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[Photograph 2012.201.B1215.0065]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Typical of the dazed residents who pawed through acres of debris in an effort to find a few personal mementos or belongings was Mrs. B. L. Zimmerman."
Date: June 1, 1947
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1215.0648]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This aerial photographs shows the freakish power of a tornado as a car has ben carried into the top of a demolished house along the path of the storm."
Date: June 1, 1947
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5454]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Here is an aerial view of Leedy, in Dewey county, after a roaring tornado shattered much of the city, sweeping in from the southwest to northeast. The twister left nearly 30 blocks in shambles and the small fatality toll was attributed to a warning which drove hundreds of residents into their storm cellars. Officials estimated that the twister destroyed or damaged 75 percent of the business district and at least 100 homes… more
Date: June 1, 1947
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5456]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Here is astriking proof of the tornado's devasting power as it ground through Leedy Saturday night. The heavy water tower was sheared from heavy concrete anchors and twisted like a child's toy. The barren foundations to the left of the tower is typical of the residential district where the homes in the city were swept clean by the jury of the twister."
Date: June 1, 1947
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5455]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "On the ground this mass of debris was part of a general landscape of liter. The aerial cameraman, however, shows what was once an industrail plant and storage bin on the south edge of Leedey where the storm first touched. Both were totally destroyed. The tornado moved from southwest to northeast through the city, killing and injuring 15."
Date: June 1, 1947
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5459]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "With every business building on Main street damaged by Saturday night's tornado, Leedey civic leaders Mondy started plans to rebuild. The photo above of one block of the business area is typical of the entire section. Majority of the buildings will have to be torn down because of damage to walls by the wind."
Date: June 1, 1947
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5457]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The aerial shot of Leedy's Main street, almost center of the town, shows scarcely a building escaped serious damage. Officials predict that perhaps half of the buildings on Main street will have to be razed because of weakened walls and beams. The mayor is calling a meeting of community leaders Monday to study future plans."
Date: June 1, 1947
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5458]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "With every business building on Main street damaged by Saturday night's tornado, Leedy civic leaders Mondy started plans to rebuild. The photo above of one block of the business area is typical of the entire section. Majority of the buildings will have to be torn down because of damage to walls by the wind. Below, Leedey's one lumberyard looks like a box of spilled matches after the tornado."
Date: June 1, 1947
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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