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[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0565]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Near Hydro 08-06-53"
Date: August 7, 1953
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0572]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Six persons lost their lives and 35 were injured early Thursday when this Greyhound bus an automobile sideswiped, locked bumpers then plunged 40 feet into the bottom of Deer creek just west of Hydro, Caddo county, on U. S. 66. This was the picture after rescuers cleared the last of victims from the wreckage. A woman and her 3-year-old daughter, riding in the auto, and four bus passengers were killed in this, on… more
Date: August 7, 1953
Creator: Smith, Robert F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0566]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Near Hydro 08-06-53"
Date: August 7, 1953
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0564]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Near Hydro 08-06-53"
Date: August 7, 1953
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0569]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lieut. F. A. Mussen, Clinton highway patrolman, above, inspects the ruins of the house trailer after Thursday morning`s highway catastrophe 1 1/2 miles west of Hydro on U. S. 66. Both vehicles were headed east when they collided."
Date: August 6, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0571]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Here`s all that`s left of the house trailer and belongings of the Jean Louis Wilkey family whose automobile collided with the bus. The trailer was torn free of the car by a bridge railing but was demolished when it smashed into the bridge structure. Mrs. Wilkey and her daughter, Jerry Ruth, were killed in the crash, and Wilkey, driver of the car, is in critical condition in Clinton`s Oklahoma General hospital."
Date: August 7, 1953
Creator: Smith, Robert F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0301B.0354]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "It takes at least two men to make a success of stock car racing, one to drive the machine and another to keep it running."
Date: July 31, 1953
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0259.0299]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Roadbed work on the 2.4-mile road from SH 8 to Roman Nose state park, north of Watonga, is practically complete."
Date: 1953
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0231.0249]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Okeene Jaycees are getting ready for the 14th annual Rattlesnake roundup on Sunday, April 19."
Date: February 26, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0567]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Near Hydro 08-06-53"
Date: August 7, 1953
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0357.0194]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Okeene will host the 13th annual Whea-Esta, the oldest wheat show in the nation, Thursday."
Date: August 27, 1953
Creator: King, Cliff
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0231.0251]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The Queen of the Okeene Rattlesnake Roundup wears a genuine rattlesnake crown, complete with rattles."
Date: April 17, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0568]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The floor, Foreground above, and superstructure of a house trailer pulled by an Arizona car were separated by the force of the collision with the east-bound bus. Both the car and bus ran off into a canyon, but the two sections of the trailer stayed on the roadside."
Date: August 6, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0570]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "This was the crash scene minutes after the tragedy, as survivors struggle out of the ill-fated bus which plunged 23 feet over the side of a narrow bridge near Hydro early Thursday. Six persons were killed in the state`s worst highway accident since 1949. A greyhound bus and an automobile, their bumpers locked together, plunged into a creek bed near Hydro on U. S. 66 Thursday killing six people and injuring 35 i… more
Date: August 7, 1953
Creator: Hoffman, Lou
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0992.0001]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "To many persons, this aged Indian may appear to be just another one of the Red Men, but to those in Canton-Southard area who know the history of "Old Sweetwater," as he is affectionately know, he is rated as one of the top Americans."
Date: March 1, 1953
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1412.0428]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Banker Bert Willis takes time off to work on one of his tables."
Date: 1953
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1255.0415]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Birds have been with us always."
Date: April 20, 1953
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1229.0052]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Watonga offers a great bargain in paving as the city and Loins club operate a joint project."
Date: November 13, 1953
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1255.0412]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Part of the instruction in the recognition of more than 42 species found in the wooded hills of Southard includes familiarity with the vocalizing of song birds."
Date: April 20, 1953
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0375.0180]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Hydro area farmers started this week to harvest a peanut crop valued at more than $675,000."
Date: September 24, 1953
Creator: King, Cliff
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1255.0410]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Officers of Southard's Junior Audabon society, which has received nationwide publicity for its unusual accomplishments, are Jackie Schnell, left, president; Jamie Liepper, vice-president, and Karen Karbs, secretary-treasurer."
Date: April 20, 1953
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1255.0414]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Max Oyler, left, and J.W. Corry inspect the wing of a red tail hawk, a new addition to the Junior Audabon society's feather exhibit."
Date: April 20, 1953
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1255.0411]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Not even a case of measles can prevent Sue Gindlach from keeping abreast of Junior Audabon society projects."
Date: April 20, 1953
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1255.0413]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Linda Pierce inspects a bird's nest at close range while Rene Kohl refreshes her memory on animal life."
Date: April 20, 1953
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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