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[Photograph 2012.201.B0372.0172]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A "Pantsuit Day for Beth" was staged today at the Cowley County Courthouse in Winfield, Kan., for a woman reporter barred from a Newkirk court trial Wednesday because of her attire. The reporter, Beth Lilley of Arkansas City, was quietly told that her pantsuit did not meet the standards of dress for women in the court of Dist. Judge Lester R. Maris. She was barred from returning to the courtroom in the pantsuit while coverin… more
Date: March 17, 1971
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0311.0316]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "To the Pacific Northwest was Kirk Downing, 15, of Arkansas City who is one of 12 Explorer Scouts in the nation who will make the all-expense trip in June with a National Conservation Caravan."
Date: March 19, 1956
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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