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[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0252]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Missing Driver Charged After Crash Complaints of reckless driving, destroying city property and leaving the scene of an accident were filed against the driver of this car after he struck the signal light post at Main and Western Thursday morning and then left the scene. John Carroll Marshall, 19, told W. E. Gill, patrolman in the picture, that his car collided with the other car and the driver left the scene while he … more
Date: December 4, 1952
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0413]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Blazing Wreck Pins Driver Until Rescuers Arrive. This 1949 model car, before it was up righted, pinned James Allen Hunt,18, of 1461 Reading drive beneath it and caught fire. It was struck by a hit-and-run driver. Three passing motorists, lifted the car and dragged Hunt to safety."
Date: February 4, 1950
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0873]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "A 33 year old Oklahoma City electrician was killed instantly about 8 AM Friday when his pickup truck skidded 135 feet and then plowed into the baggage car of a Frisco streamliner passenger train 1 1/2 miles north of NE 23 on Midwest Boulevard. Highway patrol troopers said Harvey William Duke, 33, of 131 SW 42, apparently was thrown through the windshield of the truck against the train, which hurled his body 39 feet."
Date: June 4, 1954
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0240]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Two Drivers Injured as Cars Crash Two persons were taken to Mercy hospital Friday for injuries suffered in a two-car collision at NW 9 and Shartel. Percy (Bud) Sneed, 32, employe of the Clark Motor Co., driver of the car shown at the left, suffered a possible fractured nose. His car jumped the curb and struck a telephone pole after the impact. Anna L. Lewis, 18, of 4336 NW 15, driver of the car on the right, suffered f… more
Date: December 4, 1952
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0295]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Policeman Hurt as Scout Car Hits Safety Island - Officer D.C. Mosshart is shown lying on the pavement next to his wrecked scout car waiting for an ambulance. Mosshart suffered neck injuries, possible broken hand and internal injuries Friday when his scout car crashed into the center island at N. Walker and Couch drive. Officer P.E. Ming, driver of the scout car, escaped injury. The injured officer was taken to Mercy h… more
Date: September 4, 1953
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0872]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "The battered pickup truck of Harvey William Duke, 33 year old Oklahoma City electrician, is shown after it crashed into the Frisco streamliner shown in the background. The collisions occurred 1 1/2 miles north of NE 23 on Midwest Boulevard. Duke was thrown through the windshield, against the train and killed instantly. He became Oklahoma's 239th traffic fatality for the year."
Date: June 4, 1954
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9077]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "(photo a lady customer getting a ticket for travel from a guy in a suit, an arrivals/departures boards behind him, and more)"
Date: April 4, 1958
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3525]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Completed and in constant use are the fairways and greens in trosper park, opened in January, and already attracting many of the city's golfers. The golfers pictured will have to clear Crooked Oak creeks to reach first hole."
Date: June 4, 1957
Creator: Winford, Wesley
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0244]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "The new 500-bed Veterans hospital at NE 13 and Kelly begins to look like a reality. Delayed by steel shortages several times since construction began two years ago, contractors now expect the building to be finished next July. This is an aerial view looking west of the Oklahoma City medical center as it appear when the veterans administration moves its 220 beds from the barracks type building at Will Rogers field to t… more
Date: October 4, 1952
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2483]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Fifty-four passengers, 2,000 pounds of cargo, plus fuel," mutters Roy Tilburry, 4522 NW 44, Braniff load agent. "Now where is the center of gravity of that aircraft?"
Date: April 4, 1958
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2482]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "That pleasant voice at reservations is typified by Donna Mashburn, 2112 Mehl Dr., reservation clerk for Central Airlines at Will Rogers. She is just one small but vital cog in the vast wheel that turns the airlines."
Date: April 4, 1958
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9453]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "U.S. 66 is open again, minus the detour, and the whole complexion of Deep Fork area bordering Grand Boulevard from NE 63 to Lincoln is changed. Gone is the old winding trail that carried arterial traffic past Oklahoma City from coast to coast. Replacing it is the broad, two-drive, four-lane artery pictured above. It cost $508,560, is 1.73 miles miles long, and will be lengthened by extension to connect with Western, … more
Date: October 4, 1950
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5204]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Principal players of the Oklahoma City Symphony orchestra are shown rehearsing with choirs from Oklahoma Baptist University, OCU, Oklahoma College for Women and the Symphony chorale in prePARATION FOR TUESDAY'S PRESENTATION OF THE Ninth Symphony by Beethoven, starting at 8:45 p.m. in Municipal Auditorium. Robert Rudie, symphony concertmaster, is rehearsing the group. Victor Alessandro, in left foreground, will conduct… more
Date: March 4, 1951
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6019]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Seven ear-shattering explosions rocked this county farm town down to its foundations early Tuesday when a 142-car Santa Fe feight train carrying oil tankersderailed and exploded near Main street. Only a miracle saved scores of persons from being killed or seriously injured as huge pieces of steel from the exploding tank cars were hurled through the air, like straws in a spring wind. Raging columns of black smoke early… more
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2484]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Weather, route information, loading-what have you-are gathered by radio and teletype as the airliners speed toward Will Rogers. Linzy N. Pendergraft, 2608 SW 46 terr., works in the American Airlines radio room."
Date: April 4, 1958
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3522]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Eight bridges cross Crooked Oak and other creeks on the course. Although rains caused considerable , Dewey Judkins, golf pro at the park, said each bridge will be repaired and in use by July 4."
Date: June 4, 1957
Creator: Winford, Wesley
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3521]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Golf pro and manager of the $350,000 Trosper park project is Dewey Judkins, shown looking over the 6,780 yards of golf course amply sprinkled with trees and other vegetation."
Date: June 4, 1957
Creator: Winford, Wesley
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3629]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Seven highway patrolmen were acting like ducks Wednesday, and it was all in the line of duty. The seven wet troopers in the picture are members of the newly organized special detail and rescue sqaud. They are being trained this week at the YMCA pool on sscuba diving is case they have to ever go underwater on a search on rescue. the squad of seven men are being trained to be available for all types pf emergency duty. … more
Date: March 4, 1959
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7523]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "All city game rangers went on emergency duty Thursday in an effort to be kind to more than 100 of their feathered friends entombed in a prison of ice at Lake Overholser. These red-winged blackbirds became frozen Wednesday night when mist from the dam saturated their bodies and they fell to the ground. Ice formed over their bodies, leaving them helpless. The above pictures by A. Y. Owen, Times staff photographer, show… more
Date: January 4, 1950
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2076]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Get off the beaten path and tour the North Canadian from west of May eastward through the city, and you'll see some of the worst collections of disease breeders, mosquito harbors and fly incubators that a city this size can produce. The photo above contrasts this river bank dump with the clean cut city skyline. It is located just west of the new eastside viaduct on Byers...The $2,775,000 floodway bonds eliminate this … more
Date: May 4, 1950
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3524]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Damage caused by rains included the bridge washout, above, and the littering of refuse along Crooked Oak creek running through Trosper park. Repair crews are clearing the way."
Date: June 4, 1957
Creator: Winford, Wesley
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10632]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Up, Up, And Up she goes, already 80 feet in the air and going higher, is the new Arrows to Atoms tower for the Semi-Centennial exposition at the Fairgrounds June 14-17. The tower is a long arrow shooting straight up, in the center of the plaza."
Date: March 4, 1957
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7503]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "The ice field on the southwest side of the Lake Overholser dam proved the undoing of more than 100 red-winged blackbirds. The birds were trapped in the ice after they came in to feed and were not liberated until Thursday morning. Many died from exposure and some were killed by wild house cats."
Date: January 4, 1950
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2244]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "The new Chester A. Arthur school, 5000 S Independence, shows the latest trend in Oklahoma City school building. Designed to save money and yet bring more comfort to the students, it was constructed at a total cost of $124,295.80."
Date: February 4, 1954
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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