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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6183]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Unlce Sam's military planes are sort of like Mac Arthur - they don't die, they just fade away and then return. Proof of this can be seen from Douglas avenue bordering Tinker Air Force base on the east. It's here, in the southeast corner, that obsolete planes are lined up waiting the guillotine. Guillotine in this instance is a huge knife-like chunk of cemente used with a cane to demolish old planes and get then ready… more
Date: September 6, 1961
Creator: Matheson, Mandell
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9875]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Grass nearly as "high as an elephant's eye" was blamed Thursday for causing the second crash within a week at NW 39 and Meridian. Witnesses claimed the tall grass, growing out of the meridian strip on NW 39, blocks the view of oncoming traffic from motorists approaching the intersection on Meridian. The grass still had not been cut at mid-morning, although a complaint reportedly had been turned in to the city after th… more
Date: June 6, 1957
Creator: Lucas, Jim
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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