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[BASEMENT BOX 67.0240]

Description: A nighttime photograph of a gas well fire near Centrahoma in Coal County, Oklahoma. The image shows the wreckage of the well silhouetted against the intense blaze. Caption: "THIS IS ART ON BURNING GAS WELL AT CENTRAHOMA. IT IS PAID."
Date: January 19, 1965
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0795]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "All went well Thursday in Coalgate as demolition teams completed the task of transferring 35,000 pounds of air craft bombs from an overturned transport truck on the town's main street to others carriers."
Date: July 10, 1969
Creator: Argo, Dave Heaton/Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0239]

Description: A nighttime photograph of a gas well fire near Centrahoma in Coal County, Oklahoma. Intense flames were visible among the damaged rig where four workmen were injured by the fire. Caption: "LEAPING FLAMES surrounded this gas well that came in unexpected Sunday night near Centrahoma. Four men were injured when the fire stated and damage was estimated at $300.000. Workmen were attempting Monday to clear away wreckage so fire-fighting operations could begin."
Date: January 19, 1965
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0109.0359]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "William James Brooks, a square-jawed man with a flattened nose like a prizefighter's stood by the white frame house be built with his own hands and looked down the winding dirt road."
Date: November 12, 1965
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0105.0561]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The bodies of four victims were found Sunday inside the twisted wreckage of a single-engine plane that crashed in an open field eight miles north of Coalgate."
Date: February 2, 1990
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0135.0531]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Quilt shoppers check the auction items before the Amish sale. Organizers estimated 20,000 people attended the Clarita event."
Date: September 8, 1995
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0135.0528]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma's Amish are preparing for their biggest event of the year, which also is the simplest, most uncontroversial way of funding education in the state. While others haggle over issues such as state House Bill 1017, the education reform tax measure, the Amish in this small southeastern Oklahoma community are preparing for their annual auction."
Date: August 8, 1991
Creator: McDaniel, David
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0137.0739]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Coal County's new courthouse, a sleek building of pre-stress concrete and brick, is rising on the site of the 1911 model, plagued for years with falling plaster and general deterioration."
Date: 1969
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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