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[BASEMENT BOX 67.0141]

Description: Photograph is of the side of an oil storage tank and a truck that is parked next to the tank. There are black marks on the side of the tank from a previous fire. Smoke is still rising from the burnt truck next to the tank. Caption: "Euel Phillips, 33, Cushing, died in Mercy hospital here Friday morning of burns received Thursday afternoon when a nearby truck ignited a partially-filled 80,000-barrel oil tank in the 4200 block E. Reno."
Date: September 25, 1952
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0254]

Description: An interior photograph showing the aftermath of a fire at the Myriad Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. Caption: "[Charred waste] of insulating materials litters floor of Myriad Convention Center's exhibit hall after a Thursday morning fire."
Date: March 9, 1972
Creator: Mooney, Hank
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0229]

Description: A daylight photograph showing the aftermath of a hotel fire in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The image shows fire department personnel using a high pressure water hose and a shovel crane to extinguish hot spots in the debris. A barricade, traffic light, and street signs are in the scene, and black and green wax pencil editorial marks are visible on the photograph. Caption: "Crane finishes off fire-ravaged hotel."
Date: April 5, 1972
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0400]

Description: A daylight photograph of a house fire on northwest Seventeenth Street in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The image shows three boys watching a fireman on the roof of the burned and smoking residence. Caption: "$3,000 Damages.
Date: December 25, 1974
Creator: Traverse, Cliff
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0112]

Description: A daylight photograph of a lone man, surrounded by heavy smoke, fighting a large grass fire near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. Caption: "Firemen from three stations battled a 'king sized' grass fire for more than three hours northeast of Oklahoma City Wednesday before bringing it under control at 4 p.m."
Date: November 30, 1949
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Basement Box 51.0159]

Description: A daylight photograph of seven-year-old Tim Ferrell, as he prepares to participate in a fishing derby at Oklahoma City's Lake Hefner. Discoloration and red wax pencil marks are visible on the image. Caption: "Tim Ferrell, 7, an early arrival, checks his hook before starting."
Date: May 22, 1970
Creator: Aker, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0417.0057]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Distribution of surplus commodities in Oklahoma's largest county has become a big business , and it's growing every day, Charles File , county welfare director, said Saturday."
Date: February 8, 1955
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0276]

Description: A daylight photograph of a two-alarm fire at a plumbing supply warehouse in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The image shows a fireman with water hoses near the engulfed structure and under burning electrical wires. Red and green wax pencil editing marks are visible on the photograph. Caption: "Flames engulf south end of plumbing warehouse during two-alarm fire."
Date: April 3, 1972
Creator: Aker, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0386]

Description: A daytime photograph showing the aftermath of a fire at a residence in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The image presents a charred interior room--its ceiling and roof removed by flames--bathed in sunlight. Orange wax pencil editorial marks are visible on the photo. Caption: "A midnight fire left $74,000 damage at a Southside Oklahoma City home."
Date: July 18, 1973
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0410]

Description: A nighttime photograph taken at the Hudson Hotel at 331 West Sheridan Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The image shows a sheet rope hangling from a window, designed to escape a fire. Wax pencil editorial notes and marks are visible on the photograph. Caption: "Unused, as it turned out, emergency rope of sheets dangles from window at the Hudson Hotel, 331 W Sheridan, where 51 persons were evacuated safely during a 3 a. m. fire today."
Date: January 14, 1974
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0193]

Description: A daylight photograph of a fuel truck burning near All Sports Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. Red wax pencil marks are visible on the image. Caption: "Flames engulf loaded fuel truck near All Sports Stadium."
Date: August 21, 1971
Creator: Aker, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Basement Box 51.0161]

Description: A daylight photograph of three-year-old Shannon Isley participating in a fishing derby at Oklahoma City's Lake Hefner. Red and black wax pencil crop marks and discoloration are visible on the image. Caption: "Shannon Isley, 3, proves you're never to young to enjoy fishing."
Date: May 22, 1970
Creator: Aker, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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