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[Photograph 2012.201.B1380.0529]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "LOOKS PEACEFUL NOW, but just a few hours before Oklahoman photographer John Gumm took this aerial photo Thursday the litte LeFlore County community of Wister was swamped under an 8-foot flash flood."
Date: May 18, 1961
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1380.0528]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Two-story bank building which survived 1910 fire stands in right foreground of picture of Winster's main business street. The view looks northward from railroad trach."
Date: 1961
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1308.0204]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Amos Thompson, left, former Wister liquor dealer, testifies with his attorney, Whit Pate. Thompson is testifying before a House legal advisory committee in the case of twin explosions that destroyed Beatrice Martin's store in Wister in February of 1960, and alleged "behind-the-scenes" dealings associated with Mrs. Martin, the Thompson family, and local attorneys. Leflore Co. attorney Joe K. Page was also being questioned in… more
Date: May 24, 1961
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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