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[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0108]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Nat (King) Cole, who got $25, for warbling the title tune of Raintree County, netted a cool $25 for crooning one ditty at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas a few nights back."
Date: September 22, 1957
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1247.0150]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Piano-playing Bob Sims, an Oklahoman who performs classical and semi-classical works with as much polish and enthusiasm as he does jazz, went to Las Vegas to take a chance in the risky world of show business and beat the odds. He and his trio "beat the odds" with their show at the plush Flamingo Hotel in Vegas."
Date: September 17, 1961
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1344.0519]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Wagon train winds slowly through the Sierra Nevada, following the original route opened in 1852 by the pioneers who traveled through Carson Valley via Echo Summit to Placerville, California."
Date: September 10, 1976
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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