[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0152] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0152]
  • Added Title Death Car

Creator

  • Photographer: Gumm, John
    Creator Type: Personal

Date

  • Creation: 1957-09-11

Language

  • No Language

Description

  • Content Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Death Car. A spectacular auto crash and explosion at the northwest edge of Oklahoma City, claimed one life and seriously injured three persons late Wednesday. Earlier in the day, four other persons were killed on state roads (a fifth died late Tuesday night) as the state's traffic toll continued to soar. The death brought the last four days' total to 25, despite stepped-up enforcement."
  • Physical Description: 1 photograph

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Journalism
  • Keyword: Accidents
  • Keyword: Auto
  • Keyword: City 1957
  • Keyword: newspaper photographs
  • OPUBCO folder structure: ACCIDENTS / AUTO / CITY 1957

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Oklahoma - Oklahoma County - Oklahoma City
  • Coverage Date: 1957-09-11
  • Time Period: mod-tim

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: 2012.201.B0052.0152
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc212743

Note

  • Display Note: PublishDate: 9-12-1957
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