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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

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0056]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Pursuit ended in ravine when car occupants fled police" Photo by Jim Peterson, Original photo 12/05/60. Published on T-12-5-60."
Date: December 5, 1960
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0633]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "JACKKNIFING TRUCK on I. H. 35 near the North Canadian River bridge hangs precariously on the shoulder where it came to rest Friday after striking a guard rail."
Date: November 5, 1965
Creator: Brown, Don
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0124]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "RAIN SLICK streets and an unseen stop sign were the cause of a collision which heavily damaged this police cruiser at NW 9 and Hudson Tuesday. Scout car officer Phil Kennedy suffered bruised ribs and Mrs. Ina Mae Day, Edmond, a bruised hip in the wreck. Mrs. Day said she failed to see an eastbound stop sign. Kennedy was unable to stop on the slick streets, before the collision occurred, the officer said."
Date: May 5, 1959
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0008]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "NO INJURIES were reported when this station wagon smashed a traffic light at NW 10 and Virginia Wednesday night. Officers C. S. McLaughlin and H. J. Bradshaw gave the driver, Maude Epton Bean, 67, of 3620 Westmont, a ticket charging improper lane driving. All traffic lights at the intersection were knocked out by the crash. A wrecker, not visible, had begun to raise the auto to an upright position when the pict… more
Date: February 5, 1959
Creator: King, Cliff
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0331]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Broom's-eye view shows the mess resulting at Broadway and Park Ave. this morning when a soft truck swerved sharply and sprayed 132 bottles of pop on the pavement"
Date: May 5, 1972
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0610]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "SERIOUSLY INJURED in a three-car accident at N Eastern and the NE bypass Thursday, Pvt. Robert William Hiller, 23, Chicago (above) was rushed to Tinker Field hospital suffering internal injuries. Patrol Trooper Johnny Edwards said Hiller, being transferred from Fort Bliss to Fort Dix, missed a traffic sign and was struck broadside by another automobile which in turn struck a third vehicle. Billy F. Wynns, 18, o… more
Date: September 5, 1957
Creator: Traverse, Austin
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.B0053.0834]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT but two Marietta men were jailed for drunkenness Sunday after their pickup crashed through a barrier and tried to cross this unfinished bridge over Hickory creek north of Marietta on U.S. 77."
Date: June 5, 1955
Creator: Kelly, Ray B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0954]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Auto Driver Crashes Into Train, Only Complaint---a Headache. George Aebischer's car was ruined this morning, but he considers himself the luckiest man among all the Oklahoma Cityans who sweated and suffered on the city's glassy streets. He rode his sliding auto into a freight train and walked away with nothing more than a headache. "That's as close as I ever want to come to dying." Aebischer said, as he surveye… more
Date: January 5, 1973
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.0696]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "This is the wreckage of the Eastern Airlines propeller driven Constellation that crashed in air with a TWA jetliner near North Salem, N.Y, yesterday."
Date: December 5, 1965
Creator: Harris, Harry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0110]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "SMASHED UP in a collision with another vehicle at NW 11 and Linn was this 1958 Lincoln Continental. The driver, Mrs. Kathleen J. Eng, 1313 Brighton, was not injured. For a Look at what hit this $8,000 luxury car."
Date: June 5, 1959
Creator: Cannon, Larry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0796]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "NOSE DIVE into Lightning Creek was the aftermath of a collision between this car and a truck at the intersection of SE 25, and Shields Thursday afternoon."
Date: August 5, 1960
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0101]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "HIT BY A CAR, Betty Ann Henry, 11, daughter of Mrs. Ethel Harris, 1616 SW 5, waits for an ambulance Thursday afternoon under the eyes of scout car officer Dale Harbolt at NW Park and Hudson. Betty was treated at Mercy hospital for bruises and pavement burns, and then released. Police said John Young jr., 19, route 3 driver of the car would be cited for failure to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian."
Date: February 5, 1959
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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