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[Photograph 2012.201.B0355.0434]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Commenting on recent international events, wholesale oil distributor Carey Johnson created this message on a service station marquee in Lawton."
Date: November 30, 1977
Creator: John, Lisa
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0355.0435]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The color guard of Lawton's Eisenhower Junior High band brought a cheering Tri-State Music Festival crowd to its feet Thursday with a patriotic display during marching competition."
Date: May 5, 1977
Creator: Bergdall, Calvin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0355.0427]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Neither snow, nor rain, nor ... Proving at least part of the old axiom once again, mail carrier George Kilmetz braves snow and blowing wind to make his appointed rounds in Lawton."
Date: December 21, 1983
Creator: Kinyon, Chris
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0355.0420]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Adult Arcade in Lawton has been identified as among the holdings of nationally known fugitive pornographer Michael Thevis."
Date: August 16, 1978
Creator: John, Lisa
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0355.0426]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Youngsters in Lawton find that the same weather that makes roads slick for driving makes driveways suitable for sliding. Colin Henderson demonstrates the stomach slide while his brother, Tommy, jumps clear. Shelly Carr looks on."
Date: December 21, 1983
Creator: Kinyon, Chris
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0355.0430]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The shattered pieces of a sign lay in the drive of Claude Hodges Texaco in Lawton after a storm packing high winds battered the station on its early morning blitz through Southwestern Oklahoma."
Date: November 26, 1978
Creator: Thompson, Michal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0355.0433]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lawton, the seat of Comanche County, is a city of about 85,000 in a region of agriculture, petroleum and outdoor recreation."
Date: March 6, 1990
Creator: McDaniel, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0355.0423]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It's payday at Fort Sill, and prostitutes eager to get a piece of the soldiers' paychecks mill around outside a club on the "Strip," making offers to GIs as they drive up for their big night on the town."
Date: November 17, 1978
Creator: Southerland, Paul B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0355.0432]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Towering above west Lawton is the support frame for a 1 million gallon water storage tank that, at 200 feet, will be among the tallest in the state."
Date: November 27, 1977
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0355.0431]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Just the framework remains of fast-food restaurant signs in Lawton after high winds blew out the plastic and glass facings."
Date: November 26, 1978
Creator: Thompson, Michal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0355.0425]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A short walk takes a soldier off the base, where this piece of military equipment is on display, to the Strip across the street where many attractions await to lighten his billfold."
Date: November 17, 1978
Creator: Southerland, Paul B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10881]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Among the hundreds of settlers in the Kiowa-Comanche county who attended the recent celebration of Lawton's thirty-third anniversary were this group of Lawton 1901'ers who settled in that city when it was just a tent town, and they have lived there ever since. Water was sold by the barrel or by the drink in those days. The celebration was sponsored by the Lawton Business and Professional Women's club. The program consist… more
Date: 1934
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10885]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lawton's dazzling $2,761,000 highschool with its 28-acre campus is the brightest star in the city's educational crown. The plant is approximately two block long, one block wide. Departments are designed to best serve the subject matter. Almost $1.5 millions of the cost was footed by Uncle Sam."
Date: 1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10884]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "As darkness settled in Saturday night over Lawton's Third Street, the juke boxes came on strong. With 11 beer bars, a whiskey store and more walkup "apartments" in a four-block area than a reporter wanted to could count on one hand. Seperating the beer halls, but failing to lower the juke box din on the streets, were as many pawn shops as a reporter could count on one hand. Mixed with them were one-hour cleaners, pennu a… more
Date: August 26, 1967
Creator: Derby, Paul
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10879]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lawton, southwest Oklahoma's largest city, has emerged from the war with a stable population of about 30,000 and ambitious improvement plans for the future. Retail sales the first half of 1946 were more than $1,000,000 ahead of the same period for 1945. the housing shortage is acute, but about 100 new homes are under construction and three new subdivisions are planned. An industrial site of 120 acres is being developed a… more
Date: July 27, 1946
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10886]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Fort-Acre holding pond is filled with "crystal clear" water processed through Lawton's new wastewater treatment plant. Operation of the nearly $14 million pollution control plant, located on a 160-acre tract south of Lawton began a month ago."
Date: June 21, 1977
Creator: John, Lisa
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10883]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo with two service men with there backs to the camera at center, other people on a sidewalk, cars are on the right, "McCowan's Show Service\Accessories" sign, at top "Hot Dogs" sign just above the shoe sign , "Redbird Tailor Shop" at far center, and more."
Date: August 26, 1967
Creator: Derby, Paul
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10880]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Marchers proceed along Lawton's Third Street Saturday evening en route to city's tavern district for religious service About 500 teen-agers gathered on the Comanche County courthouse lawn late Saturday and then marched en masse to the bar area on Lawton's Third Street where a brief religious service was held. The youths, from 19 Southern Baptist churches in southwestern Oklahoma attending a "Crusade for Christ" r… more
Date: August 26, 1967
Creator: Derby, Paul
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10882]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo looking down a sidewalk with people on it, sign for "The Cellar" at near top, "Southwest Pawn Shop" at top far, "Hot Dogs" at middle far, and more.)"
Date: August 26, 1967
Creator: Derby, Paul
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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