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[Photograph 2012.201.B0319.0572]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "SPONSORED BY THE Oklahoma County Council for Mentally Retarded Children of which Leo Ederer, foreground, is chairman, there will be a Petite Prix held at the fairgrounds November 7-8."
Date: October 27, 1959
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0299.0128]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "His parents named him Lucky, but not a very lucky guy these days is the six - year - old tyke with the big bewildered eyes who lies under a tent affair in a St. Anthony hospital bed."
Date: February 27, 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0223.0215]

Description: Caption: "Oklahoma City police held a 7 1/2 foot Boa constrictor in custody for a while today. When officers spotted the serpent, it was wrapped around a man who was later booked as W. A. Chickanoka of Glasgow, Ky. The man was arguing with a clerk at a downtown hotel, trying to convince the clerk that he had a room reservation. Chickanoka, who also called himself "Wachickanoka, King of the Snakes," was booked for disorderly conduct. He posted $20 bond and was released. The snake king was … more
Date: July 27, 1968
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0114]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Purcell firemen and railroad workers spray down an errant switch engine after it was purposely derailed following a 35-mile unmanned run from Oklahoma City."
Date: November 27, 1978
Creator: Reed, Monty
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0311.0016]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "B. W. Douglas, Harper county representative peeks at a flag draped clock in the waning, night hours of the twenty-second legislature."
Date: May 27, 1948
Creator: Pyer, Ronald
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0171]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Thursday is Thanksgiving. It is a day to give thanks for your blessings -- a day of joy. If you are careless for one moment, however, you may wind up in a picture such as this, So if you get out on the highway this holiday, be careful and alert. don't let death put its shadow over your happy holiday. Careless driving habits are constantly checked by licensing bureau and driver improvement bureau officials to prevent a… more
Date: February 27, 1957
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.1031]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Girl was injured in this bus. Another picture on Page 2. Two bus loads of school kids from Graham High School got more than they bargained for Friday in their planned visit to the State Fair of Oklahoma. The two buses were in a rear-end collision on the Draper Expressway near the Agnew Ave. exit about a mile from the fairgrounds. The collision sent a Graham girl to St. Anthony Hospital for treatment of minor cuts and b… more
Date: September 27, 1968
Creator: Wood, Tony
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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