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[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.1102]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Here's the way Hank McTaggard's midget racer looked after the Wichita driver had been extricated from the wreckage during Monday night's program at Taft stadium. McTaggard's mount collided with another car as they rounded the south turn. The tiny car landed upside down on top of the restraining wall. The driver Tuesday was in a local hospital. He sustained a few cuts and bruises and was to undergo a checkup for… more
Date: August 20, 1946
Creator: Pash, Oral M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.1103]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "George Cook (with goggles around neck) gets youthful condolences after wrecking his midget race car against the fence at Taft stadium Monday night, after striking Angelo Howerton's car. Note that right front wheel."
Date: June 11, 1947
Creator: Pash, Oral M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1048.0593]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Jack Penwell, 42, veteran midget car race driver who used to thrill the Oklahoma City crowds, will return after staying away last year because their modified stock machines were not allowed. He and several other Tulsa drivers will be at the State Fairgrounds in OKC Sunday for a speedfest."
Date: February 4, 1949
Creator: Pash, Oral M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0295.0232]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Latest thorn in the sides of Taft mighty mite regulars is Bill Homeier of Houston (left) who will race Herbert "Fats" Brown's Kurtis Kraft Ford in the Vacation Sweepstakes Monday night." William "Bill" Homeier won the 100-mile championship midget race held in Tulsa, April 14, 1951, at the Tulsa Fairgrounds, winning the John Zink Award Trophy.
Date: June 11, 1947
Creator: Pash, Oral M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0295.0235]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "One of the outstanding sensations of the new midget auto racing season is Bill Homeier of Houston." William "Bill" Homeier won the 100-mile championship midget race held in Tulsa, April 14, 1951, at the Tulsa Fairgrounds, winning the John Zink Award Trophy.
Date: May 5, 1950
Creator: Pash, Oral M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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