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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9681]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Street view photo of a main road going to downtown at middle left background, housing at right, silo in the middle right background, and more.)"
Date: March 25, 1948
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9680]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Street view photo of a neighborhood, church at middle left, housing from middle left to middle right, a silo in the middle left background, and more.)"
Date: March 25, 1948
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5539]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(aerial photo showing the downtown district of Topeka, housing from the right bottom across and up on the left are heavly damaged, buildings in the business section by the houses are damaged, the capitol building at center right, bridge at top right background, and more)"
Date: unknown
Creator: Clarkson, Rich
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5472]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tornadic winds and hail pummeled the Mustang area in central Oklahoma early Sunday, leaving extensive crop and property damage. In the top picture a patch of corn on the farm of Charles Griggs, 1 1/4 miles west of Mustang was "mowed" by the hail Alafa, wheat and barely, nearing harvest time, were almost a total loss in the approximately two mile square area hit by the storm. Most homes in the community sustained some dama… more
Date: June 3, 1956
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5476]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Twin torandoes swooped down on this community of some 250 persons early Sunday, damaging and destroying property and flattening crops. Miraculously, no one was injured and no one was left homeless, officials said. Damage estimates ranged up to $200,000. Red Cross investigators said "nearly all" of the approximately 100 homes in the area sustained some damage......It was a night of terror for some. At the Charles Griggs … more
Date: June 3, 1956
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5474]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tornadic winds and hail pummeled the Mustang area in central Oklahoma early Sunday, leaving extensive crop and property damage. In the top picture a patch of corn on the farm of Charles Griggs, 1 1/4 miles west of Mustang was "mowed" by the hail Alafa, wheat and barely, nearing harvest time, were almost a total loss in the approximately two mile square area hit by the storm. Most homes in the community sustained some dama… more
Date: June 3, 1956
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5481]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Rescue Workers expected to find additional bodies in this wreakage as they clear away the damage done by Monday's tonado at Pryor. This is all that was left of the Safeway grocery. The entire building collapsed at a busy shopping hour. There was no estimate available on the number of people in the store and no check of those who may hace escaped."
Date: April 27, 1942
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7325]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Many Holdenville residents Saturday could look out the windows of their homes and see nothing but a level mass wreckage…once their neighbors' homes."
Date: April 29, 1950
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5475]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Eleven-year-old Bobby Griggs shows the opening he crawled through after the twisters that struck Mustang early Sunday deposited a garage on top of a storm cellar, barricading the family inside. Trapped with Bobby were his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Griggs and sister, Jean Clair, 13."
Date: June 3, 1956
Creator: Albright, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7327]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The shaded area on the map above shows the Holdenville area which took brunt of the tornado Friday night. A 35 to 40 block area on the east side of town was partially destroyed."
Date: 1950
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7324]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Main street in Holdenville (looking south) looked like this early Friday after a tornado ripped through several blocks of the downtown business blocks of the business section. It also plowed through a residential area, No one was seriously hurt or killed by the twister, but damage was estimated as high as $500,000. An unidentified woman was reported to have recieved minor cuts from flying glass. At least 75 homes were d… more
Date: 1957
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7335]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "In this fumble of buildings block Elme Dean Wlaker, 15, died a hero's death Friday night. The Holdenville youngster threw herself over a younger brother, Jimmy, 6, who escaped harm. Five other persons were in the house."
Date: April 29, 1950
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5498]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Damage scense like these at Soper, left, and at Oil Center were found at 12 state points Thursday after a swarm of twisters swept through Oklahoma-right in the middle of "tornado alley." At soper, in Choctaw County, three persons were injured and a third of the buildings and homes were damaged or destroyed Wednesday night. At right, an Oil Center home was twisted and shattered and five persons in one family were injured."
Date: May 5, 1960
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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