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[Photograph 2012.201.B0143.0354]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "There may be another world out there in space and Gordon Cooper, 32, may become the first earthling to see it, but Monday he was just a boy who came back home to greet family and friends."
Date: April 19, 1959
Creator: Coffey, Tom
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0143.0293]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Maj. Leroy G. Cooper, the man most likely to be the first Oklahoman in space, says he's looking forward to the experience."
Date: December 29, 1961
Creator: Coffey, Tom
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.1092]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Charred wreckage of Preston Keel's car, after the flames were extinguished, reveals the heat generated by the helicopter which crashed beside the vehicle, killing the helicopter pilot. Shawnee--An army reserve pilot was killed when his helicopter crashed on U. S. 270 east of Shawnee late Sunday. The plummeting ship barely missed a car carrying three Pottawatomie County residents and set the vehicle afire. Kille… more
Date: May 31, 1964
Creator: Coffey, Tom
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0233.0524]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Shawnee slaying suspect John Beal Collins, 19, has admitted the fatal beating of hotel bellhop Harvie Leroy Wells, Shawnee officers said Saturday."
Date: August 20, 1960
Creator: Coffey, Tom
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1166.0205]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An instruction program for young bathers is being held each morning from 9:45 to 11 with the pool open to all member families from 1 to 6 p.m."
Date: June 13, 1959
Creator: Coffey, Tom
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1231.0173]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bob Schley of Tecumseh, president of the Pottawomie Historical society, points out the marker near Dr. Brewster Higley, s final resting place."
Date: July 17, 1959
Creator: Coffey, Tom
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1166.0232]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Main porion of buff brick Shawnee High School was buil 12 years ago, but eat wing of $1,090,000 building is only six years old."
Date: February 22, 1960
Creator: Coffey, Tom
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1166.0127]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "This was the old Federal National Bank building, Main and Union, Shawnee, which is being razed with two adjacent buildings to make space for the new J. C. Penney store."
Date: April 1, 1959
Creator: Coffey, Tom
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1166.0231]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "You can get and idea from this picture of the size of Shawnee highschool's gymnassium which is expected to be completed by June."
Date: April 1, 1959
Creator: Coffey, Tom
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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