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[Fire at Claremore Business District]

Description: A daylight photograph of a fire at Claremore in Rogers County, Oklahoma. Onlookers watch as firemen endure intense smoke while battling a fire in the Claremore business district. Black wax pencil and editing marks are visible on the image. Caption: "Claremore business district blazes under clouds of dense smoke Friday."
Date: February 21, 1970
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0337

Description: Photograph of firefighters investigating the charred ruins of a building interior damaged by fire. Caption: "Dave Dallas, fire inspector, sifts through rubble after $250,000 blaze."
Date: February 1, 1973
Creator: Taylor, Robert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0311

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of firemen extinguishing a building fire. Caption: "Enid firemen battle this fire at the Los Pimientos apartments more than five hours Tuesday night and Wednesday only three walls of the two story 10 apartment building were standing. Loss in the fire which started about 5 PM was estimated at more than $125,000 by Mr. M. G. Peppers, Oklahoma City oil man, who sold it to Dr. Paul Champlin in 1942. A short circuit in a basement wire apparently touched off the blaze… more
Date: February 22, 1950
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0092]

Description: Caption: "Foggy situation was created Friday in several spots around Oklahoma City as grass fires joined with springish temperatures to warm things up a bit." Firetruck within remaining smoke from grass fire.
Date: February 7, 1969
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0418.0170]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Try to get some good daylight art on the ruin if you can. Would like someone probing through debris or something like that if can."
Date: February 18, 1966
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0122]

Description: A daylight photograph of playground equipment and other remains of Oak Grove School in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, after a fire. Caption: "Play equipment, the foundation and the chimney (left) were all that was left after fire swept the school in Pottawatomie county."
Date: February 20, 1950
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0050]

Description: "Quite a grass fire was he way an Oklahoma City Fire Department spokesman Wednesday described a Blackened path two blocks wide and a mile long south from NE 59 and Bryant." Burned tires and trees in the aftermath of grass fire.
Date: February 11, 1970
Creator: Aker, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0090]

Description: Caption: "Charred furniture stands outside the home of Victor Veloz, 945 SW 58, which burned Thursday morning." Charred furniture in front of burned home.
Date: February 14, 1969
Creator: Wood, Tony
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0502]

Description: Photograph is of a structure with a raging fire and black smoke rising from it. the roof and one wall has been consumed by fire and collapsed onto the ground outside of the structure. Caption: "Sooner School"
Date: February 27, 1954
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0542

Description: Crowd around daytime fire of home in Pitcher, Oklahoma. Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Last remnants of the Picher fire which claimed five lives Saturday are put out by volunteer firemen from six neighboring towns."
Date: February 10, 1963
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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