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- [Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0454]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Into Winter quarters go to alligators at the Oklahoma City zoo and reptile curator Bob Jenni and Sylvia Mossman, 7, of 1805 Meyers place, check one of the babies to see how it survived the move. Jennie said it was necessary to move the 'gators from outdoor quarters to a warmer area for their health. They can be visited by soo goers all winter."
- [Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5815]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Smoke pours from entrance of Whittaker's supermarket at 5120 N May as firemen attempt to extinguish the blaze. Oklahoman staff photographer Joe Miller took this picture at 4 a.m. - shortly after the fire broke out. There was no damage estimate, but apparently it will be several thousand dollars."
- [Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9282]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A series of explosions in the gasoline recovery plant of the Phillips Petroleum Co., refinery at Okmulgee, Monday claimed five lives. One man was killed outright and the others died of burns suffered when subsequent wxplosions overtook them trying to rescue men burned by the first blast. Of a battery of pressure tanks in the plant, one was huled 100 yards into the refinery yard. Smoke and flame seen in the picture is from a brush fire started by the explosions."
- [Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1696]
- Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Sighting in on a star during the first public showing Wednesday night of Oklahoma City University's historic Chamberlain reactive telescope in its new dome is Dr. James A. Nickel, chairman off the mathematics department. The showing of the 8-year-old telescope, refurbished by alumnus Pat Malloy, was held in observance of the inauguration of Dr. John F. Olson, OCU president."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0302.0130]
- Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "of the Humperdinck opera, "Hansel and Gretel." In the center picture, Concertmaster Norman Paulu appears with Gisella Denes, who dances the role of the violin in "Homage to Kreisler," a ballet choreographed by Robert Bell and danced by his pupils."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0311.0459]
- Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "DENTISTS SET DINNER DANCE; New Officers of the Oklahoma County District Dental society will be installed Saturday at the group's inaugural dinner dance. The 7 p.m. event will take place in the Civic room of the Biltmore hotel."
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- Photograph taken during daylight of smoldering structural wreckage after a fire. Caption: "Only these ruins remained of the Taboo Club near Midwest City after an early Monday morning blaze gutted the concrete block structure which was padlocked at one time by the county attorney's office, when known as the Highland Club."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0117.0272]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Zeke expresses his views on a Paseo area wall. The once crowded Paseo district frequented nightly by long-haired youths is all but abandoned now and it would appear that the long arm of the law has taken its toll."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B1267.0567]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "To kick-off the annual Oklahoma Art Center Association membership drive a coffee will be held Monday at 10am in the home of Mrs. Harry J. Schafer, 1601 Westminster Pl. (l-r, Mrs. Vernon E. Pellow, 1503 Drury; Mrs. Herbert M. Mee jr., 2533 Pembroke; Mrs. Dan D. Stuart, 1700 Kingsbury.)"
- [Photograph 2012.201.B1286.0447]
- Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Lee B. Thompson buys the first sheet of Red Cross stamps from postsl employe Betty Judkins."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B1318.0392]
- Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "CHARLES F. TWYFORD printed the history of Oklahoma when it was the hottest news story of the day and after 49 years, he's just taking the time to evaluate significance of his work. Twyford loaded an old Washington hand pree on a wagon and rolled out Edmond for Perry to print the first-hand story of the opening of the Cherokee strip - history before the ink was dry."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0106.0175]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The recently opened Shields Boulevard extension bridge looks like no-man's land with no speed signs"
- [Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.4265]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "There is nothing - no, nothing - ordinary about the million dollar Dolese mansion. This quixotic house that has 50 rooms and is still unfinished, overwhelms the visitor with its opulence. It has everything from a golden yacht trophy to art masterpieces from France, Italy and Switzerland. it even has secret passageways and an atomic bomb shelter. behind the great white pillars which are now bedecked with Christmas lights a visitor finds double and triple locked doors, muffled chimesand an amazing world of wealth. And the story behind the eight-room home on the corner of NW 38 and Shartel that grew into a mansion nearly half a block long just as amazing. "It just grew like Topsy," Mrs. Ardith Carelene Dolese explains. "We added a room there and I guess we didn't know when to quit." In 1941 the eight-room which which cost $14,500 and looked like many others in the neighborhood, became the Dolese home. It was the "honeymoon cottage" for Ardith and Roger M. Dolese when they moved to Oklahoma City from Detriot. The couple married the year after Dolese was graduated from the University of Michigan. they were married in Sun Valley, Idaho. Two of Roger's uncles had moved from Chicago to Oklahoma City years before and started a profitable concrete-mixing business. Neither had children. they wanted their nephew to take over. Roger went into the company and later, when his uncles died, found himself managing the business which has since mushroomed into a multi-million corporation.................. (T-8-9-68 by Tom Boone) Problem: Divide $15 million by two. Answer: Absolute Confusion. A district court is Oklahoma City has grappled with this problem and has come up with the above answer. Case Drags On The court is hearing a …