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[Photograph 2012.201.B1378.0529]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Outlined against a sky painted with sunlight-edged clouds, this windmill near Edmond seems to stand as a historical link between the forces of natural and man's continuing struggle to improve the quality of life."
Date: September 14, 1978
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1378.0525]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Baker run-in-oil windmills, like this one donated by a Shattuck resident, were first introduced in 1923 and featured a close gear oil bath."
Date: August 30, 1995
Creator: John, Wiles A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1378.0530]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Apparently having lost the battle to tame Oklahoma's often turbulent winds, this tattered windmill is now only a nostalgic adornment to the prairie landscape near Altus."
Date: July 16, 1978
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1378.0567]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A cluster of electricity-generating windmills stand guard over the rural Norman home of Royce Weddle, ready to spin off electrical power at almost the slightest breeze."
Date: November 18, 1980
Creator: Vandewater, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1378.0568]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Remnant of the past is this proud windmill which spread its arms just a few blocks north of two rising capitol office buildings."
Date: August 11, 1961
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1378.0528]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Battered windmill broods above an old stone farmhouse just north of Norman on SH 77, reminding passersby of bygone days when Oklahoma winds set vanes whirling to pump water for people and stock."
Date: February 13, 1975
Creator: Etheridge, Robert
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1378.0596]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Like a bird with ragged feathers, this windmill no doubt saw better days in its youth when it provided the power to pump water at an old farm site at South Western and Indian Hills Road."
Date: October 26, 1978
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1378.0580]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Just a few miles from hectic Oklahoma City traffic, this pastoral sunset silhouettes a now abandoned barn and windmill south of the Canadian County community of Piedmont and near heavily traveled Northwest Expressway."
Date: February 29, 1984
Creator: Klock, Roger
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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