[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0643]
Description:
Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "DEATH CRASH, A Tinker air force base Negro corporal was killed and another seriously injured late Saturday afternoon in a three-car collision in the 7000 block NE 23. Killed was Cpl. El Centro C. Coffee, about 25, of 1821 NE Page, who died in Mercy hospital from head injuries. His companion, Cpl. Louis Burlus, also of Tinker, suffered severe head lacerations. Both were riding in the car shown at left, which …
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Date:
March 10, 1951
Creator:
Kaho, C. J.
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Partner:
Oklahoma Historical Society