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[Photograph 2012.201.B1318.0518]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A 24-year-old former Oklahoma A&M football flew his helicopter over 20-foot waves and recused seven South Lorean seamen from their stricken freighter on the south coast of Japan."
Date: December 8, 1956
Creator: Oklahoma A & M College
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0292.0363]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "is the main topic of conservation as members of the interstate Oil Compact commission meet in Miami Beach, Flor. but these three take time out to study some of the Florida sights, too."
Date: December 8, 1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7028]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Struggling motorists had slipping and sliding time Saturday as the worst of the winter season left Oklahoma City blanketed with snow, ice, and sleet. This photo was made at NW 6 and Lee, where a string of automobiles stalled on a steep hill and it looked manpower plus horsepower to get the cars over the crest. This same scene was duplicated in many other sections of the city."
Date: December 8, 1956
Creator: Winford, Wesley
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7023]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Oklahoma began shedding its coat of ice Saturday afternoon as tempatures pushed above the freezing mark in some areas, but new freezing rain and sleet made roads dangerous to travel. General condition of the roads over the state was good, but the Oklahoma Highway Patrol warned that low places and bridges in country areas were glazed and driving was dangerous. Heavy icing Saturday morning brought numerous accid… more
Date: December 8, 1956
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7024]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma began shedding its coat of ice Saturday afternoon as tempatures pushed above the freezing mark in some areas, but new freezing rain and sleet made roads dangerous to travel. General condition of the roads over the state was good, but the Oklahoma Highway Patrol warned that low places and bridges in country areas were glazed and driving was dangerous. Heavy icing Saturday morning brought numerous accidents with se… more
Date: December 8, 1956
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7022]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Ice and Snow caused the roof of this airport hanger to collapse in the 9000 block S Shields Saturday afternoon. Fifteen small planes in the hanger were damaged from falling girders and mortar blocks. No one was hurt."
Date: December 8, 1956
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7025]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Real cool weather covered Oklahoma City and the state as well Saturday, and the coat of ice weighted down canopies all over town. This sagging shade was located at a drive-in café in the 4600 block S. Shields. Like eveything else exposed to the night's sleet, it had accumulated a thick layer of ice. Only warm things in the Sooner state Saturday were torrid tempers of drivers who forgot to cover their windshields and had… more
Date: December 8, 1956
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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