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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9892]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "NW 10 and Broadway is always a busy intersection, and it has its full share of accidents. According to figures compiled by the police accident investigation division, there were 55 major accidents here between Jan. 1, 1948, and June 30 this year. The most common type was the rear-end collison as shown by the arrow near the southeast corner. Others are indicated. This picture was taken from the fire department's 100-… more
Date: August 17, 1949
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9872]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "The city engineer says hotels in city streets like the one in which two toy vehicles are plowing through above are good argument for more money in the municipal street and alley fund. Cities and town in the state now get a total of 30 percent of state road-use taxes for maintaining streets. That gives Oklahoma City about $500,000 annually for keeping up its streets. The Oklahoma Municipal league, state organization o… more
Date: December 5, 1952
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8587]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "New Worlds of legal exploration - with lawyers and courts mushing toward distant horizons of difinition - were open Thursday with Gov. Edmondson's inked name fresh on the liquor control act making drinking legal except in public. By interpretation of one of the governor's aids, it was legal to take a drink in Oklahoma Wednesday. But where in Oklahoma? the statutory answer to that is: Anywhere that is not public...… more
Date: June 24, 1959
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10662]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "It's Springtime in Oklahoma City and the parks and recreation committee of Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce has undertaken the task of beautifying S Harvey from SW 29 to SW 36 and W Commerce from Blackwelder to Pennsylvania by planting redbud trees in center medians of the avenues. Green thumbers pictured are Mrs. Pete Wells woth shovel, and committee members Bill Whitlock, Claude E. Hilbert and Haskel McRavin. The co… more
Date: April 6, 1955
Creator: Wood, Tony
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9895]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Spot of beauty is coming to the involved intersection of NW 29 and Paseo where for many months a traffic island amounted to no more than an area outlined with 5-gallon oil cans. The cans have been removed and this island has been installed. The city park department will plant it with trees and shrubs. The island went into operation after the city's one-way street system was ordered."
Date: March 28, 1956
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0012]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Above is the architect's conception of the proposed new Oklahoma City library based on general proposals of Clarence S. Paine, librarian, right. Interior plans have been distributed among the staff for suggestions, and taxpayers are invited to make their suggestion, too. Location of the new structure has not been decided."
Date: May 20, 1948
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9891]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "SE 23 and Eastern is one of the city's nine all-time high accident intersections, according to figures compiled by the police accident investigation division. The picture, diagramed by a Oklahoma City Times staff artist, indicated 30 major accidents occured at the intersection between Jan., 1948, and June 30, 1949. The right lower diagram indicates two of the accidents occurred when northbound cars on NE 23 crashed in… more
Date: August 17, 1949
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5170]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Here's what California avenue looks like in the eye of a camera. It looked exactly the same to the driver of a fire truck who wandered how he'd manage to weave through if he were answering an alarm in the downtown loop. The photographer was perched on top of the aerial ladder truck for this picture, looking west in the 200 block W California. Cars that are parked, double-parked and some even triple-parked, are shown … more
Date: May 3, 1947
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9893]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "The picture at right was made at NW 63 and Western. This is a five-way intersection with a girls' home on one corner and school on the other. The stop sign is set too far-back from the intersection. Experts say a flasher signal light is needed."
Date: December 28, 1949
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0006]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Sometime in 1952 work will begin on the above building, the plans recently approved by the city council. And in case you can't tell by looking, it's going to be the new downtown library, NW 3 and Robinson. Containing 70,000 square feet of space on it's four floors, it will handle 750,000 volumes and 300 reading patrons, not including the auditorium capacity on the top floor. It will be "large enough to handle Oklahom… more
Date: April 16, 1951
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8592]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Going Up, in one solid cement slab, is the roof for the new Hartwell Jewelry story at Main and Harvey. The floors will be poured, and lifted, in the same way in a new type of building technique rarley used here. It was a spectacular sight for the sidewalk mechanics Wednesday."
Date: November 26, 1958
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9889]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "NW 23 and Classen has the doubtful honor of being the city's most dangerous intersection. According to figures compiled by the police accident investigation division, there have been 66 major type accidents at this intyersection in the last 18 months. An Oklahoma City Times artists has diagrammed the nature of the accidents and the number of each. For instance: At center, the dotted line indicates a car pulled from t… more
Date: August 17, 1949
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9875]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Grass nearly as "high as an elephant's eye" was blamed Thursday for causing the second crash within a week at NW 39 and Meridian. Witnesses claimed the tall grass, growing out of the meridian strip on NW 39, blocks the view of oncoming traffic from motorists approaching the intersection on Meridian. The grass still had not been cut at mid-morning, although a complaint reportedly had been turned in to the city after th… more
Date: June 6, 1957
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0009]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City's new main library will have a formal opening and dedication Sunday, although it has been open with temporary furniture since July. An openhouse is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at NW 3 and Robinson, before dedication ceremonies at 3 p.m. The openhouse will continue until 6 p.m., Clarence Paine, city libraries director, sad Thursday. The Charles E. France room, special attraction of the new 5-floor bu… more
Date: January 7, 1954
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8597]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "This view of downtown skyscrapers in the Times' contribution to the ancient "which was is up" argument. Photographer Bob Albright snapped it from the middle of Park avenue. He says it's the view recently-runover pedestrain gets. For that matter, since this is the view from the middle of the street, it's what someone about to get hits sees when he isn't looking. That's First National Bank on the bottom, Liberty Natio… more
Date: March 30, 1959
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9887]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Worst Spot for accidents in Oklahoma City is this intersection of NW 6 and Classen. The Oklahoma City Safety Council Tuesday declared it the most hazardous for last year, when a whopping 63 accidents happened there. Other dangerous intersections were identified by the council as NW 23 and Robinson; NE 36 and Lincoln; NW 16 and Indiana; SW 30 and Linn; NW 36 and May and NW Expressway and May. These intersections also … more
Date: August 8, 1961
Creator: King, Cliff
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9874]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "This picture gives some ideas of why the intersection of E Reno and Eastern avenue is a potential death trap to motorists. The stop sign is more than 100 feet from the intersection as the driver goes east. His view is obstructed both north and south by filling stations and signboards. Confusion reigns at the corner. The highway patrol and the Oklahoma City Junior Chamber of Commerce have asked the county commissione… more
Date: 1948
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9863]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "On April 29, the Oklahoma City Times printed the picture on the left showing NE 13 looking east from N Lincoln. The street was plowed up and looked like the wide open spaces. Then the Times photographer climbed the fire department's 100-foot aerail ladder truck during the weekend and took the picture on the right. The street is now one of the smoothest in the city, a vast improvement over the former bumpythoroughfare… more
Date: August 20, 1952
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8573]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "If one careless person flick a lighted cigaret - this is what could easily happen. The cigaret blows into dry grass or trash, the burning grass ignites nearby homes or buildings, possibly causing loss of lives. And all this could have been prevented had the carless person made sure the cigaret was out before throwing it away. Carlessness is the main cause of Oklahoma City's numerous grass fires. You can prevent fire… more
Date: January 25, 1951
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0156]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Halliburton's Department Store, 327 W Main, will close its doors and go out of business Saturday night. The 180 employes were notified at 9 a.m. Friday, ending the story of one of Oklahoma City's oldest retail firms on one of its most famous business sites. Fund Established Edward E. Watson, president of Fedway Stores, and R. M. Barksdale, store manager, told employes a $140,000 fund has been established for se… more
Date: January 20, 1961
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9884]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Looking south from NW 10, this is how N May looks in front of fairgrounds only two weeks before opening of the Semi-Centennial celebration."
Date: May 29, 1957
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9868]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Traffic will continue on N Lincoln between two new state office building for perhaps another month, it appeared Thursday. Carl K. bates, state capitol improvement and zoning chairman, said a "co-operative arrangement" has been worked out with city officials at allow traffic to continue between NE 23 and NE 24 as long as possible. However, Bates said, the state is buying new traffic signals to go up at Lindsay and Stil… more
Date: January 11, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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