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[BASEMENT BOX 66.0039]

Description: Caption: "Flames apparently starting in the ceiling destroyed this concrete block building at 3133 NE 23, as firemen struggled against the odds of blocked doors an lack of water." Firetruck in front of burning Foster's Restaurant.
Date: December 16, 1970
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0084]

Description: Charred remains of house.
Date: December 16, 1965
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0141]

Description: Caption: "Hole gapes in roof after fire struck the Full Gospel Assembly Church, SW 55 and May shortly before 5 a.m. today" Burned and caved in roof of the Full Gospel Assembly Church.
Date: February 16, 1971
Creator: Taylor, Robert
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0142]

Description: Caption: "Full Gospel Assembly Church." Burned furnace at the Full Gospel Assembly Church.
Date: February 16, 1971
Creator: Taylor, Robert
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0373

Description: Photograph taken at night of a firefighter on a ladder spraying water from a fire hose while flames blaze on the roof above him. Caption: "Flames curl from the walls and leap from the roof of the Joseph J. Green residence, 11117 Leaning Elm in Quail Creek, Saturday night as a fireman sprays water through a second floor window to douse the fire which destroyed the home and took the life of Mrs. Green."
Date: September 16, 1973
Creator: Webster, Glen
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0374

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of a house destroyed by fire. Caption: "Stand stark against the sky Sunday after a Saturday night fire destroyed this home at 11117 N Leaning Elm and took the life of Mrs. Ida J. Green, wife of Joseph J. Green."
Date: September 16, 1978
Creator: Traverse, Cliff
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 66.0384]

Description: A daylight photograph taken at the scene of a duplex fire in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. The image shows firemen on the ground and roof of a residence after the fire had been extinguished. The firemen had opened a hole in the roof in order to battle the flames. Caption: "[Roof wrecking] became necessary Wednesday to snuff out all of the flames that caused about $350 damage to a duplex in the 100 block NE 10."
Date: May 16, 1973
Creator: Artman, Roger
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0430

Description: Photograph of people searching through boxes of fire-damaged items. Caption: "Student teacher Jo Ragsdale pokes forlornly through charred wreckage of the learning center at New World private school, 10105 N Pennsylvania, where unexplained flames destroyed the main building shortly before midnight Sunday."
Date: September 16, 1974
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0045]

Description: Photograph is of a industrial refinery that has a large dark plume of smoke rising from the background. Caption: "An estimated $100,000 damage resulted from a series of explosions and fire Tuesday night at the Ben Franklin Oil Co. refinery north of here."
Date: April 16, 1958
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0076]

Description: Photograph is of a brick structure that the roof has collapsed into the interior and part of the brick walls have collapsed as well. The remaining walls are burnt black in areas. the trees surrounding the building are laden in ice from the water used to fight the fire. Caption: "Ice-laden trees provided a foreground of contrast as the old section of the Putnam City junior high school burned Monday morning."
Date: December 16, 1940
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0078]

Description: Photograph is of a destroyed multiple story brick structure. the roof has collapsed in tot he interior as well as major portions of the exterior brick walls. A few men are walking around the structure surveying the damage. Caption: "This is what was left of the old section of Putnam City junior high school after a fire which broke out in the early hours of Monday morning had done its work."
Date: December 16, 1940
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0080

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of people standing near a building gutted by fire. Caption: "Putnam City School."
Date: December 16, 1940
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0083]

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of people working to manage a storage tank fire. Caption: "Under a billowing column of heavy black smoke, firemen pour chemicals on a blaze which followed an explosion in an 80,000-barrel storage tank at the Cimarron Valley Pipe Line Co., a mile north of the state fairgrounds."
Date: September 16, 1941
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0312

Description: Photograph taken at night of two buildings during or after firefighters extinguish a fire.
Date: April 16, 1955
Creator: Ford, Ray
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0313]

Description: Photograph is of a fireman on top of the open ladder off the fire pump truck spraying an open hose onto the roof of a burning brick building. Smoke is billowing out of the roof of the building. Two other firemen are holding hoses that are spraying into the broken windows into the multiple story structure from the ground.
Date: April 16, 1955
Creator: Ford, Ray
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0323]

Description: Photograph is of three firemen holding various fire hoses aimed at the roof of a multiple story building in a business district. Debris, including burnt bricks are strewn across the sidewalk in front of the building. The roof, windows and front of building has begun to collapse. Photograph was taken in the night time. Caption: "Firemen battle this downtown Enid fire which Sunday destroyed or heavily damaged most of a business block."
Date: January 16, 1961
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0372]

Description: A daylight photograph showing the site of a Payne County, Oklahoma, farm house destroyed by a grass fire. Only charred debris, including a refrigerator and a pile of stone rubble, remained of the structure. Caption: "Remains of a deserted farm house destroyed Wednesday afternoon by a 1,700-acre grass fire 12 miles east of Stillwater are shown here."
Date: February 16, 1961
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0446

Description: Three men with fire hose standing on burned out car, putting out hot spots, daytime. Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Smoldering wreckage was all that remained of the Dale Wilson Chevrolet agency in Marshall which was destroyed by flames Sunday in which loss was estimated at $50,000."
Date: April 16, 1956
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0474]

Description: Photograph is of a hall that is strewn with debris from a recent fire. Glass and aluminum siding is on the ground in the hall. Two unidentified people are walking down the hall in the distance. Photograph was taken in the day time. Caption: "Plate glass window were shattered in Stockton's supermarket Tuesday as fire swept through the building."
Date: August 16, 1966
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0475]

Description: Photograph is of the burnt remains of a counter in a store. There is burnt debris on the counter, wall and floor. Pieces of wallpaper is hanging down the wall. Caption: "Snack bar above was wiped out as fire flashed through Stockton's supermarket."
Date: August 16, 1966
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0476]

Description: Photograph is of the burnt front door of a residence. There is burnt debris in front of the entrance of the home in the front lawn that is burnt. Photograph was taken in the day time. Caption: "THREE CHILDREN DIED as a result of this morning fire Sunday at 203 W Ercoupe, Midwest City."
Date: November 16, 1963
Creator: Foster, Ray
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0544]

Description: A nighttime photograph showing a fireman as smoke billows from the Walker Walgreen Drug store in Ponca City after a fire swept through the building.
Date: January 16, 1962
Creator: Casto, Bill
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0556]

Description: Photograph is of Reeves Food Store. Two firemen are fully present. One is spraying a hose on the fire and the other is walking towards the store. The roof, windows and doors have been destroyed by the fire. Burnt bricks and rubble are piled in front of the structure on the street. Caption: "Rush Springs fire is battled."
Date: September 16, 1969
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Bill Mosier's Gulf Oil Service Station

Description: Photograph of Bill Mosier's Gulf Oil Service Station, South Shields Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: August 16, 1949
Creator: Jacoby, Ray
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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