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[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0547]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Driver Unhurt Three gas meters knocked down, a broken power line pole and electric power in one section of Stillwater off for over an hour was the score for this automobile early Thursday. The driver, Jack Payne, 29, Stillwater, climbed out unhurt. The mishap occurred on Stillwater`s Main street, north of town, when Payne`s car failed to negotiate a curve. Payne was charged with drunken driving by Stillwater po… more
Date: February 8, 1952
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0546]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Car Wreck Kills Sentinel Woman An unidentified observer views the wreckage which took the life of Mrs. Orville Sherman, 42, of Sentinel, who lost control of her vechile on a curve near Elk City. The auto traveled 720 feet before it turned over, throwing Mrs. Sherman out. The accident happened Monday night."
Date: June 3, 1952
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0545]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Oklahoma`s holiday traffic toll stood at six following the death of a California man Saturday morning in a two-car collision five miles west of Bridgeport on US 66. Other holiday accident victims to Saturday night include two persons drowned in the state and another killed in a hunting accident. More than 50 had been injured by fireworks, traffic or other mishaps. Four Oklahomans were dead as a result of holida… more
Date: January 4, 1955
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0548]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Walkaway Job This car went out of control 120 feet, rolled over twice and landed on its top, but Charles Wilson, 72, Anadarko, the driver, crawled out uninjured a few minutes later after passing motorists opened the door. The accident occurred on SH 41 a half mile west of Wheatland. Trooper W. F. Robinson said Wilson ran off the shoulder on a curve, apparently lost control and skidded sideways before overturnin… more
Date: February 9, 1952
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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