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Land Openings, 1889

Description: Photograph of from L to R: "Kid" Ernest C Hamill, photographer, Harry Bacon, a Sooner, and an unidentified Cheyenne woman at a stage barn before April 22, 1889, April 1889.
Date: April 1889
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0174]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Except for a few hurriedly constructed frame buildings, Guthrie was for a considerable time, a city of tents. Signs on tents indicated law and land offices, lunch rooms and hotels, blacksmith shops and grocery stores. The tent city extended for some distance on both sides of the railroad tracks."
Date: April 27, 1889
Creator: Swearingen, Harmon Theodore
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0225]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "April 27, 1889 -- Guthrie promised to be the most important town in the new territory. Frame buildings started going up immediately. Masses of People moved in."
Date: April 27, 1889
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Staking Town

Description: Photograph of Staking Town during the Guthrie, OT(OK), land opening, April 22, 1889. Photo copy by Meyers Photo Shop.
Date: April 22, 1889
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Post Office

Description: Photograph of the first post office in Oklahoma City and its postmaster GA Beidler, April 16, 1889. Copy neg. by Meyers Photo Shop.
Date: April 16, 1889
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma Station

Description: Photograph of Oklahoma Station in Oklahoma City, OT(OK), April 18, 1889. Photo was not taken by Meyers Photo Shop. Photo copy made by Meyers Photo Shop.
Date: April 18, 1889
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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