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[Photograph 2012.201.B0238.0206]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dispatching mail around Christmas time, particularly without benefit of modern equipment, is a tedious yet pleasant task for Ben Cooksey, Fairland's busy postmaster."
Date: December 24, 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1376.0540]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "On hand for unveiling ceremonies Thursday were, left to right, artist Charles Banks Wilson, W.W. Keeler, Gov. Bellmon, Sen. Clem McSpadden and Rep. J.D. McCarty."
Date: June 24, 1965
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0901.0429]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The First Presbyterian church at Miami, Okla., was dedicated in 1926, two years after Rev. Harry W. Curtis began his duties there as pastor."
Date: April 24, 1959
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Lead-Zinc Mining

Description: Photograph of a chat pile, the rock waste remains after lead and zinc have been extracted from hard rock, during the grinding and flotation system. Note the erosion of the pile. This material covers some 5,000 acres in Ottawa County. Wind and water move this finely ground rock to adjacent areas. OK-2769-11.
Date: May 24, 1967
Creator: Bennett, K. C.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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