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BASEMENT BOX 67.0038

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of an industrial complex engulfed in fire and billowing black smoke. Caption: "Here's an aerial view of the huge government-owned Plains Butadiene Plant Borger, Texas."
Date: September 2, 1951
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0294B.0172]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Al Hollingsworth , who led the Houston Buffaloes to a Texas league championship during his first year at the helm, signed a one-year contract to pilot the Buffs again in 1952, club president Allen Russell said Wednesday."
Date: December 12, 1951
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0297B.0374]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Charlotte Bone, right, occupational therapist, shows Anne Gaither, 27, Mexico City, how to use an electric typewriter especially made for patients whose fingers are weakened by polio."
Date: August 22, 1951
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0149.0361]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Oklahomans who felt a little empty-handed (in more ways than one) Sunday after Saturday's Cotton bowl defeat of the Sooner football team by the University of Texas 9-7, may take heart from this picture snapped during the autumn classic in Dallas."
Date: 1951
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
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0123.0562]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "IN HAND - E. A. BOOTS" CAPSHAW , deputy sheriff , holds five please of hacksaw blades he found Thursday in the shoe of Norman ..."
Date: March 22, 1951
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0106.0792]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Familiar Sight -- This view of Texas from the Oklahoma side of Red River is familiar to travelers from all parts of the United States and areas of Canada."
Date: August 28, 1951
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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