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    Spotlighting Oklahoma

    Album Description

    Explore this primary source set which highlights Oklahoma, one of the five states in the newly-formed TPS Great Plains Region. 

    Share out any connections you can make, questions that come to mind, and/or anything that surprises you about the images.   Oklahoma   Primary Sources   local history   history   Rural America 

    Ejecting an "Oklahoma boomer" / drawn by T. de Thulstrup from a sketch by Frederic Remington.

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Ejecting an "Oklahoma boomer" / drawn by T. de Thulstrup from a sketch by Frederic Remington.

    Summary

    • Squatter family in wagon being escorted by soldiers from Indian territory.

    Created / Published

    • 1885 March 28.

    Headings

    • -  Squatters--Oklahoma--1880-1890

    Headings

    • Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
    • Wood engravings--1880-1890.

    Genre

    • Periodical illustrations--1880-1890
    • Wood engravings--1880-1890

    Notes

    • -  Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1885 March 28, cover.

    Medium

    • 1 print : wood engraving.

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • Illus. in AP2.H32 Case Y [P&P]

    Digital Id

    • cph 3b44045 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b44045

    Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Names

    • Jack, Clarence, copyright claimant

    Created / Published

    • c1909.

    Headings

    • -  Commercial streets
    • -  United States--Oklahoma--Tulsa

    Headings

    • Gelatin silver prints.
    • Panoramic photographs.

    Genre

    • Panoramic photographs
    • Gelatin silver prints

    Notes

    • -  H123755 U.S. Copyright Office
    • -  Copyright deposit; Clarence Jack; March 8, 1909.

    Medium

    • 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 6.5 x 41.5 in.

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • PAN US GEOG - Oklahoma no. 18 (E size) [P&P]

    Source Collection

    • Panoramic photographs (Library of Congress)

    Repository

    • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

    Digital Id

    • pan 6a08714 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pan.6a08714
    • cph 3c23457 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c23457

    Tornado

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Tornado, Oklahoma City, May

    Names

    • Harris & Ewing, photographer

    Created / Published

    • [between 1913 and 1917]

    Headings

    • -  United States--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City

    Headings

    • Glass negatives.

    Genre

    • Glass negatives

    Notes

    • -  Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
    • -  Date based on date of negatives in same range.
    • -  Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
    • -  General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
    • -  Temp. note: Batch one.

    Medium

    • 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • LC-H261- 2348 [P&P]

    Source Collection

    • Harris & Ewing photograph collection

    Repository

    Digital Id

    • hec 02269 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hec.02269

    Timetable of interurban terminal

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Timetable of interurban terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    Names

    • Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

    Created / Published

    • 1939 July.

    Headings

    • -  United States--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City
    • -  Oklahoma City--Oklahoma

    Headings

    • Nitrate negatives.

    Genre

    • Nitrate negatives

    Notes

    • -  Title and other information from caption card.
    • -  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
    • -  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

    Medium

    • 1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm.

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • LC-USF33- 012342-M1 [P&P] LOT 540 (corresponding photographic print)

    Source Collection

    • Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

    Repository

    Digital Id

    • fsa 8a26831 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a26831

    Man looking up telephone number

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Man looking up telephone number. Streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    Names

    • Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

    Created / Published

    • 1939 July.

    Headings

    • -  United States--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City
    • -  Oklahoma City--Oklahoma

    Headings

    • Nitrate negatives.

    Genre

    • Nitrate negatives

    Notes

    • -  Title and other information from caption card.
    • -  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
    • -  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

    Medium

    • 1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm.

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • LC-USF33- 012326-M1 [P&P] LOT 540 (corresponding photographic print)

    Source Collection

    • Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

    Repository

    Digital Id

    • fsa 8a26752 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a26752

    Ta-Her-Ye-Qua-Hip or Horse-Backs Camp. No-Co-Nie

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Ta-Her-Ye-Qua-Hip or Horse-Backs Camp. No-Co-Nie. Comanches / W.S. Soule, photo. Fort Sill, I.T.

    Summary

    • Photograph shows three Comanche Indian men in front of teepee in encampment at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

    Names

    • Soule, William S. (William Stinson), 1836-1908, photographer

    Created / Published

    • c1873 Mar. 22.

    Headings

    • -  Indians of North America--Men--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1870-1880
    • -  Indians of North America--Structures--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1870-1880
    • -  Comanche Indians--Men--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1870-1880
    • -  Comanche Indians--Structures--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1870-1880
    • -  Indian encampments--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1870-1880
    • -  Tipis--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1870-1880

    Headings

    • Albumen prints--1870-1880.

    Genre

    • Albumen prints--1870-1880

    Notes

    • -  2913D U.S. Copyright Office.
    • -  Title from item.
    • -  No. 2.

    Medium

    • 1 photographic print : albumen ; 27.7 x 35.4 cm (mount)

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • LOT 4274 [item] [P&P]

    Repository

    Digital Id

    • ds 04366 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ds.04366
    • cph 3b01742 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b01742

    The "Survivor Tree" at the Oklahoma City National Memorial in Oklahoma City, the capital city of Oklahoma

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • The "Survivor Tree" at the Oklahoma City National Memorial in Oklahoma City, the capital city of Oklahoma

    Names

    • Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer

    Created / Published

    • 2020-12-07.

    Headings

    • -  United States--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City
    • -  America
    • -  Oklahoma City National Memorial
    • -  Alfred P. Murrah Building
    • -  Gates of Time
    • -  Timothy McVeigh
    • -  Survivor Tree

    Headings

    • Digital photographs--Color--2020.

    Genre

    • Digital photographs--Color--2020

    Notes

    • -  Title, date, keywords, and additional description details based on information provided by the photographer.
    • -  The complex honors the 168 people inside and passing by who lost their lives when a domestic terrorist, Timothy McVeigh, set off explosives that destroyed the Murrah building on April 19, 1995. Saplings from this tree are distributed for growing in public and private places across the country.
    • -  Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2020; (DLC/PP-2020:133).
    • -  Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

    Medium

    • 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • LC-DIG-highsm- 65625 (ONLINE) [P&P]

    Source Collection

    • Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

    Repository

    Digital Id

    Osage camp

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Osage camp

    Summary

    • Osage camp, Oklahoma.

    Names

    • Drum, O., photographer

    Created / Published

    • c1906.

    Headings

    • -  Indians of North America--Domestic life--Oklahoma--1900-1910
    • -  Osage Indians--Domestic life--1900-1910
    • -  Indian encampments--Oklahoma--1900-1910

    Headings

    • Photographic prints--1900-1910.

    Genre

    • Photographic prints--1900-1910

    Notes

    • -  H72685 U.S. Copyright Office.

    Medium

    • 1 photographic print.

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • SSF - Indians of North America--Dwellings [P&P;]

    Repository

    • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

    Digital Id

    • cph 3c18787 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c18787

    Oklahoma musical poster

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Oklahoma

    Summary

    • Poster for the stage musical Oklahoma!

    Created / Published

    • N.Y.C. : printed by Artcraft Litho. & Ptg. Co. Inc., [194-]

    Headings

    • -  Musical revues & comedies--United States--1940-1950

    Headings

    • Prints--Color--1940-1950.
    • Theatrical posters--1940-1950.

    Genre

    • Theatrical posters--1940-1950
    • Prints--Color--1940-1950

    Notes

    • -  No. 491.
    • -  Artcraft Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

    Medium

    • 1 print (poster) : color.

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • POS - ARTCR - TH.038, no. 1 (B size) [P&P]

    Repository

    • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

    Digital Id

    • cph 3g02534 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g02534

    Oklahoma dugout

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Oklahoma dugout

    Created / Published

    • 1909.

    Headings

    • -  United States--Oklahoma

    Headings

    • Photographs--1900-1910.
    • Postcards--1900-1910.

    Genre

    • Postcards--1900-1910
    • Photographs--1900-1910

    Notes

    • -  Title from item.
    • -  Numbers printed on card: No. 34.
    • -  Copyright by J.V. Dedrick.
    • -  Copyright no.: H 122721.
    • -  Transfer; Copyright Office; 43692

    Medium

    • 1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • PCRD 4 - Oklahoma, no. 4 [P&P]

    Source Collection

    • Postcard filing series (Library of Congress)

    Repository

    Digital Id

    Oklahoma State Capitol

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Oklahoma State Capitol, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    Created / Published

    • [between 1908 and 1928]

    Headings

    • -  United States--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City

    Headings

    • Postcards--1900-1930.

    Genre

    • Postcards--1900-1930

    Notes

    • -  Title from item.
    • -  Associated names: Mid-Continent News Co.; Curt Teich.
    • -  Numbers printed on card: 2A-H1015.
    • -  Source not identified.

    Medium

    • 1 print : photomechanical print ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • PCRD 1 - Oklahoma - Oklahoma City, no. 1 [P&P]

    Source Collection

    • Postcard filing series (Library of Congress)

    Repository

    Digital Id

    Blind man and his youthful guide

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Blind man and his youthful guide. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

    Names

    • Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer

    Created / Published

    • 1917 April.

    Headings

    • -  Boys
    • -  Men
    • -  Blind persons
    • -  City & town life
    • -  United States--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City

    Headings

    • Photographic prints.

    Genre

    • Photographic prints

    Notes

    • -  Title from NCLC caption card.
    • -  In album: Miscellaneous.
    • -  Hine no. 4853.
    • -  Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
    • -  General information about the National Child Labor Committee collection is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.nclc
    • -  Forms part of: National Child Labor Committee collection.

    Medium

    • 1 photographic print.

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • LOT 7483, v. 2, no. 4853 [P&P]

    Source Collection

    • National Child Labor Committee collection

    Repository

    Digital Id

    Members of the oil well maintenance crew

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Members of the oil well maintenance crew

    Names

    • Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer

    Created / Published

    • 1942 Nov.

    Headings

    • -  United States--Oklahoma--Oklahoma County--Oklahoma City

    Headings

    • Safety film negatives.

    Genre

    • Safety film negatives

    Notes

    • -  Title and other information from caption card.
    • -  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
    • -  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
    • -  Temp. note: owibatch2
    • -  Film copy on SIS roll 4, frame 1202.

    Medium

    • 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • LC-USW3- 010758-D [P&P] LOT 171 (Location of corresponding print.) (corresponding photographic print)

    Source Collection

    • Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information photograph collection (Library of Congress)

    Repository

    Digital Id

    • fsa 8d09883 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d09883

    Mail boxes in Negro section of Oklahoma City

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Mail boxes in Negro section of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    Names

    • Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

    Created / Published

    • 1939 Aug.

    Headings

    • -  United States--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City
    • -  Cities, towns--Oklahoma

    Headings

    • Nitrate negatives.

    Genre

    • Nitrate negatives

    Notes

    • -  Title and other information from caption card.
    • -  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
    • -  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

    Medium

    • 1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm.

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • LC-USF33- 012387-M3 [P&P] LOT 539 (corresponding photographic print)

    Source Collection

    • Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

    Repository

    Digital Id

    • fsa 8a27035 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a27035

    Land rush

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Land rush, Okla. [Oklahoma]

    Names

    • Bain News Service, publisher

    Created / Published

    • [no date recorded on caption card]

    Headings

    • -  Oklahoma

    Headings

    • Glass negatives.

    Genre

    • Glass negatives

    Notes

    • -  Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
    • -  Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
    • -  General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

    Medium

    • 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • LC-B2- 483-6 [P&P]

    Source Collection

    • Bain News Service photograph collection

    Repository

    Digital Id

    • ggbain 02286 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.02286

    Just kids.

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Just kids. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. / L.W. HINE.

    Names

    • Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer

    Created / Published

    • 1917 April.

    Headings

    • -  Children
    • -  United States--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City

    Headings

    • Photographic prints.

    Genre

    • Photographic prints

    Notes

    • -  Title from NCLC caption card.
    • -  In album: Miscellaneous.
    • -  Hine no. 4798.
    • -  Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
    • -  General information about the National Child Labor Committee collection is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.nclc
    • -  Forms part of: National Child Labor Committee collection.

    Medium

    • 1 photographic print.

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • LOT 7483, v. 2, no. 4798 [P&P]

    Source Collection

    • National Child Labor Committee collection

    Repository

    Digital Id

    Junk gatherers.

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Junk gatherers. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. / L.W. Hine.

    Names

    • Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer

    Created / Published

    • 1917 April.

    Headings

    • -  Boys
    • -  Scavenging
    • -  City & town life
    • -  United States--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City

    Headings

    • Photographic prints.

    Genre

    • Photographic prints

    Notes

    • -  Title from NCLC caption card.
    • -  In album: Miscellaneous.
    • -  Hine no. 4794.
    • -  Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
    • -  General information about the National Child Labor Committee collection is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.nclc
    • -  Forms part of: National Child Labor Committee collection.

    Medium

    • 1 photographic print.

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • LOT 7483, v. 2, no. 4794 [P&P]

    Source Collection

    • National Child Labor Committee collection

    Repository

    Digital Id

    Indian mother and son, tenant farmers

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Indian mother and son, tenant farmers near Sallisaw, Oklahoma

    Names

    • Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

    Created / Published

    • 1939 June.

    Headings

    • -  United States--Oklahoma--Sequoyah County--Sallisaw
    • -  Indian tenants, day laborers--Oklahoma

    Headings

    • Safety film negatives.

    Genre

    • Safety film negatives

    Notes

    • -  Title and other information from caption card.
    • -  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
    • -  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
    • -  Temp. note: usf34batch4
    • -  Film copy on SIS roll 23, frame 590.

    Medium

    • 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • LC-USF34- 033723-D [P&P] LOT 529 (corresponding photographic print)

    Source Collection

    • Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

    Repository

    Digital Id

    • fsa 8b22349 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b22349

    Greetings from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Greetings from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    Created / Published

    • 1945.

    Headings

    • -  United States--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City

    Headings

    • Postcards--1940-1950.

    Genre

    • Postcards--1940-1950

    Notes

    • -  Title from item.
    • -  Associated names: Mid-Continent News Co.; Colourpicture.
    • -  Copyright by: Curt Teich.
    • -  Copyright no.: K 58816.
    • -  Transfer; U.S. Copyright Office; 48222.

    Medium

    • 1 print : photomechanical print ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • PCRD 1 - Oklahoma - Oklahoma City, no. 5 [P&P]

    Source Collection

    • Postcard filing series (Library of Congress)

    Repository

    Digital Id

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (vicinity) Sign

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (vicinity) Sign

    Names

    • Vachon, John, 1914-1975, photographer

    Created / Published

    • 1942 Nov.

    Headings

    • -  United States--Oklahoma--Oklahoma County--Oklahoma City

    Headings

    • Safety film negatives.

    Genre

    • Safety film negatives

    Notes

    • -  Title and other information from caption card.
    • -  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
    • -  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
    • -  Temp. note: owibatch2
    • -  Film copy on SIS roll 4, frame 1268.

    Medium

    • 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • LC-USW3- 010821-D [P&P] LOT 171 (Location of corresponding print.) (corresponding photographic print)

    Source Collection

    • Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information photograph collection (Library of Congress)

    Repository

    Digital Id

    • fsa 8d09947 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d09947

    Meeting of some members of the Oklahoma tenant farmers' union.

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Meeting of some members of the Oklahoma tenant farmers' union. Muskogee, Oklahoma

    Names

    • Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

    Created / Published

    • 1939 July.

    Headings

    • -  United States--Oklahoma--Muskogee County--Muskogee
    • -  Tenant farmers union--Oklahoma

    Headings

    • Safety film negatives.

    Genre

    • Safety film negatives

    Notes

    • -  Title and other information from caption card.
    • -  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
    • -  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
    • -  Temp. note: usf34batch4
    • -  Film copy on SIS roll 23, frame 675.

    Medium

    • 1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • LC-USF34- 033814-D [P&P] LOT 526 (corresponding photographic print)

    Source Collection

    • Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

    Repository

    Digital Id

    • fsa 8b22435 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b22435

    Negro drinking at "Colored" water cooler in streetcar terminal

    Teaching Notes

    Title

    • Negro drinking at "Colored" water cooler in streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    Names

    • Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

    Created / Published

    • 1939 July.

    Headings

    • -  Segregation
    • -  United States--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City
    • -  Oklahoma City--Oklahoma

    Headings

    • Nitrate negatives.

    Genre

    • Nitrate negatives

    Notes

    • -  Additional information on caption card: For M5 use copy negative in series LC-USF331.
    • -  Title and other information from caption card.
    • -  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
    • -  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
    • -  Published in: "African Americans" chapter of the ebook Great Photographs from the Library of Congress, 2013.

    Medium

    • 1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm.

    Call Number/Physical Location

    • LC-USF33- 012327-M5 [P&P] LOT 540 (corresponding photographic print)

    Source Collection

    • Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

    Repository

    Digital Id

    • fsa 8a26761 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a26761