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[BASEMENT BOX 67.0240]

Description: A nighttime photograph of a gas well fire near Centrahoma in Coal County, Oklahoma. The image shows the wreckage of the well silhouetted against the intense blaze. Caption: "THIS IS ART ON BURNING GAS WELL AT CENTRAHOMA. IT IS PAID."
Date: January 19, 1965
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0795]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "All went well Thursday in Coalgate as demolition teams completed the task of transferring 35,000 pounds of air craft bombs from an overturned transport truck on the town's main street to others carriers."
Date: July 10, 1969
Creator: Argo, Dave Heaton/Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0239]

Description: A nighttime photograph of a gas well fire near Centrahoma in Coal County, Oklahoma. Intense flames were visible among the damaged rig where four workmen were injured by the fire. Caption: "LEAPING FLAMES surrounded this gas well that came in unexpected Sunday night near Centrahoma. Four men were injured when the fire stated and damage was estimated at $300.000. Workmen were attempting Monday to clear away wreckage so fire-fighting operations could begin."
Date: January 19, 1965
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0105.0561]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The bodies of four victims were found Sunday inside the twisted wreckage of a single-engine plane that crashed in an open field eight miles north of Coalgate."
Date: February 2, 1990
Creator: Argo, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0109.0359]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "William James Brooks, a square-jawed man with a flattened nose like a prizefighter's stood by the white frame house be built with his own hands and looked down the winding dirt road."
Date: November 12, 1965
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0135.0528]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma's Amish are preparing for their biggest event of the year, which also is the simplest, most uncontroversial way of funding education in the state. While others haggle over issues such as state House Bill 1017, the education reform tax measure, the Amish in this small southeastern Oklahoma community are preparing for their annual auction."
Date: August 8, 1991
Creator: McDaniel, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0137.0745]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The sign out front "Quitting Business Sale" signals the end of a 91-year-old trade tradition in Coalgate. Hudson's Big Country Store is closing its doors."
Date: 1991
Creator: Argo, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0137.0747]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Coalgate High School teachers, from right, Bette Wyatt and Nancy Purdy cheer on fellow faculty members David Unsell and Allen Hicks as they make the final leg of a 40-mile bicycle commuting trip from Kenefic in observance of 'Save A Gallon Day' Wednesday during unity Week at the school."
Date: January 23, 1980
Creator: Tullous, Don
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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