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[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0471]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "NO ONE HURT, Here's what happened when a car missed a curve on the west edge of McLoud at 1:25 a. m. Sunday. The car, driven by Raymond Edgar Berry jr., 26, of Shawnee, was in the act of flipping end-over-end when it met this tree. Berry and his passenger, George Pressley, 27, also of Shawnee, were thrown through the top. Both escaped with scratches. Ten minutes after this freak mishap a Shawnee wrecker en route to the sc… more
Date: February 25, 1952
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0128

Description: Photograph taken at night of a brush fire. Caption: "Wind whipped flames, cracking through tinder-dry brush and pastures near Shawnee, presented this spectacular horizon Sunday night as volunteers frantically fought to control the threat."
Date: March 25, 1950
Creator: Pyer, Ronald
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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