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[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.1064]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "DEATH IN SNOW came to a Magazine, Ark., man, Joesph Frank Hughes, 39, when this pickup he was driving skidded into the path of a Greyhound bus Friday night on ice-coated U. S. 69 south of McAlester. the motor was ripped from its mounts by the collision. The bus, driven by James Carl McConnell, Tulsa, carried no passengers."
Date: January 23, 1966
Creator: Southard, Jack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0840]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Charles Oscar Cherry, 21 year old Bethany truck driver, died Thursday when his loaded gasoline truck went out of control and overturned near Okemah. The accident happened about 8:30 AM on U.S. 62. Cherry was employed by the Gilmore & Kirk Oil Co."
Date: July 12, 1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0170

Description: Photograph taken at night of unidentified crowd viewing a building engulfed in a raging mass of flames. Caption: "Razed in a spectacular fire was this Greenville school, four miles north of Marietta on U.S 77 in a blaze which occurred just as the frame gymnasium and lunchroom were destroyed at a loss of $50,000."
Date: March 1, 1960
Creator: Alexander, Chick
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0358]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Enid to State Desk; Cut lines for crash....; Death in a model A(cap) came to John R. Jacobs, 73, who was driving this 1929 model car when it collided with another vehicle driven by Vernie B. Stoddard, 45, of Camargo. The crash, which occurred five miles west of Catxx Canton on SH 52, Literally demolished the old timer car, fatally injuring the elderly Canton man. Jacob's died in Uniexx University hospital in Ok… more
Date: July 25, 1956
Creator: Thomas, M.M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0209]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Huge Truck Plunges Into 2 Cars; 4 Hurt- Brake Failure Blamed for 3 Vehicle Collision; Miracle Seen as None Die--- An apparent air brake failure on a huge, city owned truck and semi trailer caused a three vehicle crash at SW 29 and May Saturday in Which four were injured."
Date: July 28, 1956
Creator: Winford, Wesley
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0256]

Description: Photograph is of the remains of a wooden structure that was destroyed by a fire. Most of the roof is collapsed into the interior of the building and only part of a wall and charred wooded beams remains standing. Caption: "Fire Tuesday which destroyed a building housing the base chapel, gymnasium, post exchange and NCO club, at Clinton-Sherman air fore base has been blamed on faulty wiring. Maj. Ervin Bork, base fire marshal, estimated loss at $108,000."
Date: October 17, 1956
Creator: Westervelt, Jay
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0485

Description: Photograph taken at night of burning debris. Caption: "Charred and flaming debris is all that's left of double garage and wash house which burned to the ground on the outskirts of Midwest City Wednesday, causing about $7,000 damage."
Date: September 12, 1956
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0839]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "DRIVER ESCAPED INJURY in this accident of a semi-trailer truck in a crash north of Drummond, in Garfield county, about 2 AM Thursday. Jerry Allen Abbott, 24, of route 2, Fairview, said the wind blew him off course."
Date: September 6, 1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0359]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "When this car vaulted over a viaduct Saturday at Norman, Photographer 2/c John Steve Smizer was killed. His wife and 7 year old son., Larry had minor injuries."
Date: August 27, 1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0174]

Description: Photograph is of a small home that has been destroyed by fire. The entire front of the house and roof are missing. Only the back exterior walls remain. Photograph was taken in the day time. Caption: "10 Miles East of Norman - OU Student Ronald S Johnston - died in fire"
Date: December 14, 1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0169

Description: Photograph taken during evening hours of three men inspecting an explosives truck after a fire. Caption: "Looking at dynamite compartment of truck that suddenly burst into flames near Ringling are driver Clinton Carline and Capt. Clarence C. Greenhill and Sgt. Doyle Nichols of Fort Sill."
Date: November 21, 1962
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0369]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This is the wreckage in which three people died north of Lexington just before midnight Saturday night. All three of the dead were members of a Texas family. State Road Toll Climbs to 400 Muskogee Man is Latest Fatality STATE TRAFFIC DEATHS 1956 to date 400; August 23. 1955 to date 340; August 19. The 1956."
Date: August 13, 1956
Creator: Wilson, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0318.0300]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Margaret Durham of 4140 NW 46 and eight other Sooner beauties will be the stars of the show Friday night at Twilight Time amphitheater, NW 27 and Walker."
Date: July 27, 1956
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0338]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "ONE YOUTH DIED and another was critically injured Thursday when his English sports car flipped into a deep ditch south of Norman. Richard Douglas de Lee of Shreveport, LA., was dead on arrival at a Norman Hospital. The driver, Michael Nichols, 2736 NW 17, was seriously injured. The youths, both 19, are University of Oklahoma students. Oil from the car's engine streams down the hood."
Date: April 12, 1957
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0133]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "TWO DAYS AND NIGHTS without sleep caused this accident early Tuesday in the 1400 block E Reno. Paratrooper Virgil G. England jr., Fort Kimball, Ky., en route to his parents' home in Chilocco, escaped serious injury when he fell asleep at the wheel and his auto struck a concrete culvert, overturned and landed on its top in a ditch: Cut and bruised, he crawled from the wreckage, shown being checked by Lieut. T. J. Wilson… more
Date: July 24, 1956
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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