[BASEMENT BOX 67.0004] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [BASEMENT BOX 67.0004]

Creator

  • Photographer: Peterson, Richard
    Creator Type: Personal

Date

  • Creation: 1959-03-14

Language

  • No Language

Description

  • Content Description: A daylight photograph of a record grass fire near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The image shows residents battling smoke and flames as the fire threatens their home. Caption: "Frightened residents of the area northeast of Oklahoma City Saturday afternoon used every means at their disposal to divert flames from their homes as the largest grass fire in the county's history ate through several thousands acres."
  • Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Journalism
  • Keyword: fires
  • Keyword: grass fire
  • Keyword: residence
  • Keyword: Oklahoma County
  • OPUBCO folder structure: FIRES / COUNTY / GRASS FIRES / 1959

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Oklahoma - Oklahoma County
  • Coverage Date: 1959-03-14
  • Time Period: mod-tim

Source

  • Newspaper: The Oklahoman; March 15, 1959

Collection

  • Name: Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection
    Code: OKPCP

Institution

  • Name: Oklahoma Historical Society
    Code: OKHS

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: BASEMENT BOX 67.0004
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc200480

Note

  • Display Note: PublishDate: O-03-15-59
  • Display Note: Credit: The Oklahoman
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