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[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0382]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Only wreckage, Pain Left. Trooper D.R. Stogner, above surveys the damage resulting from a truck-car collision four miles northwest or Moore on SH 74 Friday afternoon. Four persons were injured, one seriously. The truck was driven by Jessie Jack Wilmoth, 28, of 26, NW 11, which pulled off a county road onto SH 74and met a car driven by Jerome Janger, 18, of 800 NE 17. Both men were hurt. Two passengers, below in Janger's ca… more
Date: August 31, 1951
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0414]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Collision Spins Car, Occupants Uninjured. Occupants of both cars involved in a collision at NW 32 and Dewey escaped uninjured Monday morning, but the force of the crash put one of the vehicles into a spin. The car in foreground was being driven by Dalton L. Eads, 1644 NW 15, east on NW 32 when it collided with the car in the rear, driven south on Dewey by Vivian Davis Diffendaffer, 616 Eubanks."
Date: February 20, 1950
Creator: Johnson, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0376]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Six Persons Are Injured as Auto Smashes Into Overpass. Six persons were injured, one believed seriously, early Saturday when their auto skidded on snow and crashed into the concrete railing at the north end of the Eastern overpass at SE 4 and Eastern. The six persons were treated at Mercy hospital for cuts and bruises and released. The driver, Bill C. Janson, 20, and Joe Allen Roberts, 20, both Tinker airman, were tran… more
Date: February 17, 1951
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0408.0425]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "One of these girls is the "boss" of production for the "Fair Follies of 51", and the other two are still in the line."
Date: September 19, 1951
Creator: Hill, Gilbert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0551]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The car at left was driven by Woody Williamson, 45, of 545 SW 33. All others injured in the crash were released from hospitals after treatment of minor injuries."
Date: April 13, 1951
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0412]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Driver Escapes Injury but Not Charge. Robert Roy Henderson, 17, of the 200 block NE 8, escaped injury Monday night when his automobile collided with another car at NW 25 and Robinson, then overturned ( Above ). Police charged the youth with failure to yield the right of way. The second vehicle was driven by Rex Harold Anspaugh,38, of 930 East drive."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0410]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Death Dive. Wallace Dean Blair, 21-year-old Pontotoc county rancher, was killed early Saturday morning when his car ran off SH 18, two miles north of Asher, hurtled 60 feet through the air and landed at the bottom of a 30-foot embankment. Highway patrolmen said Blair apparently had gone to sleep. His body was not discovered until seven hours later. The victim, a recent graduate of Oklahoma A&M college is the son of Lester … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Tipton, Ray
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0555]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Colleen Marie Smith and Mrs. Dorothy Jean Thompson survive plunge. Shawnee, Aug. 17-(Special)-Two teen-age Shawnee girls, non-swimmers, escaped possible death here Thursday night after their car plunged off a county bridge into the muddy water of the North Canadian river. The two girls, Colleen Marie Smith, 18, and Mrs. Dorothy Jean Thompson, 16, sisters, crawled through an open window and escaped with only min… more
Date: August 17, 1951
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0384]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Train Hits Car, Injures Eight In City Grade Crossing Crash. Shelis Pauline Cook, 3-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Cook, 3307 SW 25, apparently was only shocked Thursday when she was thrown from an automobile in a car-train collision. Above Shelia Pauline is being given 100 CCs of plasma through a vein in her head. Hospital attendants said she may be released Friday."
Date: September 13, 1951
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0553]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Three Escape Death as Auto Hits Tree Three Oklahoma Cityans escaped death near Hartshorne when this car went out of control, skidded 219 feet, overturned and struck a large tree. The tree crashed through the car, shattering the windshield. The car was driven by David C. Hadaway, 48, of 1027 Lackey drive. His wife was taken to a McAlester hospital suffering internal injuries and Hadaway was struck on the shoulde… more
Date: September 5, 1951
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0474]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Speed of Cycle Puzzles Police How fast was this motorcycle raveling when it struck a dip in the pavement and went out of control 225 feet before the youthful driver was thrown 50 feet? Police don't know the rate of speed, but an officer points to the "stop" hand on the motorcycle's clocking speedometer, which registers the highest speed attained. The "stop" hand registers 87 miles an hour. A motorcycle dealer here fa… more
Date: December 5, 1951
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0389]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Booze Found in Abandoned Crash Car. Scouter officer Jimmy Doyle is shown removing a half-pint of liquor from the glove compartment of an auto abandoned after it crashed early Tuesday into the center section of the underpass at Grand and Santa Fe. Witnesses told officers a man and woman climbed from the auto and left the scene, and officers followed a trail of blood for a block and a half, but were unable to locate them… more
Date: May 20, 1952
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0219]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "After the Crash Jo Milln, 51, of 3125 NW 13, is loaded into an ambulance in the 600 block NE 10, as Jerry Clifford Deitz, 40, of 1514 1/2 NE 13, (in the back) driver of the car in which she was riding, looks on."
Date: February 22, 1951
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0383]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Upside Down Cake. Two persons were injured, one seriously, Thursday when a baking company truck (above) collided with a Plymouth sedan at NE 7 and Stiles. Walter Earl McNull, 27, of 425 NE 12, driver of the sedan was charged with failure to yield the right of way. Domald Gene Lindsley, 23, of 4217 N Classen, the truck driver, was taken to Mercy hospital with two fractured legs, a fractured left hip and internal injuries. M… more
Date: August 30, 1951
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0408.0428]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Hey, you, tough tough football players ! Here's a little gal that goes through a "setting up" routine every night that makes you look like a bunch if sissies."
Date: September 18, 1951
Creator: Hill, Gilbert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0390]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Death Car. A Shawnee mechanic whose driver's license had been suspended crashed Thursday into a railroad underpass support at 3200 E Reno after a state trooper had tried to arrest him. The small coupe above was nearly demolished. Officers said the mechanic, Virgil Wade, 36, forced two other automobiles off the highway during his wild attempt to escape. He was killed instantly."
Date: February 28, 1967
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0411]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Police Car Overturned in Early Morning Crash. A Police car met its Waterloo early Tuesday Morning at Linwood and Douglas, and part of the damage is shown above. It was hit in the right rear by a car driven by Shea O'Keefe, 40, of 322 NW 17. Driving the police car was patrolman J.C. Jordon. A passenger, whom he was giving a lift downtown, suffered a fractured pelvis. He was James Henry Hell, 18, of 2899 W Park."
Date: October 31, 1950
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0387]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "F.C. Daniels, accident investigator, is shown at the left helping to put Lavelle on an ambulance cot. Scout car officer H.D. Newsom is shown in the background. No charges were filed."
Date: February 17, 1951
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0222]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Crash Victim-- An apprehensive wife watched Tuesday as her husband was being loaded into an ambulance after a four car collision at Grand and Shartel."
Date: September 26, 1951
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0391]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Two-Car Crash Injures Both Drivers, One Seriously. Bob Cortright, 54, of 2236 NW 22, was seriously injured when pinned under his overturned auto after a two-car collision late Thursday at NW 27 and May. He was taken to Wesley hospital suffering from sever head injuries and possible internal injuries after bystanders lifted the car from his body. The driver of the other auto, Shirley Ann Etheredge, 17, of 1824 NW 12, wa… more
Date: March 8, 1951
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0388]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "TRAIN CRASH AFTERMATH. Eight persons were hospitalized Thursday when a Frisco passenger train struck an automobile in the 2500 block on SW Grand boulevard. Left Mrs. Opal Spellins, 26, comforts her daughter Deanna Mae, 5, at the Mercy hospital after the wreck. Mrs. Spellins was given emergency treatment and released. Deanna Mae suffered a fractured jaw and internal injuries. The two, with five others, were ridding in an a… more
Date: September 13, 1951
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0556]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Loading body of George Henry Stocks into Clinton ambulance. Lloyd Matthews, Highway patrol, center, Gene Stanley, Left Lieut. Jack Rollins, HP Right, Accident happened at 8:10 a.m. Sat. Two miles west of Clinton on U.S. 66 Foreground is Stock`s 1941 automobile. Truck driven by Martin McGrath Watson, 48, Abelene, Tex."
Date: September 20, 1951
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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