Latest content added for The Gateway to Oklahoma History Location: United States - Iowa - Des Moines County

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2015-10-27T21:53:58-05:00

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Representing the international Supreme Chapter at the event at the Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education on the University of Oklahoma campus will be Mrs. M.E. Wallace, Des Moines, Iowa."

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2015-06-08T20:44:45-05:00

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Comedian Red Skelton collapsed offstage after a show at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines Sunday night."

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2015-06-08T20:44:45-05:00

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "SOLAR FARM HOME to be built near Des Moines will be open to the public at Living History Farms."

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2015-06-03T20:59:28-05:00

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Chairman of the 11 state Mid-Continent Research and Development Council is Dr. Richard W. Poole, dean of the Oklahoma State University business college."

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2015-06-01T22:10:08-05:00

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Harold Russell, 32, handless war veteran of motion picture fame. Monday was elected commander of the American Veterans of WOrld War II (AMVETS)"

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2014-11-20T08:03:41-06:00

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Here is a record in the making by a Sooner. Bill Lyda as the University of Oklahoma anchor man crosses the tape frar in front of the sprint medley relay field during the Crake relays opening at Des Moines, Iowa Friday."

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2014-11-18T21:51:19-06:00

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

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2014-09-23T12:01:06-05:00

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Charles P. Howard / Des Moines Iowa Attorney & Publisher."

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2014-09-23T12:01:06-05:00

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Charles P. Howard / Des Moines Publisher"

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2014-09-23T12:01:06-05:00

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Oklahoma came to Iowa in more ways than one this week and theatrical history became outdated."

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2014-09-23T12:01:06-05:00

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A cloudburst at the formal opening of the KRNT Radio Theater in Des Moines, Ia., dampened Gov. Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma but didn't daunt his determination to go through with plans to arrive in "the surrey with a fringe on top" before thousand of Midwest Theater-goers holding tickets for "Oklahoma" opening night."

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2014-09-23T12:01:06-05:00

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Gov. Kerr is surrounded by a bevy of actresses from the "Oklahoma" cast at the play's opening in Des Moines."

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2014-09-23T12:01:06-05:00

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Joy Hodges, 20-year-old Des Moines singer is insured against failure in motion pictures."

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2013-11-27T06:37:20-06:00

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "U.S. Agriculture Secretary John R. Block, holds a small birthday cake presented to him in honor of his 47th birthday, at a meeting with Iowa Corn Growers Association members on Monday in Des Moines."

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2013-10-11T20:30:49-05:00

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Effie and Addie Cherry, who inspired a raucous razzing in Oscar Hammerstein's old Olympia Theater in New York in 1901, recently presented their entertainment before 2,500 attending a barn dance broadcast."

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2013-10-11T20:30:49-05:00

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City Jaycees will hear their organization's national president at a general meeting Tuesday."

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2013-10-11T20:30:49-05:00

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

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2013-10-11T20:30:49-05:00

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "George E. Cole an ex-convict tabbed by the FBI as one of the nation's most wanted men since the killing of a San Francisco policeman in 1956"