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[Fire at Claremore Business District]

Description: A daylight photograph of a fire at Claremore in Rogers County, Oklahoma. Onlookers watch as firemen endure intense smoke while battling a fire in the Claremore business district. Black wax pencil and editing marks are visible on the image. Caption: "Claremore business district blazes under clouds of dense smoke Friday."
Date: February 21, 1970
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0379

Description: Photograph taken at night of a house fire with a car in the foreground. Caption: "An electrical short in the attic was cited as the cause of a fire at 1109 SW 61 Wednesday night."
Date: November 28, 1973
Creator: Traverse, Cliff
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0147]

Description: Caption: "Is treated for chemical burns on his face during battle against three-alarm blaze which destroyed much of the Mayfair Shopping Center on N May Ave. Sunday." Firefighters and medic treat man with chemical burns on his face.
Date: August 28, 1971
Creator: Aker, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0368

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of a firefighter working in the charred wreckage of a burned building. Caption: "A fire touched off by an apparent short circuit heavily damaged a massive air conditioning unit at United Founders Life Tower Thursday, shooting flames dangerously close to the cylindrical office building and prompting firemen to turn in a precautionary second alarm, authorities said."
Date: May 10, 1973
Creator: Tullous, Don
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0060]

Description: Caption: "It was something to breathe the pure air, and have before one the expanded views of the prairie . . . truly sublime and beautiful." - Charles Latrobe, "The Rambler in North American" 1832" Black smoke rolling from controlled fire, surrounded by cars.
Date: April 26, 1970
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0302

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of three people examining the charred ruins after a structural fire. Caption: "Northwest High School students examine ruins of project destroyed by fire."
Date: October 10, 1972
Creator: Argo, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0254]

Description: An interior photograph showing the aftermath of a fire at the Myriad Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. Caption: "[Charred waste] of insulating materials litters floor of Myriad Convention Center's exhibit hall after a Thursday morning fire."
Date: March 9, 1972
Creator: Mooney, Hank
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0135]

Description: Caption: "Black smoke pours through roof of auto paint shop at 1142 N Robinson , below , and drifts across the city as shown in photo, right, taken from upper floor of OG&E Building at NW # and Harvey." Firetruck spraying water onto roof of burning auto paint shop.
Date: April 9, 1971
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0340

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of firefighters extinguishing a smoking structural fire using a fire hose and ladder. Caption: "Blaze at Penn Industries, 1239 W Main, Saturday shortly before 2 p.m. District Fire Chief Chester Williams said firemen snuffed out the blaze in about 15 minutes, but not before it destroyed $14,000 worth of auto upholstery and damaged the building itself to the tune of $3,000."
Date: December 8, 1978
Creator: Mooney, Hank
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0337

Description: Photograph of firefighters investigating the charred ruins of a building interior damaged by fire. Caption: "Dave Dallas, fire inspector, sifts through rubble after $250,000 blaze."
Date: February 1, 1973
Creator: Taylor, Robert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0229]

Description: A daylight photograph showing the aftermath of a hotel fire in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The image shows fire department personnel using a high pressure water hose and a shovel crane to extinguish hot spots in the debris. A barricade, traffic light, and street signs are in the scene, and black and green wax pencil editorial marks are visible on the photograph. Caption: "Crane finishes off fire-ravaged hotel."
Date: April 5, 1972
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0594]

Description: Photograph of the destroyed front of Foster Department Store. Part of the brick wall of the structure has collapsed in to the street. The roof and all the inside of the building has been consumed by fire and destroyed. This photograph was taken in the day time.
Date: April 18, 1972
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0311

Description: Photograph of firefighters among charred debris of building after a fire. Caption: "Debris litters the Ketch Decorating Center after a two alarm fire."
Date: December 31, 1972
Creator: Traverse, Cliff
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0158]

Description: Caption: "This mangled, charred truck caught fire following a tire blowout near SE 59 and I-35 about 6 a.m. today, creating a traffic tie-up that lasted three hours and affected countless work-bound motorists."
Date: July 15, 1971
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Basement Box 51.0132]

Description: Caption: "FIREMEN BATTLE to save a pair of garage apartments at 1624 NW 41 that caught fire Wednesday morning after an apparent short in wiring. Five fire department units worked 20 minutes to extinguish the blaze, but both apartments were destroyed with a total damage $1,400 to the building and contents." Firemen on roof of burning house.
Date: January 3, 1973
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0395

Description: Daytime with four fire fighters on roof of residence. Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "the inside of the Gary Holliday home, 1704 Andover Court, in The Village Tuesday."
Date: August 22, 1973
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0026]

Description: Caption: "Right, Bobby Lewis and his brother Charles, 14, survey stairway leading to a roof through which Lewis' wife nearly plunged in flight." Boy standing on stairs near his brother outside their burned home.
Date: December 30, 1970
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Basement Box 66.0265]

Description: Photograph displays three firemen handling a firehose with a roaring fire consuming a metal building in the background. One of the firemen has his back turned to the camera, showing "GOMEZ OCFD" Caption: "Firemen set up another hose to battle the Monday morning Public Supply warehouse blaze, which destroyed the building and contents."
Date: March 28, 1972
Creator: Aker, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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