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Jerrie Cobb Exiting Cockpit of F-102A Delta Dagger

Dome of Fairgrounds Planetarium

Rats Ravage State Fields

A 1959 news item describing a rat infestation in Oklahoma farms

Dome of Fairgrounds Planetarium

Oklahoma City Public Schools Board Meeting Minutes, 1959

Minutes to all board meetings for the period 5 Jan 1959 - 17 Dec 1959

Sooner Mules Long Gone

A news item from 1959 history of mules in Oklahoma and their decline

State Capitol at Night, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Hunt for Big Cat Lures Armed 300

A news item from 1958 about a city-wide hunt for a large cat preying on area livestock

Safari to Push Mountain Lion Search Today

A 1958 news item describing the hunt for a large cat preying on local livestock

Art Center, Fairgrounds

First National Building Corporation Employees

First National Building elevator with June Pruitt on the left, unknown operator center, Jim Littlefield on the right.

45th GIs Join City Lion Hunt

A 1958 news item describing the hunt for a large cat preying on local livestock

‘Big Cat’ Gives Slip to Midnight Safari

A 1958 news item describing the hunt for a large cat preying on local livestock

Capri Hotel

200,000 Farm Population Drop Seen

A 1958 news item about population trends resulting in fewer farm families in Oklahoma

Paldora Apartments

Oldest Farm Fulfills Promise

A 1958 news item about Oklahoma's oldest continuously operating farm 

Jet Pioneer Is Killed in Crash

A newspaper article regarding the death of Air Force pilot Jack Richardson from OKC, an early jet pilot.