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[BASEMENT BOX 67.0313]

Description: Photograph is of a fireman on top of the open ladder off the fire pump truck spraying an open hose onto the roof of a burning brick building. Smoke is billowing out of the roof of the building. Two other firemen are holding hoses that are spraying into the broken windows into the multiple story structure from the ground.
Date: April 16, 1955
Creator: Ford, Ray
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0315

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of firefighters extinguishing a building fire. Caption: "More than $500,000 damage was caused by fire early Friday in downtown Enid when the J. C. Penney Co. store was destroyed and Woolworth and Montgomery Ward stocks were damaged. Above, Enid, Blackwell and Vance Air Force base fireman put water into the Penney building. This picture was flown to Oklahoma City by a Champlin Refining Co. plane."
Date: April 15, 1955
Creator: Ford, Ray
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0346]

Description: Photograph of a sign featuring Smokey the Bear, used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. The text of the sign says, "Today's Forest Fire Danger: Severe." There are trees in the background. Caption: "Smokey the Bear flashes the right sign for forest fire conditions in southeastern Oklahoma. The sign is near the Oklahoma Forestry Fire Control division headquarters at Broken Bow where officials have warned that conditions still are severe although fires have lessened."
Date: April 9, 1955
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0314]

Description: Photograph is of a fire pump truck parked in front of the J.C. Penny's building. Three fire hoses and a fully opened fire ladder are maned and spraying open water hoses on the fire. There is a ladder leaning against the building leading to a window that flames are visible through. The brightness from the flames and the billows of smoke are rising from the destroyed roof of the structure. Caption: "a $500,000 fire destroyed the J. C. Penney store here early Friday and damaged adjoining Montgomer… more
Date: April 15, 1955
Creator: Ford, Ray
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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