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[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0114]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Purcell firemen and railroad workers spray down an errant switch engine after it was purposely derailed following a 35-mile unmanned run from Oklahoma City."
Date: November 27, 1978
Creator: Reed, Monty
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.1049]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Encouragement Fanny Sue Nelson, 90, a retired chiropractor from Lamar, Mo., gets a hug from fellow bus passenger Christina Hillenbrand, 12, of Evansville, Ind., after the bus accident on the Turner Turnpike. The two did not know each other when they boarded the bus, but got to know each other during the adventure."
Date: December 7, 1978
Creator: Chandler, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0740]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Jackknifed on icy I-40 at Midwest Boulevard, truck clogged traffic and caused a seven-vehicle pileup in which one person was killed."
Date: December 7, 1978
Creator: Klock, Roger
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.1074]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Ten cattle were killed when this truck overturned on I-35 in southern Logan County around midnight. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the driver of the rig, Roy Eugene Blevins, 32, Davis, was treated and released from Oklahoma City's St. Anthony Hospital. Blevens' truck was carrying 58 head of cattle when it when out of control and crashed."
Date: May 17, 1978
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0739]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Wrecker tows away crushed remains of semi-tractor after it overturned about 2 p.m. Friday afternoon in the southbound lane of the Will Rogers Turnpike a mile from the Tulsa gate."
Date: June 16, 1978
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0744]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Burned out toll gate has been cleared of debris, in background, so Bailey Turnpike traffic can get through after truck smashup and fire."
Date: March 23, 1978
Creator: Klock, Roger
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0106.0758]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The U. S. 283 bridge south of Altus is the only bridge in southwestern Oklahoma targeted for removal, out of 20 deficient structures cited in the statewide bridge replacement program."
Date: October 8, 1978
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0106.0745]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Decaying bridges along country roads in Pottawatomie County continue to erode, alarming rural residents who must use them."
Date: December 28, 1978
Creator: Vahlberg, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0335]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An unidentified Oklahoma Corrections Department officer grimaces at the pain caused by a chemical riot control agent during a training session at Lexington Treatment Center."
Date: 1978
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0171.0610]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Cartography student Tim Brady of Sulphur, above, practices his map drawing technique with Dr. Bob Kelly adjusts a stereo plotter."
Date: December 20, 1978
Creator: Southerland, Paul B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0150.0219]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Meet science students at Eastern Oklahoma State College received a recent boost when officials announced the school's meat processing facilities had been given "federal plant" status."
Date: December 24, 1978
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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