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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.4769]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Part of the throng of proud Oklahomans gathered around the Guthrie Library for the inauguration of Governor Frank Frantz on January 15, 1906." He was the last Governor of the Oklahoma Territory before statehood.
Date: 1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10629]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A two-block "Boomtown" is being laid out at the state fairgrounds in a turn-back-the-clock project that will take 27 years off Oklahoma "history and give visitors to the state's Semi-Centennial Exposition a life-sized look at a real old-time oiltown. Boomtown U.S.A., one of the liveliest attractions of the upcoming expositions, will reset the scene og a chill March morning in 1930 when a boisterous chapter in oilfield hist… more
Date: February 15, 1957
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3459]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The tender Big Red E - seasoned with a year in the statehouse and steeped in the heady wine of repeal - along with the tough Old Guard were held to the fire Saturday night. Head chefs were the 50 newsmen-actors of the Oklahoma City Gridiron Club. In 2 hours of cooking with ryhme, satire and song they reviewed the political year in oklahoma. The result was Roast Politician - well done.......The show was written by Carter … more
Date: January 28, 1960
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.4964]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "(photo of a three-story building with a rounding drive-way in front, at least two people on the porch, a two-story white sided building on the left, and more)"
Date: 1939
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10119]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Stained glass panels on the doors into the nave of the church depict the Beatitudes. All windows in the church were produced by the Willet Stained Glass Studios in Philadelphie. The studies created a rediscovered medieval type of stained glass which is used in the First Presbyterian windows and panels."
Date: November 23, 1964
Creator: Wood, Tony
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8496]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The federal reformatory at El Reno is nationally known as a model institution and is the city's second largest industry employing 270 persons. Only 200 of the 1,000 inmated are confined in cell-type housing, the others are quarted in dormitories."
Date: 1954
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2659]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Something different in Easter attire is worn by these gracefully-arching old trees in the 300 block NW 17 Saturday when an early spring storm pelted the city. Although intense, the storm quickly moved on and drizzle that followed that followed erased most of the snow."
Date: March 28, 1970
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3501]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "When the greatest golf players in the world tee off at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa Thursday they will colide with one of the most challenging courses ever to play host to the National Open Championship."
Date: June 6, 1958
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.4572]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo inside the arena with workers on the ground floor, dirt, all the seating in place, a pickup, and more. Backside typing: "Final work being done at arena and it's supposed to be ready for horse show sat. night. If can get pic - - interior with some workmen showing if possible.)"
Date: September 8, 1965
Creator: Crowder, Russ
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6133]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bootle-Neck' at Classen traffic circle greeted motorists - again - Wednesday afternoon during the rush hour when soft-drink cases toppled from a bottling company truck. Last Monday, motorists encountered 50 npounds of nails which fell from a truck into the road."
Date: November 13, 1963
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7735]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "General Electric Company's information devices department is in the process of moving into its new 108,000-square-foot metal fabrication building at Morgan Road and W Reno. The move-in started December 16 and may be completed Monday, a company spokeman said. The new plant will manufacture precision parts for GE computer componets. It will employ about 200 persons. Manufacturing operations by the company's production mac… more
Date: January 2, 1969
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0945]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Cowboy quarterback Tony Pounds darts around blockers while looking for running room. (Players not identified in the article but by tags are "Nelson, MS," "Gaile, OS," and "Noles, OS.")"
Date: 1970
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1774]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a worker welding beams/else at the lower middle right, another worker in the lower center behind some beams, ceiling lights, and more.)"
Date: October 20, 1965
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6040]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Blazing Brush and dry grass fill the sky with billowing smoke clouds Wednesday near Jones. Fire threatened the farm home of Bill Jasper, southwest of Jones, before being brough under control. Fire fighting units from Oklahoma City, Jones, Spencer, and Nichols Hills battled the flames and damage was held to burned pasture, fences, and timber. Authorities urged extreme caution by motorists in rural, dry-grass areas. Grass… more
Date: March 30, 1966
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6314]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tornado Begins And Ends in this spectacular series of pictures made as the vicious twister dipped into an Overland, Kan., housing development. At left, the twister begins to form and points ominously toward the ground. In the second picture, the dark finger touches down. Next, the funnel, looking deceptively delicate, begins to rise into the cloud that spawned it. In picture at right, the twister begins to braek up and … more
Date: 1965
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0814]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A last look at the Van Dyck painting "Venus in the Forge of Vulcan" will be available to State Fair of Oklahoma visitors Saturday and Sunday. Now owned by Wagon Wheel School, McLoud, it is reported to be valued at over $30,000. It is hanging in the Oklahoma Science and Arts Foundation building, Fair Park."
Date: 1963
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6018]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A 16-inch natural gas pipeline exploded south of Tuttle early Thursday night, shaking the countryside and prompting reports of as airplane crash. Flames were visible at Oklahoma City, 25 miles away. No one was injured by the explosion, which ripped a crater 50 feet wide and 20 feet deep in a pasture on the Earl Conner farm. Cause of the blast was not determined late Thursday. Location of the explosion was seven miles so… more
Date: January 17, 1957
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6026]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(photo of three firemen holding and firing a hose into a window, fireman on the right is "Kee," another fireman in the right background, and more)"
Date: March 8, 1970
Creator: Heaton, Dave
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9259]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Alicia Hernandez peers out the side door to her Oklahoma City home at the rubble left by an explosion at the house next door. The explosion occurred as the resident of 1613 NW 11 worked on a gas range. He was critically burned."
Date: July 9, 1992
Creator: Beckel, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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