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Henry E. Asp

Description: Studio photograph of Henry Edward Asp who was born in 1856 and died in 1923. Asp was an Attorney admitted to the Kansas Bar in 1877, and established a law firm with John W. Shartel and James R. Cottingham in Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory in 1892. He was a solicitor and lobbyist for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway between the years of 1890 and 1907, and was instrumental in founding the Norman Territorial University which would become the University of Oklahoma. Asp was on OU's board of trus… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Swearingen, Harmon Theodore
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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Description: Photograph of C. O. Frye, a Cherokee Indian at Sallisaw, I.T., c. 1906-7. Photo by Harmon Theodore Swearingen, Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory. (Verso of print) Republican delegate District 84. A farmer, he was born in the Cherokee Nation in what is now Sequoyah County. He is a half-blood Cherokee Indian. His mother is full blood, and his father is white. Mr. Frye's wife is a quarter blood Cherokee, and a great niece of the noted warrior, Gen. Stan Watie. Frye was a member of the Oklahoma Constitut… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Harmon Theodore Swearingen
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma City, OK

Description: Photograph of a banner over a street in Oklahoma City, OK, that reads, "We want direct railroad connection with Oklahoma City the future Capitol let’s get together, get busy!! You want our hogs & cattle" Oklahoma City Trades Excursion, May 9-14, 1910.
Date: May 2, 1910
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

First Christian Church

Description: Photograph of the First Christian Church, northeast corner of Northwest 10th and North Robinson Avenue, built in 1910 at the cost of $140,000, Oklahoma City, OK. Photo by Fred L. Stone, Oklahoma City, OK, c. 1911.
Date: 1911~
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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