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[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.1129]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "MOTOR SCOOTER RIDER HAS CLOSE CALL-- This motor scooter crashed into the side of a fire engine at NE 8 and Stonewall Wednesday morning, but the rider was lucky. Carlton Arthur Leverich, 18, of 1410 NE 12, suffered only a bump on his head. The fire engine was on a call to the 600 block N Rhode Island. It turned out to be a false alarm. Police filed no charges."
Date: January 4, 1950
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0353.0468]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "This red-winged blackbird in top picture was encased in an armor of ice Thursday at the southwest edge of the Lake Overholser dam."
Date: January 4, 1950
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0358B.0092]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Coaches Marvin Liddell, right, of the Oklahoma City Boxing club and Dale Palmer of the local Elks club, look over Chicago CYO's roster, with a scowl and wonder where they're going to get talent to beat the invading Windy City wallopers here January 10."
Date: January 4, 1950
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0501.0068]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "One of the smallest local high school players is Gene Goss, a 5-7 guard at Central who was one of the city's best pole-vaulters last track season."
Date: January 4, 1950
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1253.0041]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Below is Red N. Smith, 5540 NW 16, a city game ranger, who, along with other city rangers, have fed the birds and are attempting to free them by sprinkling salt around the ice and chipping it away with ice picks."
Date: January 4, 1950
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.b1270.0270]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Berle A. Swagerty will head the city schools' adult institute, on a full-time basis, beginning net semester at the Capitol Hill Junior highschool adult center."
Date: January 4, 1950
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1277.0697]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Ross Taylor, city manager: The city can be thankful for the progress that has been made during the past year, in the growth of the city and the knowledge that the reputation of Oklahoma City as an ideal place to live and rear a family has become known over the entire United States."
Date: January 4, 1950
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7503]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "The ice field on the southwest side of the Lake Overholser dam proved the undoing of more than 100 red-winged blackbirds. The birds were trapped in the ice after they came in to feed and were not liberated until Thursday morning. Many died from exposure and some were killed by wild house cats."
Date: January 4, 1950
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7504]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "It Happened in December, 1950, and the scene was photographed at Lake Overholser. Spray thrown ashore by a frigid wind froze into domes over grass-trapping more than 100 red-winged blackbirds, who had been feeding there. Rangers and water department employes chopped the forlorn birds loose, saving the lives of many of them."
Date: January 4, 1950
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7523]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "All city game rangers went on emergency duty Thursday in an effort to be kind to more than 100 of their feathered friends entombed in a prison of ice at Lake Overholser. These red-winged blackbirds became frozen Wednesday night when mist from the dam saturated their bodies and they fell to the ground. Ice formed over their bodies, leaving them helpless. The above pictures by A. Y. Owen, Times staff photographer, show… more
Date: January 4, 1950
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0413]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Blazing Wreck Pins Driver Until Rescuers Arrive. This 1949 model car, before it was up righted, pinned James Allen Hunt,18, of 1461 Reading drive beneath it and caught fire. It was struck by a hit-and-run driver. Three passing motorists, lifted the car and dragged Hunt to safety."
Date: February 4, 1950
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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