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Oklahoma's Air Ace: William T. Ponder and World War I

Description: This article chronicles William T. Ponder's training and testing in battle against the backdrop of World War I aviation history. Ponder served with the French Aviation Service as part of the Lafayette Flying Corps and the U.S. Air Service where he became Oklahoma's first aviation war hero.
Date: Summer 2008
Creator: Moore, Bill
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1387.0348]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Defending world and U.S. figure skating champion Kristi Yamaguchi of Fremont, Calif., has a serious look on her face as she leaves a practice session early Saturday morning in Albertville, France, Friday, rival skater Midori Ito of Japan told reporters she would win the gold, setting up a showdown in the womans singles competition which begins next week."
Date: February 8, 1992
Creator: Nighswander, Marcy
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1435.0433]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Major General William S. Rombough, Chief signal officer, ETO, USA, presents certificate of merit award to Maj. Ansel J. Challener, OKC, in ceremony in Paris, France."
Date: July 24, 1945
Creator: United States. Army.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1349.0898]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "This picture a scene from Hearst News No. 29 shows the historic scene in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles at the signing of the Peace treaty. President Wilson is shown affixing his signature to the document which has just been brought to him."
Date: unknown
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1333.0469]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "U. S. Transportation Secretary John A. Volpe criticized international air fares Thursday as too high and too rigid, and called on airlines to pass on to travelers the big savings offered by the new jumbo jets. Pan American and TWA were quick to challenge the new secretary, however."
Date: March 25, 1969
Creator: New York Times Service
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1331.0111]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Former champion Guillermo Vilas lost to a man 15 years his junior in the first round of the French Open Tennis championships Tuesday and promptly announced his retirement."
Date: May 31, 1989
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1351.0800]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Landing on the coast of France under heavy Nazi machine gun fire are these American soldiers, shown just as they left the ramp of a coast Guard landing boat."
Date: July 6, 1944
Creator: Coast Guard Photo
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1351.0789]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Here is a general view of ceremonies at the famed arc de Triomphe as Paris paid homage to General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 14th."
Date: June 22, 1945
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1316.0421]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "TRAVEL POSTERS give notice of the places Miss Patty Tullius hopes to see when she leaves Thursday for France, where she will attend the University of Grenoble for a year."
Date: 1964
Creator: Wood, Tony
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1351.0790]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Scene on deck of a coast guard-manned LCI boat, before she rolled her shell-torn hull and sank off the coast of France, between the furled stretchers and the barrels which shows bullet bashes lies the body of a dead American soldier, while the wounded x can be seen in the companionway."
Date: August 6, 1944
Creator: Coast Guard Photo
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1351.0799]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "With a heavy list to a port, this coast guard LCI craft pulls alongside a transport to evacuate her troops and wounded, just before she capsized and x sank during first invasion day."
Date: August 6, 1944
Creator: Coast Guard Photo
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1335.0480]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "You'd think the department of agriculture would pick a man who raises poultry to represent the U.S. poultry industry at the ninth World Poultry congress next month in Paris."
Date: 1951
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1351.0788]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Canadian Defense Minister James L. Ralston troops paid a high cost for information gained at theat occupied French post August 19."
Date: 1942
Creator: Snarr, Kenneth
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1351.0798]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The crew of this fatally hit coast guard LCI craft has just vacuated troops and wounded to an assault transport and pulled away from the coast."
Date: August 6, 1944
Creator: Coast Guard Photo
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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