuries in the crash."
Date: July 28, 1950
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0245]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "a 9-month-old baby was in critical condition and four others injured Thursday morning after the 1/2 ton truck above skidded on wet pavement off the S Robinson bridge ans was struck Broadside by a panel truck."
Date: November 19, 1953
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0606]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Man Thrown, Killed As Auto Flips Over. Robert Donald Goodon, 23, who returned to his Newkirk home four days ago from service in the army, was killed instantly Wednesday when his car left the road and overturned a quarter mile north of Northwest highway on McArthur Boulevard."
Date: February 3, 1954
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0483]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sunday Greeting A greeting to a friend on another motorcycle ended Sunday with Gerald Donald Wiederman, 36, of 2513 NW 40, in this position. He was treated at Mercy hospital for bruises and abrasions then released. He told F.C. Daneils,police scout car officer, he was traveling north on Walker and NW 2 when he turned to wave at a cyclist going south. He ran into the left front fender of a car driven by Sal Dimor, 27, of … more
Date: December 19, 1949
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0159]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rolling downhill after the hand brake gave way, this car went backward across part of a parking lot, and an alley, to crash through glass and a brick wall into this Osler building office. CAR PAYS A JOLTING CALL-RIGHT THROUGH WALL. A 21-year-old optician was hurt Friday when a car rolled through the wall of an office in the Osler building, NW 11 and Walker, and knocked him down."
Date: June 29, 1957
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0618]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Money Shower All Over The Place in Crash. Four persons were injured and this street was showered with $84 in coins Friday morning when a car went out of control on SE 29, careened across the center line of the street, and was rammed broadside by another car. Injured included the driver James Stamates, 1716 NW 7, who was thrown 47 feet. Midwest City policeman retrieved the spraying coins, scattered from rolls ca… more
Date: February 19, 1954
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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