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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8234]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Millions In Contracting Business were at stake here as intent faces scanned "bid sheets" during opening of bids Thursday on the Atoka water project. Apparent low bidders were Lock Joint Pipe Co., and a new firm, Okatoka Construction Co., which is a "joint venture" including the firms which made the original proposition. the city council chamber was jammed with interested construction firm people, memebers of the city … more
Date: December 15, 1960
Creator: King, Cliff
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.4701]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Platoons of police officers hunted the rough canyons southwest of here for two bank robbers Tuesday but they found only one good clue - a hideout shack. The two men who robbed Gracemont's First National Bank and shot the president were believed to be in the vicinity of Dead Man's and Horse Thief Canyons about 2 1/2 miles southwest of here. Crime bureau agents said tracks found in and around the shack matched those found n… more
Date: February 2, 1960
Creator: King, Cliff
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9656]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Motorists who speed over Tulsa's bypass know there's something wrong with the paving job. Patches dot the "new" highway route in a crazy quilt pattern and chug holes bounce the unsuspected driver. Times photographer Dick Peterson made a tour of the controversial project and his camera found the conditions pictured here. Uncle Sam is now striving to regain funds he spent on part of the scandal-ridden project. (phot… more
Date: June 3, 1960
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0440]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City's Symphony Funday drew a throng of vactioning youngsters to Springlake Par Wednesday. It was abusy day at Springlake park Wednesday as more than 3,000 youngsters tried to sample all of the 19 rides at Symphony Funday. Funday, arranged by the Women's Committee for the Oklahoma City Symphony, was held for the special purpose of lowering the orchestra's deficit-which it did by more than $3,000. Betw… more
Date: June 8, 1960
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8749]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Thre University of Oklahoma students charged with manslaughter in the death early Wednesday of a steel firm auditor were free on $15,000 bond each Friday. A preliminary hearing was scheduled December 16 for Roy G. Woods, 20, of 6911 Avondale dr., Nichols Hills; Don Magness, 19, of 1625 Camden Way, Nichols Hills; and Harvey T. McCroskey, 19, of 1309 Oxford Way in The Village. Full Recheck Ordered All are charged in… more
Date: December 8, 1960
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7178]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tornado-shaken Oklahomans - in the middle of clean-up operations from Thursday's violent storms - braced themselves again Friday for another onslaught of severe weather. Storm clouds moved into the eastern half of the state setting off two more severe weather warning Friday from the weather bureau for a large are in eastern part of Oklahoma. Dmage in Oklahoma City from Thursday's storm was estimated Friday at nearly $2 mi… more
Date: April 29, 1960
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2435]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Strong men and women came upon a raw land with vision…They spanned rivers and prairies and mountains with determination…They created schools - churches - farms - factories. They lifted great buildings to the skies…" A statue nestled among the great buildings of Oklahoma City bears those word - a tribute to Oklahoma's pioneers and to the vision and determination of citizens who created the Civic Center from an alley...… more
Date: June 10, 1960
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8209]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "A water filtration plant, almost identical to this one at Lake Hefner, is included in a $55 million proposal to pump waters of southeastern Oklahoma into the city system."
Date: May 3, 1960
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0116]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Huge mounds of dirts rising on the site of Oklahoma City's new federal building appear to engulf the majestic St. Joesph's Catholic Church, 519 N Harvey. Actually a photographic illusion, the shot shows mountains of dirt just north of the postoffice which rose to 10 feet on the first day of construction Monday. the five-story federal building is scheduled for completion in the summer of 1961."
Date: March 18, 1960
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10150]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "New mosque for the Oklahoma City India Temple Shrine covers 48 acres and includes a 10,000 square foot stable, 1,600 square foot air conditioned club house and a lake. Move to the new home from the Shrine at NW 4 and Harvey and Shrine owned barnes at NE 35 and Grand Blvd. will take years, E. Phil Allen, illustrious potentate, estimates. The new tract is located north of Memorial Rd., and east of Eastern."
Date: August 24, 1960
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5494]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The North Heights area of Sapulpa was hardest hit. Largely a Negro section, it is located north of the Turner Turnpike. The twister cut a swath a half-mile wide and a mile long through the area, the highway patrol reported. More than 30 homes were destroyed of damaged. Early estimates of number injured were 100 to 150, but later reports said 43 were in one Sapulpa hospital, six in another. Most of the injuries were cal… more
Date: May 5, 1960
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7932]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Despite thousands of students cars parked in school lots, police say there are no added traffic problems around high schools since start of classes. "We get quite a few calls about hot-rodders and such, but there have been no complaints of large traffic jams and similar problems," Traffic Capt. S. W. Stephens said. There's a junior rush-hour between 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. daily when school lets out. But it is not … more
Date: September 13, 1960
Creator: King, Cliff
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0154.0258]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Years of effort finding jobs for handicapped persons has won recognition for Don Davis, executive secretary of the Governor's Committee on Employment of the handicapped."
Date: November 8, 1960
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0092.0013]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Music - especially jazz - has tolled these OCU students out of the laboratory and shop for a career of music studio and concert stage."
Date: August 8, 1960
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1164.0752]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This 1922 snapshot ot the late George Bernard Shaw and Molly Tomkins at the Fabian summer school near Godalming, England, was made available Saturday by Peter Tomkins, Molly's son."
Date: 1960
Creator: Associated Press
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0234.0536]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Family Portrait shows the Richard Combs family together in its Old Bridge, N. J., home prior to Tuesday's adoption hearing at Trenton for Alice Marie (center with doll), 41/2, a foster daughter."
Date: March 9, 1960
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0244.0640]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Marriage is ahead for Jesse Cox, 92-year-old Cherokee Indian who was a scout with the Seventh cavalry in 1895-96. He picks up Mrs. Delores Carter, 55, for benefit of photographers as they get their marriage license in Santa Monica, Calif."
Date: December 23, 1960
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0094.0568]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "ROME-- Doug Bluebaugh, Terry McCann and Shelby Wilson, three Oklahoma wrestlers, won Olympic gold medals for the United States in the finals of freestyle competition Tuesday."
Date: July 12, 1960
Creator: United States. Army.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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