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[BASEMENT BOX 66.0276]

Description: A daylight photograph of a two-alarm fire at a plumbing supply warehouse in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The image shows a fireman with water hoses near the engulfed structure and under burning electrical wires. Red and green wax pencil editing marks are visible on the photograph. Caption: "Flames engulf south end of plumbing warehouse during two-alarm fire."
Date: April 3, 1972
Creator: Aker, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0417

Description: Daytime smoldering fire with 3 persons present, Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Flames surge from pile of loading platforms into a downtown racing-car parts plant."
Date: April 3, 1974
Creator: Carter, J. Pat
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0113

Description: Photograph taken at night of a well oil on fire. Caption: "A spectacular oil and gas fire roared 150 feet into the air over an oil well near NE 63 and Eastern for more than 5 1/2 hours Sunday morning."
Date: December 3, 1949
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0410

Description: Silhouette of a man with smoke in background, daytime. Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A grim watch was being kept Saturday over the still smoldering remains of the Wichita Mountain fire which broke out Thursday."
Date: August 3, 1963
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0314

Description: Photograph of firefighters driving water from a hallway using shovels and squeegees. Caption: "A fireman cleans up water pumped into the Mark Twain Elementary School"
Date: January 3, 1972
Creator: Aker, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0450

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of a firetruck and people outside a smoldering building. Caption: "(The money type) was lost Monday morning in a fire that started in a box containing cans of floor wax cleaning fluid at the Pizza Inn."
Date: September 3, 1967
Creator: Derby, Paul
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0036

Description: Photograph of an industrial complex engulfed by fire and billowing black smoke. Caption: "A roaring fire touched off by a series of rumbling explosions at the sprawling government-owned Plains butadiene plant near here was brought under control Saturday afternoon."
Date: September 3, 1951
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0295

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of firefighter working inside building smoldering smoke from a fire. Caption: "Charred belongings tossed from a window by firemen contribute to the desolate scene where a mid-morning fire killed Jimmy DeWayne Crawford 11 months old today."
Date: April 3, 1972
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0472]

Description: Photograph is of the charred remains in a basement or lower area then the house above. Caption: "ONLY CHARRED REMAINS are left of this automobile belonging to Lt. Col. Charles W. Mooney (retired) whose home at 300 S Lawson, Midwest City, burned to the ground Friday."
Date: January 3, 1964
Creator: Wood, Tony
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0369]

Description: A daylight photograph of three firemen using fire hoses to combat a fire at an unidentified business at Frederick in Tillman County, Oklahoma. Black wax pencil crop marks are visible on the image. Caption: "Frederick had quite a time-and quite a scare-Friday morning."
Date: November 3, 1950
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0238]

Description: A daylight aerial photograph showing the aftermath of a fire in the downtown business district at Coweta in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. Caption: "Clearing the remains was underway in Coweta at the location of a Jan. 10 fire."
Date: March 3, 1970
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0387

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of men with axes and a fire hose on the roof of a house while a man looks on. Caption: "Firemen swarm over roof at 3209 NW 68 where fireworks caused a blaze."
Date: July 3, 1973
Creator: Mooney, Hank
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0406

Description: National Wildlife Refuge sign on fence. Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A full-scale assault against the forces of nature was still underway Saturday in the Wichita Mountains, where nearly 2,000 fort sill soldiers carried a weary battle against fire into its third day."
Date: August 3, 1963
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0489

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of unidentified person surveying charred ruins of building damaged by fire. Caption: "Fire damage to the Sizzlin' Sirloin restaurant at 5000 SE 29 early Wednesday is estimated at about $100,000."
Date: January 3, 1968
Creator: Wood, Tony
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0368

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of men surveying ruins of Cassidy Grain Company building after a fire. Caption: "Firemen are ready to start fighting again if high winds start from the smoldering ruins of the Cassidy grain elevator."
Date: October 3, 1950
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0365

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of firefighters cutting a hole in a roof with an axe. Caption: "Dousing a blaze at 1215 Classen Drive was a five-minute routine chore for firemen this morning, but it was a dazzling recess novelty for workers and children by nearby Villa Teresa School."
Date: July 3, 1973
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0533]

Description: Photograph is of nine unidentified men looking at the front of a building that had previously been on fire. Smoke is rising from the inside of the building the roof is gone and the front of the building is badly damaged with no door or windows. Bricks and debris is strewn across the street from the burnt building. Caption: "A downtown fire in Pauls Valley Tuesday threatened to destroy a city block, but was brought under control by firemen and a light rain falling at the time."
Date: January 3, 1973
Creator: Tullous, Don
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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