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[Photograph 2012.201.B0404.0143]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Although Wilburn "Bill" Medaris, Harmon County representative, is a freshman member of the lower House, he already has received more than a freshman's share of attention as Oklahoma's "biggest" lawmaker. Tipping the scales at 285, his main vocation is secretary of the Hollis Chamber of Commerce."
Date: January 9, 1947
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0404.0142]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Bill Medaris of the Hollis Chamber of Commerce tips the scales at 296. The little fellow next to him is 105-pound Frank Vise, Erick chamber. State conference sessions are underway in the Huckins Hotel."
Date: October 28, 1949
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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