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Oklahoma's Air Ace: William T. Ponder and World War I

Description: This article chronicles William T. Ponder's training and testing in battle against the backdrop of World War I aviation history. Ponder served with the French Aviation Service as part of the Lafayette Flying Corps and the U.S. Air Service where he became Oklahoma's first aviation war hero.
Date: Summer 2008
Creator: Moore, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1387.0348]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Defending world and U.S. figure skating champion Kristi Yamaguchi of Fremont, Calif., has a serious look on her face as she leaves a practice session early Saturday morning in Albertville, France, Friday, rival skater Midori Ito of Japan told reporters she would win the gold, setting up a showdown in the womans singles competition which begins next week."
Date: February 8, 1992
Creator: Nighswander, Marcy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1331.0111]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Former champion Guillermo Vilas lost to a man 15 years his junior in the first round of the French Open Tennis championships Tuesday and promptly announced his retirement."
Date: May 31, 1989
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0962]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Four U. S. Governors listen to Jean Cherioux, center, vice president of the Paris city council, during a visit to the Town Hall in Paris Friday."
Date: May 15, 1970
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0104.0170]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Luther H. Brannon, Agricultural Extension Specialist, Food and Agriculture Division, ECA/OSR, is seen against a backdrop of the Place de la Concorde, with the obelisque and the Eiffel Tower in far background."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1349.0896]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "German delegates at Versailles listening to M. Clemenceau's speech in the Trianon Palace Hotel, at which the Peace Treaty was handed them, to be followed by the formal close of the World war."
Date: unknown
Creator: Pathe News
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1349.0898]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "This picture a scene from Hearst News No. 29 shows the historic scene in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles at the signing of the Peace treaty. President Wilson is shown affixing his signature to the document which has just been brought to him."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0298B.0390]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Jean Sainteny, right, reported to have been a secret intermediary between President Nixon and the late Ho Chi Minh in July, is shown in 1965 when he was French minister of veterans affairs."
Date: November 7, 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1333.0469]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "U. S. Transportation Secretary John A. Volpe criticized international air fares Thursday as too high and too rigid, and called on airlines to pass on to travelers the big savings offered by the new jumbo jets. Pan American and TWA were quick to challenge the new secretary, however."
Date: March 25, 1969
Creator: New York Times Service
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1316.0421]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "TRAVEL POSTERS give notice of the places Miss Patty Tullius hopes to see when she leaves Thursday for France, where she will attend the University of Grenoble for a year."
Date: 1964
Creator: Wood, Tony
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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