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[Photograph 2012.201.B0987.0080]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Bernie "The Wizard" Osborn's quick smile has won a lot of friends for drag racing, but the two time National Hot Rod Association World Champion's lighting quick reflexes have marked him one of the toughest dragster pilots in the country."
Date: 1970
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0022]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Derailed cars containing caustic soda, left, and gasoline await cautious removal. Four cars of a south bound Santa Fe freight train derailed near NE 122 and Broadway early Saturday, disrupting rail traffic on the road's main north-south line through Oklahoma."
Date: March 29, 1969
Creator: Wood, Tony
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0805]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Much of an auto in which six died was sheared away as truck sliced over it. Oklahoma Highway Patrol officials Saturday completed identification of the six youths that were killed in a flaming car-truck collision late Friday night. The dead are: SYLVESTER KIRK, 16, Wichita, Kan. MICHAEL KIRK, 15, Wichita, Kan. COY JOHNSON, 19, Wichita, Kan. EARL LEWIS, 16, Murdock Village, Kan. VELISA BRAGGS, 13, Guthrie, SHARON… more
Date: January 11, 1969
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0408.0249]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Terry Caffrey, kneeling, and Harry Koelsch sr. start setting up an air conditioning unit atop the Modern Living Building."
Date: May 28, 1969
Creator: Taylor, Robert
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.4839]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "A southeast Oklahoma City auto salvage operation, bowing to pressure from city hall and a number of area residents, today said he is selling all of his cars and closing his operation. Ed Johnson's salvage yard at SE 36 and Santa Fe tracks has come under fire from residents who charge that school children going to Shields Heights, 301 SE 38, from the east side of the tracks must go through the junked cars to reach a cro… more
Date: August 13, 1969
Creator: Heaton, Dave
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1306.0109]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "More than 24,000,000 people attended drag racing events last year and Ed Terry, one of the nation's top pro stock drivers, is of the opinion the end isn't in sight."
Date: June 22, 1970
Creator: Heaton, Dave
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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