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[Photograph 2012.201.B1144.0421]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rolling pin away for Sherri Salyer, 14, Stroud High School freshman, on her way to a new world record in the annual Brick and Rolling pin Throwing Championship."
Date: July 18, 1969
Creator: Albright, Bob
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0244]

Description: A daylight photograph of a grass fire near Chandler in Lincoln County, Oklahoma. Farmer Robert E. Hicks watches as Henry McCoy uses a tractor to create a firebreak along Hicks's fence line. Red and black wax pencil marks are visible on the image. Caption: "FIRE SWEPT to within a block of Chandler's northwest city limits Wednesday before it was halted by a firebreak and water from Chandler's rural fire truck. Henry McCoy operated a tractor and blade to cut a firebreak at the edge of blackjack ti… more
Date: December 4, 1969
Creator: Jackson, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0349.0681]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "BREAKING MUD in dedication ceremonies Saturday for a new 780-acre lake to be built 3 miles southwest of Meeker is U. S. Senator Henry Bellmon."
Date: May 16, 1969
Creator: Miller, Joe
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1310.0241]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Carroll Thronesbery, "Lion's Tale", editor at Chandler High School, say discussions of national issues are conducted in classrooms but not on the pages of their newspapers. Both concentrate on school news."
Date: October 13, 1969
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0243]

Description: A daylight photograph of a wild fire near Chandler in Lincoln County, Oklahoma. The image shows Fire Captain Joe Hoover using a pressurized water hose to stop the blaze from spreading. Red and black wax pencil marks are visible on the photograph. Caption: "UNDERBRUSH FIRE swept within a block of Chandler's northwest city limits Wednesday before it was halted by a firebreak and water from Chandler's rural fire truck. Capt. Joe Hoover, below, sprays water to halt the advance of the fire set by sp… more
Date: December 4, 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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