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[Photograph 2012.201.B1318.0258]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Col. Roscoe Turner of Hollywood, winner, and Jimmie Wedell of New Orleans, runner-up, (right) are pictured after breaking the East-to-West record in the Transcontinental Speed Dash of the National Air Races. Col. Turner spanned the 2,500-mile route from New York to Los Angeles in 11 hours, 30 minutes, one hour and three minutes better than his former mark, and won $5,050 in prizes. Wedell was half an hour behind… more
Date: July 1, 1933
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0313.0119]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Complaining of thirst, Governor Murray's doughboys patrolled the city's quartet of freight yards Tuesday's night, and scattered right and left, not angry owners with bills of lading, but curious spectators."
Date: July 12, 1933
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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