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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1397]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A two-alarm fire sent up towers of smoke from Louie's 29 Club Thursday morning, and caused damage estimated at $80,000. For a time several nearby buildings were threatened. The two-story private club at 2929 SW 29 was empty when the fire broke out. Fourteen firefighting units battled the blaze, believed to have been caused by an overheated motor in an ice-making machine. Louis Strach, owner, said the club had been remol… more
Date: January 21, 1960
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1402]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Firemen worked in sub-freezing temperatures as the fire raged out og control. Traffic was snarled in all direction as fire hoses and equipment blocked the surrounding streets."
Date: January 21, 1960
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1401]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Fifty firemen and 16 fire rigs were called into action to combat the blaze. This fireman manned a high pressure hose from the aerial ladder in vain effort to squelch the interior fire."
Date: January 21, 1960
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1398]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "A spectacular tow-alarm fire destroyed Louie's 29 Club, 2929 SW 29, Thursday morning. Only the white-painted stone walls of the landmark night club were standing when the firemen brought the blaze under control about 9:30 a.m. Louis Strauch, 59-year-old owner, tearfully looked over the ruins of the establishment, now liscensed as a private club, and said, "I'm not going to ever reopen." 50 Battle Blaze Fifty… more
Date: January 21, 1960
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1399]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "A spectacular tow-alarm fire destroyed Louie's 29 Club, 2929 SW 29, Thursday morning. Only the white-painted stone walls of the landmark night club were standing when the firemen brought the blaze under control about 9:30 a.m. Louis Strauch, 59-year-old owner, tearfully looked over the ruins of the establishment, now liscensed as a private club, and said, "I'm not going to ever reopen." 50 Battle Blaze Fifty… more
Date: January 21, 1960
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1400]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "There was a hot time at Louie's 29 Club, 2929 SW 29, Thursday as fire gutted the landmark night club. Damage was estimated at $80,000 to the newly remodeled structure."
Date: January 21, 1960
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1418.0260]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Robert Nelson Woodard, 48-year-old city lawyer charged with manslaughter in the death of another city man, was cleared of all charges Monday."
Date: January 4, 1960
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1243.0048]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "George Shirk, another lawyer and a past president of the bachelors, said the nicest thing about this 1960 leap year is " it gives you one more day to get your income tax figured."
Date: January 21, 1960
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0394.0185]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Retiring school board president Mrs. L. D. Melton enjoys her namesake and only grandchild, 6-months-old Loren Nell Melton."
Date: January 5, 1960
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0308B.0172]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "UNUSUAL SARI DRESS is worn by Mrs. John H. Jarman who chats with her husband, Rep. Jarman, and Boston W. Smith (right) during a pause in pre-dinner festivities in the lounge at Tinker Air Force Base officers club."
Date: January 22, 1960
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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