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[BASEMENT BOX 67.0055]

Description: A daylight photograph showing the burning, twisted wreckage of oil-filled railroad tank cars after a derailment and explosion at Shattuck, Ellis County, Oklahoma. No caption.
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Lightning Caused Fire]

Description: Photograph of smoldering debris in field during daylight. Caption: "The ruins of 10,000 bales of Alfalfa, set afire by a bolt of lightning Sunday night, were still smoldering Tuesday on the Roy Wickham place, a mile east of Elk City."
Date: November 2, 1948
Creator: Pyer, Ronald
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0228]

Description: A nighttime photograph taken at a fire in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The image shows two firemen in a bucket lift, using a water cannon to combat a blaze at the Rex Hotel. Caption: "Smoke and flames boil up from Rex Hotel building at 330 W Sheridan, destroyed in a pre-dawn fire today."
Date: April 5, 1972
Creator: Jones, Lucien
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0234]

Description: A nighttime photograph of a fire at the Rex Hotel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The image shows firemen and civilians outside the hotel as smoke billows from the structure. Caption: "Rex Hotel fire."
Date: April 5, 1972
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Tecumseh School Fire]

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of a building on fire. Men with a fire truck are trying to put out the fire with a water hose. Caption: "The Tecumseh fire department and Shawnee fire fighters battle the Tecumseh school building blaze in vain."
Date: August 20, 1949
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0247]

Description: A daylight photograph showing men using water hoses to douse the smoldering remains of the Cotton Compress Company warehouse in Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma, destroyed by a wind-driven fire. Black wax pencil crop marks are visible on the image. Caption: "A 45-mile-an-hour wind Sunday fanned a blaze from papers under a loading dock into the Cotton Compress Co. warehouse, destroying about $500,000 worth of cotton."
Date: March 26, 1950
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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