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[Photograph 2012.201.B1028.0447]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "This eagle in ice, to Wiley Post and to aviation, centered the table at a buffet supper Friday night given in honor of the flier at the Oklahoma Biltmore Hotel. The sculpture signified Post's epochal flight around the world. From left are R. E. Durkee, of the hotel, Post, and Frank P. Reek, the chef."
Date: August 5, 1933
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0276B.0001]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The garrisons at the Castillo De La Fuerza and the Cambana Fortresses, two Havana Harbor defense works, arose against the Machado government August 11 and took over without firing a shot the two fortifications."
Date: August 11, 1933
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1164.0188]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "In this out-of-the-way farmhouse in Wise county, Texas, department of justice officials captured Harvey Bailey, escaped Kansas convict wanted in connection with the union station killings at Kansas City and other crimes. The house was also identified as the prison of Charles F. Urschel, Oklahoma City oil man, while he was being held for ransom."
Date: August 15, 1933
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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