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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3546]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo at a toll road pay station for both ways, many cars and pick-ups of all different years and styles, and more.)"
Date: May 16, 1953
Creator: Heaton, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3557]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Favored by perfect weather, Oklahoma's new Turner Turnpike clicked 10,012 vehicles through its gates during the first 24 hours of operation. H. E. Baily, turnpike manager, said first day's use of the 58-mile four-lane superhighway between Oklahoma City and Tulsa, was nearly four times greater than the 2,500-cars-a-day average estimated by engineers for purchasers of the turnpike bonds. Audit of cash taken in at the six en… more
Date: May 16, 1953
Creator: Heaton, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3564]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma's two turnpikes, the Turner and Will Rogers, were rolling along Friday with weekly revenues riding at the $6,000 mark. The Turner turnpike opened at a higher weekly revenue level than did the Will Rogers, but this was attributed to motorists who used it because they had never driven on a turnpike before. The Will Rogers turnpike is bow in its sixth week while the Turner is into its fourth year. The charter, … more
Date: May 16, 1953
Creator: Heaton, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3569]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(cars backed up at the toll gate, some unused cars on the shoulder, couple of people walking on the shoulder, and more.)"
Date: May 16, 1953
Creator: Heaton, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3570]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "A motorist's dream came true in Oklahoma Saturday when the 88-mile Turner turnpike, linking Tulsa and Oklahoma City, was officially opened. Scattered thunderstorms threatened ribbon-cutting ceremonies at six cities along the way, but it didn't discourage eager drivers who lined their cars up by the thousands for a free ride before toll charges began at 3 p.m....Perhaps the happiest man at the dedication was former Gov.… more
Date: May 16, 1953
Creator: Heaton, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1990]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a house/building's roof fire extinguished, the top walls burned out, two firefighters on ladders, four other fighters with them, and more. Backside handwriting: "Choctaw.")"
Date: March 23, 1963
Creator: Heaton, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1699]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Camera eyeful are these candidates in competition for Oklahoma City University's Keshena Queen crown. Clockwise from bottom, they are Nancy Houchin, Springfield, Ill.; Linda McDonald, Overland Park, Kan.; Suzanne Brooks, El Reno; Linda Klein, Oklahoma City, and Carol Ann Nuckolls, Tulsa. Students will vote Wednesday and Thursday."
Date: 1964
Creator: Heaton, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.4290]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "A landmark and a man, just before the dedication ceremonies. Stanley Draper, sr. awaits the movement when the gauze cover will be removed from the sign and the 100,000 acre-foot lake will officially bear his name."
Date: 1964
Creator: Heaton, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8302]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It's Gonna Be a long cold winter, if you can take the word of Oklahoma City Lincoln Park Zoo's hairy weather forecater. Coats are particularly heavy this year, zoo officials say, and if you're a believer in that sign of winter's fury, better bundle up. Carmichael the Polar Bear (above) usually looks the same summer and winter, as though he's wearing a bearskin rug instead of living in one. But this new coat, plainly visi… more
Date: 1964
Creator: Heaton, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8389]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gruesome Twosome shown basking in the noonday sun are not holdouts from any upcoming horror picture but are only a pair of black rhinos at Lincoln Park Zoo. Their groteque appearnces give us an early look at something akin to Halloween with all its witches, goblins and other trick or treaters."
Date: 1964
Creator: Heaton, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9240]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Multiple explosions caused by burning gasoline fumes damaged an Oklahoma City service station Saturday afternoon. There were no injuries. A solid sheet of flames 50 feet across and bout 20 feet high shot up in front of the Bi Rite Service station, 2020 N Broadway. Boiling black smoke rose into the clear sky and could be seen for miles away. A fire truck rushing to the blaze from the fire station at California and Walke… more
Date: 1964
Creator: Heaton, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0163B.0439]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Newspaper and documents from Indian Territory days, stage coaches and an outstanding collection of Indian relics can be viewed at the State Historical Building."
Date: July 7, 1964
Creator: Heaton, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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