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[Photograph 2012.201.B0316B.0250]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Maj. Robert S. Johnson got a rousing welcome when an army plane dropped him and Mrs. Johnson at the Fort sill airport Monday afternoon."
Date: June 13, 1944
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge Buffalo

Description: Photograph of three buffalo standing in a field located in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The back of the photograph proclaims, “A part of the Buffalo herd in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge, Lawton, Okla. This is the second largest herd of buffalo on the continent. The buffalo was the department store of the plains Indian, supplying them with practically all their needs. When the millions of buffalo that roamed the prairies were exterminated there were a few small herds saved and … more
Date: September 29, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1432.0437]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Col. Lewis S. Griffing, director of gunnery at the field artillery school, Fort Sill, points to a chart of the Wichita mountain area that served as a laboratory in finding the answer to the Jap cave defense system."
Date: February 1, 1946
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1129.0199]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lieut. Col. Turner Roark of the 179th Infantry knows a good sweet potato when he sees one. Here, he is establishing his claim to the yam championship at a holiday dinner at Fort Sill."
Date: January 1, 1941
Creator: 45th Division, Photo Section
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0376.0334]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Drunk drivers, speeders and reckless drivers in southwestern Oklahoma faced trouble Saturday, as the entire Lawton Highway Patrol troop met Friday and declared war. Helping explain the program was Chief H. B. Lowrey, seated far right."
Date: November 5, 1948
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0355.0112]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The annual Wichita Mountain Easter pageant, which includes a cast of 3,000 non-sectarian citizens of Lawton, Okla., and surrounding communities, has been incorporated into a new $2,500,000 full length movie titled "The Lawton Story."
Date: 1949
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0362.0446]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Typical of the coaching staff of Fort Sill football teams is Lt. Norvel Locke of Replacement Training Center."
Date: April 21, 1942
Creator: Fort Sill Photos
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0376.0076]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Beginning the sale of war stamp directly to soldiers through their own outfits at Fort Sill, First Sergt. Thomas M. Love, station complement, hands Corp."
Date: 1942
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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