FRONTIER TYPE JUSTICE
Wish You Were Here!
The CHAMBER OF HORRORS at the Southwestern Historical Wax Museum in State Fair Park of Dallas, Texas, recreates an event that took place in Ada, Oklahoma, April 19, 1909, when a lynch mob took four suspected murderers from jail to a barn where they administered frontier type justice.
How many parents told their kids, “If you don’t behave, this is where you’ll end up.”
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BANK OF THE FUTURE
The flying saucer motif will surely attract more space alien depositors.
STATE CAPITOL BANK
Oklahoma City, OklahomaThis beautiful and unusual modernistic designed bank, located at 3900 No. Lincoln Boulevard, is called the “Bank of the Future.” It is equipped with a floating air lobby from the main floor to the lower floor, and a cashier to customer TV drive-in banking window.
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OKLAHOMA OIL WELL FIRE
Just like the card says.
WILD OIL WELL FIRE
This is the world’s largest, wildest and longest burning untamed oil well and gas fire. It is located in Western Oklahome near the town of Canton.
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VETERETTES
Verso:
“VETERETTES are sponsored by V. F. W. Post 1857, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Consists of girls from different high schools throughout Oklahoma City area; appearing locally and throughout neighboring states.”
Name changed after its first year as the Veterans of Foreign Warsettes.
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The GREATEST NAME in HOSE REELS…for EFFICIENT LIQUID HANDLING
These two guys take their hose reels seriously. They are posing with the HANNAY HOSE REEL display at the International Petroleum Exposition in Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 14–23, 1953.
The company is in Westerlo, New York. It is still in business!
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