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[Photograph 2012.201.TP0392.0981]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "This diagram of the property bounded by Reno Avenue, Council Road, and West Avenue shows hoe the proposed Western Electric plant is t be situated."
Date: April 5, 1957
Creator: 3rd Party
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.TP0392.0983]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An example of the "Crossbar" electro-mechanical switching equipment to be manufactured at the $35 million Western Electric plant to be built here."
Date: 1957
Creator: 3rd Party
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0402.0395]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Harry Lauter, Willard Parker, "Tales of the Texas Rangers", Sundays, 5-5:30 PM, EDT, Starting Sept. 22"
Date: September 4, 1957
Creator: ABC Television Network
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1164.0644]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A.S.J. Shaw is pictured appearing before the 41st Annual Convention of the National Association of State Auditors, Treasurers and Comptrollers at the magnificent Rivera Hotel on the famous "Strip" in Las Vegas, Nevada."
Date: January 18, 1957
Creator: Abbott, Jerry
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0225.0546]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A Lackland father and son combination recently captured two display awards in the 1957 Texas Philatelic convention in San Antonio. Captain Harry L. Chupak won a second place in an international class exhibit with his stamp entry depicting the 12 tribes of Israel. His son, eleven year old Jay Chupak, won third prize in the junior exhibit with a display showing the golden anniversary of the Boy Scouts."
Date: June 20, 1957
Creator: Air Force
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0099.0290]

Description: Photograph of a woman holding a doll next to display shelves with several dolls. Caption: "Surrounded by dolls of every description, Mrs. Col. W. W. Bouterse, wife of the state Salvation Army commander here, examines one that is dressed to resemble Queen Elizabeth."
Date: December 18, 1957
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0319.0156]

Description: Photograph of a man in a button down shirt and suit jacket signing a piece of paper on his knee while a young boy looks on. Caption: "The season got off to an early start for autograph seekers Friday night with Indians' pitcher Arnold Earley taking time to please 11-year-old Dwight L. Szakacs, 1528 NW 7th."
Date: April 12, 1957
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0522

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of a man standing near the wreckage of a building after a fire. Caption: "Students fought the blaze that destroyed the shop building and dressing rooms at Dunjee high school with hand fire extinguishers Tuesday afternoon."
Date: March 27, 1957
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0523]

Description: A daylight photograph showing a man and two boys amidst the ruins of a house destroyed by fire. Caption: "Fire place and concrete walls are all that remain of the contemporary home of architect John R. Turnbull, at Nicoma Park."
Date: March 27, 1957
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Home for unwed mothers

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "County officers say this is the main house of the Mae Marshall home for unwed mothers in Edmond. The operator was charged with trafficking in babies in complaints filed in common pleas court. An unwed Ohio mother described the sordid conditions in the home. She reported eight girls were "stabled" in a separate building at the rear." The address for this house is 1001 E. Thatcher, Edmond. The house is still standing in 2018.
Date: November 6, 1957
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0043]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A 5-year-old Edmond child suffered critical injuries at NW 23 and Broadway Wednesday when the automobile, center, driven by her mother was struck at the intersection. A 5-year-old Edmond girl was in critical condition in Wesley hospital Wednesday night after an automobile crashed into a car driven by the child's mother at NW 23 and Broadway. The Young victim, Pamela Ann Ricker, daughter of Mrs. Norma Jean Ricke… more
Date: December 12, 1957
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0167]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "A CITY MOTORISTS' car wound up the wrong way on a one-way street Tuesday following a freak accident at NW 6 and Hudson. Traffic officers said W. F. Colson 35. of 2337 W. Grand, escaped with a minor scratch when his car flipped out of control and overturned after being hit broadside by a vehicle driven by Bertha Grammell, 42, of 1439 SW 28. Both vehicles were heavily damaged, but no serious injuries were reported."
Date: September 10, 1957
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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