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Dyer Brothers Transfer moving the Craddock Brothers grocery store building.

Description: Dyer Brothers Transfer moving the Craddock Brothers grocery store building. The men and team of animals are seen moving the one story building down a muddy street in Ardmore. Trolley tracks can be seen in the road. Photograph taken in 1914 on the 22nd day of an unknown month.
Date: 1914
Partner: Ardmore Public Library

Edgar and Joseph Benson Owen

Description: Photograph of Edgar and Joseph Benson Owen in Ardmore, OK, c. 1910-1918.
Date: 1910~/1918~
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Healdton Oil Field

Description: Photograph of the Healdton Oil Field, Wirt, OK. Photo by FH Wallace, Wirt, OK, Nov. 20, 1916.
Date: November 20, 1916
Creator: Wallace, F. H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Ardmore, OK

Description: Photograph of the Confederate Soldier's Home in Ardmore, OK, July 21, 1916.
Date: July 21, 1916
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Ohio Cities Gas Plant No. 3

Description: Ohio Cities Gas Plant No. 3 near the Healdton Oil Field, Healdton, OK.
Date: September 21, 1919
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Wilson, OK

Description: Photograph of Wilson, OK, March 8, 1914.
Date: March 8, 1914
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Wilson Depot

Description: Photograph of the Wilson Depot in Wilson, OK, March 18, 1914.
Date: March 18, 1914
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Wilson Depot

Description: Photograph of the Wilson Depot in Wilson, OK, March 8, 1913.
Date: March 8, 1913
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Governor Lee Cruce

Description: Photograph of "Driving the 'Golden Spike' on the East-West Railroad from Ardmore, 1913." With sledge hammers, L to R: Governor Lee Cruce & Jake Hammon. Photo by Howard Fonville, Ardmore, OK, 1913.
Date: 1913~
Creator: Fonville, Howard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Ardmore Disaster

Description: Photograph of rescuers searching for bodies in the destruction on East Main Street, roughly 100 yards from the explosion, after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. Seventeen African-American bodies were found in the ruins.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Ardmore Disaster

Description: Photograph of Ardmore Firemen and a fire truck after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Ardmore Disaster

Description: Photograph of destruction on Main Street, east of the Santa Fe tracks, after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Ardmore Disaster

Description: Photograph of a tangled mesh of wires on Main Street and the Whittington Hotel, on the right, after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. Seven unrecognizable bodies were found in the area.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Ardmore Disaster

Description: Photograph of the Union Passenger Station after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. The Station was 300 feet north of the explosion and several people were injured, but none fatally.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Ardmore Disaster

Description: Photograph of the main line of the Santa Fe tracks, looking east, where several people were burned to death after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. The remains of the building used by the Dawson Brothers and Ladd & Davidson can be seen in the background.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Ardmore Disaster

Description: Photograph of smoke rising from the burning Santa Fe Freight Station and the sole remaining wall of the two-story Pennington Wholesale Grocery Co. Building after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Ardmore Disaster

Description: Photograph of South Caddo Street showing the east wall of the Whittington Hotel and the rear end of the demolished Pennington Building after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. Several unrecognizable bodies were found in the area.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Ardmore Disaster

Description: Photograph of Main Street and the burning remains of the Santa Fe Freight Depot and Pennington Building after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. Seven unrecognizable bodies were found in the Depot and three in the Pennington Building.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Ardmore High School Orchestra

Description: Photograph of the members of the Ardmore High School Orchestra, Ardmore, OK. S. M. Lowenstein, Director, third row center.
Date: 1914~
Creator: Webb, Ran
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Ardmore Disaster

Description: Photograph of a Ford automobile, under debris, in front of the Waldo Hotel on South Caddo Street after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Ardmore Disaster

Description: Photograph of South Caddo Street showing the east wall of the Whittington Hotel after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Ardmore Disaster

Description: Photograph of burring remains of the Bleeding District after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK. The cigar girls escaped unharmed, but twenty African-American bodies were found in the ruins.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Ardmore Disaster

Description: Photograph of the southwest corner of the Whittington Hotel after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Ardmore Disaster

Description: Photograph of the tank car that exploded, I.N.T.X. 8051, and other wreckage in the Santa Fe yard after the Ardmore Disaster, where a tank car with 250 barrels of gasoline exploded, Ardmore, OK.
Date: September 27, 1915
Creator: Fonville
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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