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Class, Race, and Jack Walton's Mayoralty of Oklahoma City

Description: Article discusses the mayoral campaign and tenure of John C. "Jack" Walton as the mayor of Oklahoma City. Quincy R. Lehr explores the way Walton navigated a politically tumultuous time and gained the support of labor leaders and African American citizens in Oklahoma City before his controversial governorship.
Date: Summer 2011
Creator: Lehr, Quincy R.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Ragtown: Wirt, Oklahoma, and the Healdton Boom

Description: Article describes the growth and subsequent problems of the Oklahoma oil-boom town of Wirt in Carter County, also known as Ragtown. Emerging overnight as the center of the Healdton Field, Ragtown provided shelter and work for hundreds of assorted oil-field characters.
Date: Spring 2009
Creator: Freeman, Elizabeth F.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1878]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Testing durability of new plastic dividers installed in two scout cars Tuesday is V.L. Johnson, city garage employee in back seat, and officer Bob Vogt, behind wheel, and Don Spence. The division provide protection for police while escorting prisoners to jail."
Date: December 29, 1964
Creator: Heaton, Bob
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1858]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bike Buyers Galore gathered Staurday morning at the Oklahoma City police station for thye auction of unclaimed bicycles. Detective Lt. J. H. Reading, juvenile divison, estimated the crowd at about 500 persons. The sale of 105 uncalimed bikes netted $1,125 for the city's general fund. Reading said officers had not expected such a big turnout and at the next sale would be better prepared to handle a large crowd."
Date: January 23, 1965
Creator: Wood, Tony
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1871]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Basement excavation is under way for ther new Oklahoma City building being constructed south and east of the present police bulding at 200 N Shartel. A $1,271,744 contract has been awarded to the Charles M. Dunning Construction Co. The money was provided in a 1961 bond issue."
Date: January 23, 1964
Creator: Argo, Jim
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1847]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "(Missing newspaper strip. Photo of the "Oklahoma City Police Department Jan. 30 - 1912." The majority standing and kneeling with six on the far sides with bicycles/motorcycles.)"
Date: February 1, 1957
Creator: Cobb, Richard
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1849]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It looked like a replay of the 1974 energy crisis Wednesday at the Oklahoma City police garage when repair work shut down all but one gasoline pump. Police cruisers began lining up, one at a time, for refueling at the 3 p.m. shift change only to find all but one pump temporarily turned off for repairs. Initially, officers said they believed the pumps at NW 3 and Shartel had run dry. However, police spokesman Sgt. Rus… more
Date: August 11, 1976
Creator: Carter, J. Pat
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1848]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A 45-foot tall police plug shines on side of building. A new projector, designed to project billboards on the blank side of buildings, was demonstrated outdoors for the first time in Oklahoma City Tuesday night. The device, knon as Mitralux, a term derived from the French word for rifle and the Latin word for light, played signs on the side of the Hilton Inn under construction on the Northwest Expressway near May. … more
Date: April 7, 1970
Creator: Heaton, Dave
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1867]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Awaiting pistol shooting (?) word are, from left, Hershel Hodges, Bob Wilder, Tom Bear, Jack Garrett, Phil Kennedy and C. C. Walker. Six Oklahoma City police pistol team members are anxiously awaiting the results of a special department-wide balloting Friday to see if they will get to attend a national pistol shooting school in June. Sgt. C. C. Wlaker, police weapons instructor, said more than $900 has been contribu… more
Date: April 14, 1964
Creator: Albright, Bob
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3451]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A policeman's policeman' is the title bestowed on Oklahoma City Police Chief Hilton Geer by Citizens for Police Improvement. Geer displays the silver tray awarded him Sunday by the county commissioner of Oklahoma County at the sixth annual Police Recognition Dinner."
Date: November 6, 1966
Creator: Derby, Paul
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1868]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Site of a new building to be constructed with 1961 city bond funds, is outlined in aerial photo. The L-shaped structure will front south Colcord to the left in this picture and be connected to the present headquarters, top. Colcord will be moved to the south, left, to remove the jog from that section which now runs south of Municipal Auditorium, center foreground."
Date: June 25, 1963
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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