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Ardmore Birthday Celebration, 1939

Description: From The Daily Oklahoman, July 29, 1939. Short history of the birth of Ardmore with the arrival of the Sante Fe railroad on July 28, 1887. Photocopied at the Oklahoma Historical Society by Mac McGalliard, Nov. 27, 1968. 1 page, photocopy
Date: 1939
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Oklahoma, A Guide to the Sooner State

Description: Writers' Program, U. of Okla., 1941. Section on Ardmore giving current statistics and historical background. History of oil in the area and early newspapers are among the items in the story. Photocopied at the Oklahoma Historical Society by Mac McGalliard, Nov. 27, 1968. 4 pages, photocopied
Date: 1941
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B0163B.0219]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The lawn of the governor's mansion is all cluttered up these days with things like the capitol building, an oil well derrick and, of all things, a coyote."
Date: November 4, 1941
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7171]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This is the 2500 block South Goff avenue, after Friday night's tornado had vented its fury on a four-block Capitol Hill area. Houses, garages, motor cars, telephone poles, trees, all were swept away by the terrific force of the wind. Saturday, only this bleak picture met the eyes of spectators at the devasted area, as workmen began the task of digging through the debris and wreckage. (date?: Exactly 20 years ago … more
Date: 1942
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0163B.0220]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Just before Lord Halifax, British ambassador, drove up Lincoln boulevard to the state capitol, a separator at the Phillips Petroleum No. 1 Capitol Site burst into flame."
Date: March 18, 1945
Creator: Barclay, Betty
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0416B.0070]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Smiling his joy at returning to his old job as chief deputy U.S. Marshall for western Oklahoma, is Roy Manley who has served under four federal marshals."
Date: July 4, 1946
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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