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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7945]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "(photo of the capitol building at the top left, other government building around it, oil wells all around in the foreground, a water pond in the center, and more. Frontside handwriting: "Capitol Extension Area To The Oklahoma City Oil Field.")"
Date: 1957
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7961]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Statehouse employes may have inspiration to work near the scene which greets them these days as they look south from their offices. In the narrow parkway three rigs already have risen and two more are imminent. Here is a photograph made on the south stairway."
Date: 1937
Creator: Shroder, William J., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7955]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Above is the farm of W. F. Harn, lying southwest of the state capital and state historical society building. The 100-acre farm is the site of an oil field being started in defiance of city zoning regulations. Inset at left is a photograph of Harn as he appeared not long after (?) homesteaded the farm, back in pioneer days when the tract (?) lay far to the northeast of Oklahoma City. At right, Harn (?) as he appears today… more
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7965]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "(photo of four guys at a table with an attached photo to the photo, attached photo with housing leading to an oil well at the rear of it, other people around the four, and more)"
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7952]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Across the street of exclusive Lincoln Terrace, big producers of the Sunray Oil and Phillips Petroleum companies are draining oil from under the beautiful homes. Well No. 1 is the No. 8 State, and the 2 is no.6 state, both large producers. In the left foreground is the home of Louis A. Macklanburg, an ardent foe of drilling on the east side of the city, whose home is built over what some geologists believe to be the riche… more
Date: September 14, 1936
Creator: Shroder, William J., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7946]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Northwest of Lincoln Terrace, stands the dignified state Historical Society building and far behind it is the Sunray and Phillips Petroleum No. 5 State, at the west entrance of the capitol. In the center the capitol dome is dwarfed by forest of derricks, but outstanding at the east entrance are two more of the Sunray and Phillips wells."
Date: September 1, 1936
Creator: Shroder, William J., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7967]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(drawing showing the capitol at the top, the "Rock Island Railroad line" going down the left, the areas tagged "Ballot 1" through "Ballot 3" for the extension of the drilling line, and more)"
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7962]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Steel derricks flank North Kelly avenue on the east side, which is one of the boundaries of Lincoln Terrace. All of the wells in this group are producers and are taking the oil from under the terrace."
Date: September 14, 1936
Creator: Shroder, William J., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7953]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "(photo of oil wells from up front to the rear, two-story house after two oil wells, a few people at the front rig, and more)"
Date: April 22, 1936
Creator: Allred, G. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7957]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This is the derrick over Petunia No. 1 as seen from Governor Phillips' office window. The well, after angling toward the governor's office, was diverted west."
Date: 1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7959]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of the Lincoln Terrace/capitol area housing, oil wells scattered across the top, capitol building at top left, and more)"
Date: September 14, 1936
Creator: Shroder, William J., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7972]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "(drawing of a map from to Santa Fe on the left Lottie on the right and more, the capitol at top left, "Harn Tract" at left, "Lincoln Terrace" at right, to possible be zone areas on "March 24th Ballot," and more)"
Date: 1936
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7966]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(night-time photos of a row of oil wells at night with their lights on, a car in the middle, moon in the middle top, and more)"
Date: February 24, 1937
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7958]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of the capitol building and other government buildings across the middle, oil wells also across the middle around the capitol, housing across the bottom, and more)"
Date: May 12, 1936
Creator: Allred, G. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7949]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "(night-time photos of a row of oil wells at night with their lights on, a car in the middle, moon in the middle top, and more)"
Date: February 24, 1937
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7950]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dawn - oil wells with their noise and house shaking also paint pictures of beauty for residents of the east side who glance from their windows at dawn. A staff photographer looked southeast from Lindsay avenue and Culberston drive, in Lincoln Terrace and this is what he saw. The wells are among those which now border the exclusive residential area,. Last no-drilling stronghold on the east side."
Date: February 10, 1937
Creator: Allred, G. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7947]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Homes within the range of this view are threatened with a drilling campaign, the derricks and tanks on the skyline bring at the northeast edge of the field and flanking the Terrace on the north and east."
Date: September 14, 1936
Creator: Shroder, William J., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7960]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The defining limits of the "mansion" oil area are shown in this long shot across Lincoln Terrace from atop one of the derricks on the Harn property. The derrick No. 1 is over the Phillips Petroleum No. 2 Gastm a dry hole; the No. 2 is the British-American No. 1 Gast, also a dry hole, while No. 3 is the Barnsdall oil No. 1 Cook, a small producer."
Date: September 14, 1936
Creator: Shroder, William J., Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7964]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Sprining up faster than weeds in the warm sunshine, oil derricks have taken the northeaster section of the city. This remarkable aerial picture by Bill Bleakley from a plane flown by Hardy Young shows 41 completed derricks in the area, including the so-called "outlaw" well on the Harn tract, indicated by an arrow."
Date: 1936
Creator: Beakly, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7969]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "(drawing of a large area showing Governor's Home and capitol at middle left, University Hospital at lower middle left, Creston Hills Park at middle right, fair park at bottom right, lines pointing to specific spots, and more)"
Date: 1935
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7954]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Song Of The Oil Derrick I am a ribald jester, I have led a riotous life, Comrade of barrom and brothel, Witness of passion and strife; Tired of my roistering ways, I have turned me to the town Where mansions stand in dignified row, Tour statehouse looks proudly down. But I see that I am not welcome, I who have served men long - Sparing not strength or muscle, Chanting a prosperous song. City despoiler, you call… more
Date: April 22, 1936
Creator: Allred, G. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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