[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0010]

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Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "This car, owned by Kenneth KcKean, was wrecked in a "chicken game," police claim. Three city teenagers miraculously escaped injury Friday when two cars crashed almost head on in the 4100 block N. Tulsa. Police accused them of playing "chicken." Traffic citations for reckless driving were signed against Basil Lee Smith, 16, of route 10, and Kenneth McKean, 16, of 2208 NW 37. Both denied accusations by officers J.M. Watson and C.L. Posey that the wreck had been caused in a game of "chicken." Smith maintained a blowout … continued below

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Cobb, Richard May 2, 1958.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection and was provided by the Oklahoma Historical Society to The Gateway to Oklahoma History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 14 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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  • Main Title: [Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0010]
  • Added Title: This Car Owned By Kenneth Mckean, Was Wrecked In A "Chicken Game," Police Claim.

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Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "This car, owned by Kenneth KcKean, was wrecked in a "chicken game," police claim.
Three city teenagers miraculously escaped injury Friday when two cars crashed almost head on in the 4100 block N. Tulsa. Police accused them of playing "chicken." Traffic citations for reckless driving were signed against Basil Lee Smith, 16, of route 10, and Kenneth McKean, 16, of 2208 NW 37. Both denied accusations by officers J.M. Watson and C.L. Posey that the wreck had been caused in a game of "chicken." Smith maintained a blowout on the left front tire of his car had caused him to swerve into the path of McKean's auto, coming from the opposite direction."

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Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection

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Cobb, Richard. [Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0010], photograph, May 2, 1958; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc217352/: accessed December 5, 2025), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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