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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10906]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Supporters and foes of Gov. Hall's proposed $82.6 million tax increase clashed sharpley today at a legislative publice hearing in the State Capitol. Opponets called for a host of alternatives to the Hall proposal, one of which would put it to a vote of the people. Forces which support the governor asked legislators to stand behind him and vote the neccessary money. The hearing attracted what, Virgil Tinker, chief mas… more
Date: February 2, 1971
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10907]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "State Rep. Ed Cole, D-Okmulgee, already at odds with the speaker of the house of representatives, announced today he has accepted leadership of a fight to defeat Gov. Hall's proposed $82.6 million tax increase. He is one of a group of six democrates, alternately referred to as the "Surly Six" or the "Leper Colony," who have been stripped of meaningful committee assignments after an effort last year to defeat Rep. Rex P… more
Date: February 3, 1971
Creator: Taylor, Robert
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10910]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo from the house/senate floor with a guy at the podium at middle right, people at desks all aournd, video camera at middle left, people of people in the watchers' level across the top, and more.)"
Date: June 15, 1961
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10951]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "At rapt Attention are the members of the 27th legislature as they hear Gov. Edmondson outline his program. State employes, interested parties and citizens packed the house gallery Monday for the formal speech and other Oklahomans looked in on television. Lawmakers listened attentively and with marked silence during the address and then gave the 33-year-old governor a standing ovation. The studied attitude of the legislat… more
Date: January 13, 1959
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10916]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo senate/house floor from above, walkway,, many guys at their desks, some seated in the walkways, front desk area with the podium at top, and more.)"
Date: January 7, 1969
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10940]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "It takes a heap of litter to make a bill a law, particularly when you're divying up state money. Shown are members of the joint budget-balancing committee, onwhose shoulders sine die adjournment of the legislature reasts heavily. On the long conference table are bills, data sheets, scratch pads, and even a box of aspirin. The picture was taken Wednesday morning, the stuff on the conference table being left over from … more
Date: January 3, 1953
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10930]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "(The senate floor pretty much empty with only a few people in the chamber. Frontside handwriting: Senate time 10:00 My Time 9:55 Note clock top left.")"
Date: January 4, 1967
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10917]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo from the house/senate floor froma direction of a side, leaders' section on the left, others of the house/senate to the right, visitors/watchers above, and more.)"
Date: January 8, 1963
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10895]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo from the top of the watchers' level, the senate/house floor full with the politicians, people across the top watching, TV cameras at bottom left with the leaders' stage, and more.)"
Date: February 14, 1967
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10924]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "These Are The Legislators who will be representing voters when the 29th legislative session convanes. In the roster above, the 44 senators and 120 representatives are listed by county, with their political affiliation noted with a "D" for Democrat or "R" for Republican. Senators are listed on the left of each column. Representatives are listed on the right of each column. In the center of each column are the 77 countie… more
Date: 1962
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10896]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Weary representatives Wayne Sanguin, Hugo, back to the camera, and Virgil B. Tinker, Fairfax, pass away time during the closing hours of Oklahoma's 28th legislative session. Legislators found themselves wondering how to pass the time as the few remaining approporation bills moved through the "mechanics" between the senate and house. the longest session in history finally ended at 11 p.m. after seven months."
Date: July 29, 1961
Creator: Fisher, Dawes
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10966]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo looking in the center aisle at the front main desk, guys at their desks on each side, one standing looking at podium, a guy standing at the main desk, and more. Backside handwriting: "Legislature at hour of adjournment Thursday.")"
Date: May 11, 1967
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10950]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Standing Room Only was the order of the day Wednesday when the state senate debated the legal liqour issue. Picture above shows general view of the state senate during debate."
Date: February 11, 1959
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10908]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of the watchers' room with windows full of people across the top, the section of the floor below is empty, and more.)"
Date: March 4, 1969
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10962]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahomans will vote on repeal of prohibition ar special election April 7. The election was arrured Wednesday night when the house climaxed a tense 6 1/2 hour session by adopting the senate-passed repeal resolution without change and then voting 81 to 37 to call the special election. The resolution now goes to the secretary of states office. Signature of the governor is not required. The repeal resolution was adopted 63… more
Date: February 18, 1959
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10971]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It was a quiet day, for a change, at the state capitol Sunday - sort of the calm after and perhaps the calm before the storm Monday. Working six-hour shifts to keep the desk open in the house, members (four to a shift) whiled away the hours until the recess ends Monday afternoon. A similar vigil was being kept in the senate. In a relaxed atmosphere, far different from the last few days, the legislators read newspapers an… more
Date: May 4, 1968
Creator: Derby, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10912]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Oklahoma House of Representatives this week voted against ratifying a constitutional amendment which would insure equal rights to women. They did it, they said, to protect the weaker sex in a "better place" than men, and to insure the "sanctity of womanhood." Some took this as a gratifying sign that chivalry was not, after all, dead, but alive and well and living in the men's locker room at the State Capitol. To see … more
Date: 1972
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10921]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Battling pension advocates' heavy oratory with the "soft sell," the sponsor of a bill to eliminate ear-marking of sales revenue declared Tuesday he isn't out to cut welfare checks. "You may be surprised," said Rep. Bryce Baggett, Oklahoma City, "to see me up here without horns growing out my head from what I'm sure has been said about me this morning." The he proceeded to tell a house chamber full of senior citizens a… more
Date: April 18, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10894]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Oklahoma state Senate plans to restore its chambers as they appeared early in this century. A comparison photo appears on Page 10-A."
Date: 1993
Creator: Meyer Architects
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10922]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Ant-Annexation views are expressed above by Sen. Walt Allen of Chickasha, foreground, during a hearing in the capitol conducted by the state senate committee on municipal government. Allen is author of two bills under consideration by the committee. So many friends and foes of annexation were present that all could not be heard. Another hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. next Monday. Allen's billd would limit annexati… more
Date: January 18, 1961
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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