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[Photograph 2012.201.B1289.0289]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker, outstanding Oklahoman from Pawhuska, gave Tinker AFB its name. He led a bombing mission against the Japanese fleet during the Battle of Midway on June 7, 1942, and his plane did not return. He was one-eighth Osage Indian, and held the most responsible rank ever awarded a man of his race at the time. (Orig. date of photo is unknown, this is a copy)"
Date: July 29, 1943
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1283.0435]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lowell Thomas, who died Saturday at his home in Pawling, N.Y., is shown with his wife, Marianna, during their wedding in Hawaii on Jan. 5, 1977."
Date: August 29, 1977
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0366]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Salvage of USS Oklahoma BB-47, at Pearl Harbor 1943-43. Ship rotated to an angle of about 30 degrees, on March 29, 1943. N. A. S. Ford Island is in the background."
Date: March 29, 1943
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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