[Photograph 2012.201.B0957.0114]

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Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Fireboats spray water on a Marathon Oil Company platform in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday following an explosion."

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1 photograph

Creation Information

Associated Press June 9, 1980.

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

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Oklahoma Historical Society

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  • Main Title: [Photograph 2012.201.B0957.0114]
  • Added Title: Rig Blaze In Gulf

Description

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Fireboats spray water on a Marathon Oil Company platform in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday following an explosion."

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1 photograph

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PublishDate: T-06-09-80

Credit: Oklahoma Times

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  • "Rig Blaze In Gulf", Oklahoma Times, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, June 9, 1980

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Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection

The Oklahoma Publishing Company, the parent company of many prominent Oklahoma newspapers, amassed a significant collection of photographs that span more than a century. The wide variety of photographs accompanied stories in the newspapers.

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  • June 9, 1980

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  • Dec. 12, 2014, 11:13 p.m.

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  • Nov. 17, 2016, 5:26 p.m.

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Associated Press. [Photograph 2012.201.B0957.0114], photograph, June 9, 1980; (gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc476701/: accessed October 20, 2017), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.