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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2585]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "One-hundred and thirty helium-filled ballons disappeared into the wind blue yonder Sunday when a gust of wind ripped open the nylon net containing them. The ballons were to carry Garrett Cashman aloft during the air show at Norman. He didn't get off the ground."
Date: May 1, 1955
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2581]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Soooners by the thousands basked in the sun at Norman Sunday during the Oklahoma Air Show. More than 115,000 persons were estimated to have attended the flying exhibition which featured both acrobatic and military tactical maneuvers. This picture shows part of the area of spectators who lined up for nearly a mile to watch the five-hour event. No casualities were reported during the afternoon, but four planes cracked up. … more
Date: May 1, 1955
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1408.0424]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Flashing grins of triumph are two individual high scorers in the state highschool track meet, Glenn Chowns, left, of Wetumka and Wilson Wilhite of Norman."
Date: May 1, 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0421B.0054]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Robert L. McCormick, executive vice-pres. and secretary of the Oklahoma Paper Company, was named district governor of National Sales Executives at the conclusion of a district meeting in Tulsa."
Date: May 1, 1955
Creator: Brown, Don
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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