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BASEMENT BOX 67.0454

Description: Two burned out store fronts, night time. Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The J. and J. Supermarket, left, and an unoccupied theater, right in left panel, in Maysville were gutted by a three - hour fire which was extinguished shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday. Damage was estimated at more than $25,000."
Date: September 24, 1953
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0300]

Description: Photograph is of a man looking with a flashlight into the interior of a automobile that is charred from a previous fire. Burnt debris and rubble surround the car and the man's feet. Caption: "Ruins of a once sparkling new automobile are probed by E. G. Wintermute, El Reno secretary-treasurer of Samples Buick Co, which was gutted by a $50,000 fire Saturday."
Date: March 24, 1958
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0092]

Description: Photograph of a group of people surveying the damage to a small residential home. The roof has mostly caved in and the back wall of the house has collapsed. The windows and door have been destroyed by the fire. Caption: "The greatest tragedy of Oklahoma's violent weather the past two days is symbolized by the small house, above, and the group of Tahlequah people gathered around it."
Date: May 24, 1952
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0433

Description: Photograph taken during a daylight of smoke billowing from of a burning structure. Caption: "Consumed by flames is this oil well servicing truck located near the Quintin Little No. 1 oil well which burned about 6 hours Tuesday on the shore of lake Texhoma near Willis."
Date: April 24, 1958
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0550

Description: Night time fire fighter spraying fire over top of fire truck. Photo may be flipped, as the truck has VFD reversed. (Vinita Fired Department) Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A Vinita fireman sprays water over the hood of his truck while battling blaze in downtown Pryor."
Date: January 24, 1969
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0633

Description: Photograph of a smoldering bridge and field during daylight hours. Caption: "This blazing bridge stopped fireman Friday as flames swept over 160 acres of powder-dry fields east of Edmond."
Date: October 24, 1952
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0190

Description: Photograph taken of room interior - charred debris after a fire. Caption: "Charred wreckage litters one of the rooms in a frame nursing home in Ardmore, which was destroyed by fire"
Date: July 24, 1964
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0310

Description: Photograph of firefighters standing at an intersection in front of a smoldering retail building with a "Ketch" and "Gray Seal Paint" sign. A fire truck and fire hoses are nearby.
Date: December 24, 1972
Creator: Traverse, Cliff
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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