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[Photograph 2012.201.B0968.0077]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Belle Isle Power Plant overlooking the 22 acre Belle Isle Lake will house a luxury hotel under the Belle Isle plan developed by Leadership Properties Inc."
Date: 1983
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0968.0078]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Leadership Properties Inc., developer of the 92 acre Belle Isle development off Interstate 44 between the Northwest Expressway and NW 50, has secured its first $10 million in financing and completed purchase of the land, company officials said Thursday."
Date: 1983
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5296]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of an elevated curving bridge, worker at top left, pickup/work truck at top right, groundlevel bridge in operation with cars on it, and more)"
Date: September 29, 1977
Creator: Klock, Roger
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5299]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ahead of schedule is the construction of the 1/2 mile section of I-44 across the Belle Isle Lake, northwest of the Classen Traffic Circle. The $7 million project, the largest bridge contract ever awarded by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, began last October and is due for completion next autumn. Spans are expected to be set over the Northwest Expressway beginning in February, but department spokesman said traff… more
Date: December 15, 1976
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5293]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Concrete strike has slowed down construction on this bridge which will span Belle Isle Lake in Oklahoma City, a highway department spokesman said. When completed, the bridge will connect a future leg of I-240 with the 39th expressway."
Date: June 23, 1976
Creator: Klock, Roger
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5297]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The top layer of asphalt is to be poured in the next few days on the approaches to the new Western Avenue bridge over the North Canadian River. The $1.48-,illion bridge, financed with proceeds from an Oklahoma City bond issue, probably will be opened to traffic by the end of the month, city streets officials said."
Date: April 14, 1978
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5292]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Concrete beams are being lowered into place as construction continues on the $7,055,999 Belle Isle bridge project. When completed in about two more years, the bridge will link 39 st. with the northeast highway and bypass the Classen traffic circle. Guy James Construction Co. of Oklahoma City is contractor on the one-half mile long project, which is funded with 90 percent federal funds and 10 percent state funds. It w… more
Date: July 22, 1976
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0972.0226]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "An aerial photo of Belle Isle in 1951 shows Belle Isle Station A in the upper left. Station A, torn down in 1960, was built in 1905 and served the interurban streetcar lines to Norman, Guthrie, El Reno, and Oklahoma City."
Date: unknown
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0972.0222]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Belle Isle's Unit No. 3 made national history when it was installed in 1949. It was the first application in the U.S. of a gas turbine to be used to generate electricity in a power station."
Date: unknown
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.4111]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Location Of A New Office Building and apartment house complex at Belle Isle Lake is shown here, with the office building just to the east of Penn Square and extending out to what is now a small island, with the apartment house on an island just east of that building. Both buildings would be reached by a scenic bridge from a building now designed as a new medical clinic structure. Contracts have been signed for study and d… more
Date: April 14, 1962
Creator: Jacoby, Ray
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9357]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(aerial photo of the Belle Isle Lakes at top right, Penn Square Mall top middle of the lakes, school at bottom left, highways around, housing all around, buildings, and more)"
Date: August 20, 1965
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0268.0053]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Belle Isle Secondary School student Chris Howell, a training program participant, enjoys his work as a dishwasher at the Hilton Inn West hotel."
Date: July 14, 1994
Creator: Sisney, Steve
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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