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[2012.201.B0051.0184]

Description: Military plane crash landing at Tinker Air Force Base. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Plane Flies Here for Crash Landing. A Tennessee Air National Guard C-97 transport crash landed at Tinker Air Force Base Tuesday. The six-man crew scrambled safely out of the plane after it stopped skidding along one of the field`s secondary runways. Maj. John L. Wade, 38, Murfreesboro, Tenn., commanded the plane that landed on the runway, partially covered… more
Date: August 9, 1961
Creator: Gumm, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0051.0185]

Description: Officials approaching a military plane to find out what when wrong. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "WHY? Military Air Transport Service Wednesday wanted to know why this C-97 had landing gear troubles Tuesday threatening the lives of the six-man crew. The pilot executed what the Air Force called "a beautiful landing" in spite of the difficulty. The crew walked away unharmed. Tinker`s crash crews had spread foam on the runways in an attempt t… more
Date: August 9, 1961
Creator: Gumm, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0308.0085]

Description: Photograph is of a man in a baseball uniform leaning over looking at a baseball in his hand while another set of hands is gesturing two circles next to each other. Caption: "Bobby Howard, left, whose third straight single broke up the first game of the Oklahoma City-San Antonio doubleheader here Sunday night in favor of the Indians, gives pitcher Bart DiMaggio the no-hit, no-run signs after the latter beat the Missions 1-0 in the eighth inning of what was scheduled to be a seven-inning opener."
Date: August 14, 1955
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0358.0044]

Description: Photograph is of a man wearing a naval uniform standing in front of a black car shining the front headlight. Caption: "Seaman J. E. Emerson polishes up the new automobile he won on a dollar investment."
Date: August 18, 1950
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0414.0099]

Description: Photograph is a baseball team of young men in team photo formation with the coaches standing behind the kneeling and sitting team. Caption: "These Stan Waitie Owls are Peewee 1 champions of their league in the gigantic YMCA junior baseball circuit."
Date: August 27, 1958
Creator: Gumm, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0414.0245]

Description: Photograph is of a young man wearing a button down shirt with his fingers from one hand on the other hand similar to if he was counting looking towards the ground.
Date: August 11, 1946
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0417.0247]

Description: Photograph is of a woman leaning on a piano with her hand on her chin watching the young man playing the piano. Caption: "Making almost a family project out of the first Mummers theater production of the season, "Strings and Things," are Glen Finefrock, musical director, and his wife, Joan, who's writing several of the Original sketches and lyrics."
Date: August 24, 1959
Creator: Fisher, Dawes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0997.0084]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Starting at linebacker for the Oklahoma City Plainsmen when they play Arkansas Saturday night in Enid will be Bill Overton, 6-2 by 220-pounder who joined the city-ans this week after being released by the Dallas Cowboys." Photograph is of a man in a football uniform slightly couching down as if to start running in a football play.
Date: August 16, 1968
Creator: Hill, Ron
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0355

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of firefighters working to extinguish a burning building billowing black smoke. Caption: "A two-alarm fire, probably caused by a discarded cigarette, gutted a furniture rental company at 1940 Linwood Tuesday causing an estimated $650,000 damage."
Date: August 21, 1973
Creator: Carter, J. Pat
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0357

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of several firefighters working to extinguish a large structural fire. Caption: "Smoke billows from Aaron Rents, Inc."
Date: August 21, 1973
Creator: Carter, J. Pat
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 66.0444

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of firefighters and people standing outside of the Club Tempo Dancing. Caption: "A blackened cage for Club Tempo's parrot mascot, 'Daisy' remained mute testimony Tuesday to a fire that raked the tavern's interior, causing $34,000 in damage."
Date: August 22, 1967
Creator: Brown, Don
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0406

Description: National Wildlife Refuge sign on fence. Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A full-scale assault against the forces of nature was still underway Saturday in the Wichita Mountains, where nearly 2,000 fort sill soldiers carried a weary battle against fire into its third day."
Date: August 3, 1963
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

BASEMENT BOX 67.0488]

Description: Six fire fighters putting out fire daytime by two automobiles. Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Firemen fight the auto parts store blaze."
Date: August 14, 1969
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Luther Fire

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of smoldering ruins of building. Caption: "Ruins still smolder after $300,000 fire ravaged the Luther business district." In 2018, this area on South Main Street is a park area commonly called Veteran Memorial and Freedom Center.
Date: August 29, 1970
Creator: Aker, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 35.661801 -97.195845
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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