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[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0228]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Three Are Hurt-- This is what happened to a 1950 Chrysler Friday when it tangled with the side of a truck at NE 36 and Lincoln."
Date: April 28, 1950
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0682]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "SLICED IN HALF was this car when it collided with another automobile near Pottstown, Pa. Sections of the split car are separated by more then 100 feet on the Philadelphia-Reading highway. One man in the split car was killed and another seriously injured. A man in the second auto also was killed."
Date: August 28, 1971
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0209]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Huge Truck Plunges Into 2 Cars; 4 Hurt- Brake Failure Blamed for 3 Vehicle Collision; Miracle Seen as None Die--- An apparent air brake failure on a huge, city owned truck and semi trailer caused a three vehicle crash at SW 29 and May Saturday in Which four were injured."
Date: July 28, 1956
Creator: Winford, Wesley
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.0975]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Law of Physics- The fact that two solid objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time was never more adequately illustrated than when this truck attempted to change the laws of physics Thursday using this plywood wall in an experiment."
Date: February 28, 1980
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0911]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "CARS GET BOUNCED around by switching freight train that "ran out of track" and plowed across the 1500 block of S May Thursday night. No one was hurt but six cars in a driveway were wrecked by the runaway train."
Date: March 28, 1963
Creator: Foster, Ray
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0600]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "BUMPED OFF THE ROAD when hit from behind on Northwest Highway eight miles west of May Avenue Friday, two Oklahoma City women were injured when their car, above, overturned."
Date: 1953-11-28?
Creator: Daily Oklahoman
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0219]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "BEN BENHAM HAD THE ONLY DRIVE-IN shoe shop in the Oklahoma City Monday after a motorist bashed in the front of his store at 1726 NE 23. He had to brave sub-freezing temperature to wait on El Wanda Clary, 3939 NW 27, Emil Jerome Cejda, 21, of 917 NW 23, was booked at city jail on charges of drunkenness and driving under the influence after his car rammed another and plunged into the store front."
Date: November 28, 1955
Creator: Tapscott, George
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.B0051.1333]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Porch visitor in Oklahoma City Saturday morning is this car driven by Laverne Dale Scmidt, 18 of 2309 1/2 N Florida, which went out of control after being struck by a second vehicle and finally wound up on the porch of a house at 809 NE 23, Officer Walt Wilhelm, traffic division, said he issued a ticket to the driver of the second vehicle, Donna Sue Hysmith, 23 of 4200 N Penn, for failure to yield the right of way. Ne… more
Date: January 28, 1966
Creator: Brown, Don
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0038]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A CITY FIREMAN helps the injured driver of this auto after it collided with another car. went out of control for 85 feet and crashed into the side of a brick home at 1116 N McKinley. Fireman Eldon Tinsley and Roy Johnson are shown at the right looking through the gaping hole at Frances Jacobs, 1116 N McKinley, after wreckers removed the car. Only person injured was the driver of the car, Mrs. J. Floyd Moorman, … more
Date: December 28, 1956
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0754]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An afternoon test drive in a late-model sports coupe resulted in an injury for four people Friday when the auto collided with a tractor trailer truck at SW 15 and Walker, police said. The auto, owned by Pat Smith`s Used Cars, 723 S Robinson, was heavily damaged, and the truck was immobilized by the collision. The driver of the auto, Walter Lee Boyd, 16, of 3108 SW 17, was cited for excessive speed and having no state drive… more
Date: May 28, 1971
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0247]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Police Friday were attempting to piece together the story of a vice squad detective - on a dazed condition from a broken nose and head cut - found in his smoking and wrecked police cruiser at NW 15 and Pennsylvania."
Date: February 28, 1953
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0136.0407]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "In the photo at the Classic Motors agency at NW 71 and Western and the building in the background will become part of a commercial and office development planned by Kerr Consolidated Inc."
Date: December 28, 1979
Creator: Klock, Roger
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0507]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "One died; another was critically injured. -One woman was killed instantly and another was critically injured in a car-train accident in the 3900 block NE 10 about 7:40 AM Friday. Dead was Mrs. Loatha O'Neal, 65, of Jones. ---Daughter Critical--- Her daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Lover, 43, of 2308 NE 20, is reported in critical condition at Mercy Hospital. Mrs. Lover was believed to have been the driver of the car. Mrs. O'N… more
Date: April 28, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0505]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Car Sideswipes One Truck, Crashes Head-On Into Second This is all that was left of a 1950 sedan Thursday after it smashed head-on into a truck in the 4200 block W Reno. the truck had sideswiped a cement mixer a split second before. Driver of the car, Joel D. Fields, 63, Maud was in critical condition at Mercy hospital Friday. three other persons suffered minor injuries in the crash."
Date: July 28, 1950
Creator: Mitchell, George T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0478]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Motorcycle officer is injured. SW 23 and Robinson. E.W. Lawson, motorcycle officer, chasing a blue ford north on Robinson, Lommie Ray Campbell, 16, of Duncan, OK (and says he is staying at 2314 NW 1st) ran a stop line at SW 23 and Robinson, Lawson hit the side of his car and throwing Lawson over the car wrecking his motorcycle. Lawson was taken to Mercy Hospital where it was found he had bruised left shoulder, … more
Date: October 28, 1949
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0166]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "CRASH VICTIM AID DELAYED BY HOT LINES. A 31-year-old woman motorist was hospitalized with possible internal injuries early Thursday when her auto skidded out of control and smashed into a metal light pole at SE 30 and Shields. Rescue workers were hampered briefly when "hot" lines carrying over 1,000 volts, were broken by the impact."
Date: November 28, 1957
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.1179]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Workmen with king sized wrench struggles to turn off a watch gate valve and stem geysers of water from a hydrant smashed by this car."
Date: February 28, 1972
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0865]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "HERE'S ALL THAT WAS LEFT of a 1952 model sedan Monday night after it was struck by a northeast bound Rock Island passenger train almost two miles southwest of Choctaw on Lake Hiwasse road. Driver of the car, Mrs. Prena Hermosa Jackson, 50, of 613 SW 30, was killed instantly. The car was sheared in half. Rest of the automobile was strewn for almost a mile along the tracks. Trooper said the victim was alone i… more
Date: October 28, 1952
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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