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[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0158]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Railroad recovery specialist maneuver a timber into place as the acid filled tank looms behind them like some unexploded bomb."
Date: April 5, 1969
Creator: Argo, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0094]

Description: Caption: "Firemen attack ruins left by a blaze which did an estimated $10,000 damage to the Roy Quall residence at 1406 SW 77 Terr." Firemen survey the remnants of house after fire.
Date: January 26, 1969
Creator: Hill, Ron
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0092]

Description: Caption: "Foggy situation was created Friday in several spots around Oklahoma City as grass fires joined with springish temperatures to warm things up a bit." Firetruck within remaining smoke from grass fire.
Date: February 7, 1969
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0418.0170]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Try to get some good daylight art on the ruin if you can. Would like someone probing through debris or something like that if can."
Date: February 18, 1966
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0107]

Description: Caption: "Three fires in far northwest Oklahoma City destroyed two homes under construction early today as a fire bug apparently kept one jump ahead of firemen in 18-degree weather." Firemen on roof and ground of burned home.
Date: November 28, 1969
Creator: Wood
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0324]

Description: Photograph is of a two story building with smoke and flames rising from the roof. Firemen are on the ground near the building battling the blaze. Photograph was taken in the night time. Caption: "Flames light up windows of American Legion Hall at Enid as fire of undetermined origin Thursday gutted the hall, which housed Enid's largest ballroom. Destroyed also were instruments of the Legion-Sponsored drum and bugle corps and new baseball uniforms."
Date: January 24, 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0096]

Description: Caption: "10-year-old Gary Martin "pitches in" to help by pitching out two golf clubs burned in the fire at his home." Little boy throwing golf club out of window into debris from house fire.
Date: April 5, 1969
Creator: Hill, Ron
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Basement Box 51.0087]

Description: Caption: "Burned food goods, charred and soaked with water, are all that remain in the storeroom of the Safeway grocery, 3700 N. May, after a three-alarm blaze caused an estimated $50,000 to $75,000 damage late Monday night." Burned rubble in grocery store.
Date: March 18, 1969
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0097]

Description: Caption: "Charred exteriors were all that stood today after a two-alarm fire yesterday burned two units of the unfinished Willow Walk Apartment, NW 55 and Portland." Burned apartment building.
Date: June 2, 1969
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0090]

Description: Caption: "Charred furniture stands outside the home of Victor Veloz, 945 SW 58, which burned Thursday morning." Charred furniture in front of burned home.
Date: February 14, 1969
Creator: Wood, Tony
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0101]

Description: Caption: "Charred mattress on which infant Arthur Williams rested was engulfed in flames when Geary Kuykendall, 19-year-old Oklahoma State University student, entered a burning house at 2103 NE 26 and rescued the infant." Burned mattress.
Date: January 2, 1970
Creator: Fisher, Don
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0535]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "CHAIN SMASHUP on the New Jersey turnpike left four persons dead and at least 20 injured Saturday. The fiery collision, on this southern portion of the turnpike near Woolwich Township, N. J., involved 10 cars and six trucks and occurred when one of the vehicles piled into the rear end of another in heavy fog."
Date: November 30, 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0511]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Death car is wrapped around pole in Midwest City. Two young boys and a woman died as the result of a car-truck crash a few minutes before noon today when the car in which they were riding was rammed broadside by a truck at a Midwest City intersection. Two other children and the sister of the dead woman also were hurt, but apparently none of them seriously, Midwest City police said. None of the victims was immediately i… more
Date: November 17, 1969
Creator: Taylor, Robert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0321]

Description: Photograph is of a fireman crouched behind a metal rail spraying an open fire hose on a smoldering hole in a multiple story brick building. Many burnt bricks are strewn across the open area between the fireman and the remaining damaged building. Caption: "Thousands or persons dressed in their Sunday best watched Sunday while fire destroyed a brick building which housed Enid's largest theater and caused heavy damage to an adjacent law office."
Date: March 9, 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0418.0092]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Probing rubble left by a $35,000 fire Tuesday which destroyed eight units of an unfinished 380-apartment complex at 6301 NW 63 are Fire Marshal E. L. Koch, left, and assistant Fred Rucker."
Date: September 10, 1969
Creator: Taylor, Robert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Basement Box 51.0085]

Description: Caption: "Del City firemen battle a two-alarm at the Seven Seas Apartments, 3214 Tinker Diagonal, this morning." Fireman on ladder looking into window of burning building while firemen on ground spray water onto building.
Date: November 13, 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0410.0119]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "T. O. Adams, KOMA newsman, has a face full of pastry at the pie eating contest between competing news media team at the State fair of Oklahoma ."
Date: September 25, 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Basement Box 51.0088]

Description: Caption: "Fire officer (left) stands near door of Safeway, 3700 N. May, as fireman drags hose into the building during a three-alarm blaze." Firemen drag hose into burning building.
Date: March 17, 1969
Creator: Heaton, Dave
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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