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Old Town Mine Explosion

Description: Photograph of the scene after the McAlester, OK Old Town coal mine explosion of spectators gathering for word from the rescue parties. In the cars at the extreme right on the rail are casualties. The explosion killed sixty-one.
Date: December 19, 1929
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0401.0224]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Andy Lewis plays a lot of football for the Haileyville Warriors, but his 196 pounds makes him hard to stop as a boxer, too."
Date: October 19, 1948
Creator: East, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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