Vintage TV
66 Bowl
It's only appropriate that Oklahoman writer Robert Medley produced this video, having himself led a 1950's retro band at the bowling alley many a weekend. Robert is at…
Sep 12, 2009
Oklahoma City / County Historical Society
Lackmeyer/Money Archives
Stories, photos, and community contributions from the classic okchistory.com collection.
Vintage TV
Carolyn Hill
In rememberance of a friend and a legend.... Archive editor note (not part of the original article): Related History Archive stories: The Arthur Ramsey Collection; I.M. Pei’s Tale…
Sep 12, 2009
Vintage TV
My Last Interview with Jim Brewer
One of the nice things about upgrading is that we can now display videos we weren't able to feature earlier. Here's a video I'm especially proud of -…
Sep 12, 2009
Places
Frontier City – Looking Back 50 Years
Jimmy Burge had a dream – to pack up a frontier town built up as part of Oklahoma’s semi-centennial in 1957 and tu it into a a permanent…
Sep 7, 2009 · 1 contribution / comment
News
Groovy Tunes with Ronnie Kaye and The Scene
From Michael Dean at the Oklahoma History Center:The Oklahoma History Center presents a tribute to Ronnie Kaye and The Scene TV Show this Friday night from 7:00 p.m.…
Sep 2, 2009 · 6 contributions / comments
Vintage TV
Page-Woodson School: Can This Landmark be Saved?
The guys over at www.abandonedok.com have posted some great videos recently. One piece of note is their look at Page-Woodson School at NE 6 and High, just south…
Aug 4, 2009
Attic
Hell’s Half Acre
In the Feb. 23, 2008 issue of the Gazette Joe Wertz had an excellent story about "And Satan Came Also...", a book that blew open the seamier side…
Aug 3, 2009
Then & Now
Eat at Ned’s – Then and Now
Buddy Johnson's recent essay on Ned's in MidTown inspired Dennis Church to update his "Then and Now" collection. Read more to see what this stretch looks like today.…
Aug 2, 2009
This Week
This Week in OKC History: Tinker Takes Flight
(Photo from Oklahoma Historical Society)It was moving day for hundreds of soldiers working at the Oklahoma City Air Depot this week in history, 67 years ago.Soldiers belonging to…
Aug 1, 2009
This Week
The New OG&E 16-story Headquarters
The Downtowner this week had a headline sure to grab attention in an economy that was clearly in a tailspin July 30, 1984: Å OG&E Sets $22 Million…
Jul 31, 2009
Attic
The Downtowner Archives
Don Rice was looking down in the dumps - even more so than usual. The grizzled old newspaper man had spent 30 years covering downtown Oklahoma City and…
Jul 21, 2009
Attic
Jacques’ Last Meal
After a quarter century as one of Oklahoma City's most notable chefs, Jacques Orenstein was understandably bitter as he ended his career as a restaurateur. It was January,…
Jul 9, 2009 · 4 contributions / comments
Vintage TV
OKC History Exclusive Video: Neal Horton
At www.okchistory.com we are pleased to introduce this rarely seen film featuring the late Bricktown developer Neal Horton, who was the first inductee to the Bricktown Walk of…
Jul 5, 2009
Vintage TV
The Bricktown Canal Grand Opening
The Bricktown Canal opened July 2, 1999 and was an instant hit with Oklahoma City residents even though, quite frankly, it was truly a ride to nowhere. The…
Jul 2, 2009
News
Lots of History Going on this Week
So where do we start?Over at www.newsok.com, you can catch my story (with great photos and videos) on this week's 10th anniversary of the Bricktown Canal. You can…
Jun 28, 2009
Attic
Eat at Ned’s Grill
By Buddy Johnson, Metropolitan Library System The photographer of this snapshot, looking south on Hudson towards Downtown from 12th Street, probably meant to capture the heavy snowfall shrouding…
Jun 18, 2009 · 2 contributions / comments
Places
Century Center Mall, 1984
Truly aa elegant place in a vibrant downtown trying to hold onto its identity in the gray days after Urban Renewal. One minor point - the FAO Schwartz…
Jun 13, 2009
Places
anonymity
Well, trespassing is illegal. I would say ok to our first names. I just don't want to have some property owner all up in arms because we documented…
Jun 10, 2009
Places
Century Center Mall, 1984
Thank you sooo much for the reminder of those days. In 1984, I was a "ticket runner" for a travel agency called CitiTravel. It was located in Oklahoma…
Jun 9, 2009
This Week
This Week – Shopping at Century Center Mall
Writing about the Century Center Mall is easy for me - it's a part of my life. I was born a New York kid, rooting for the Mets…
Jun 9, 2009
News
Great History Website
To date we've enjoyed an alliance with Doug Loudenback, who has the excellent history blog www.dougdawg.blogspot.com and with Larry "Buddy" Johnson, who runs the archives division and writes…
Jun 7, 2009
Attic
The Last Deposit at the Western National Bank
By Buddy Johnson, Metropolitan Library SystemThe Richardsonian Romanesque building pictured here was known as the Masonic Temple when it was built about 1893 on the northwest corner of…
Jun 4, 2009
This Week
The Grass Is Greener at City Hall
The grass was certainly greener than a troublesome rail yard, but the turn to green was without plenty of the other kind of green. This week in OKC…
May 28, 2009
Vintage TV
The “Southsiders” remember Capitol Hill
Every month a great group of people who first met at www.okctalk.com gather at Coit's at SW 25 and Western. They browse through old yearbooks, sports programs and…
May 24, 2009 · 1 contribution / comment
Then & Now
Then and Now: 1015 N Broadway
Today's then and now includes a newer photo I took - the one Dennis took was already pretty outdated - and that's a good thing.The three-story building at…
May 20, 2009
Then & Now
Then and Now: The Buick Building
Dennis Church, forgive me, but this was another case of the "now" getting outdated. This restored landmark is yet another example of the preservationists Automobile Alley is blessed…
May 16, 2009
Attic
Checking in at the Illinois Hotel
- Beginning with this post Buddy Johnson joins www.okchistory.com as a regular contributor. Ties between Buddy Johnson and Steve Lackmeyer go back to high school days and the…
May 14, 2009
Vintage TV
KTVY (now KFOR) – 30th Anniversary, 1979
This is a good one - a montage representing the history of WKY-TV, which became KTVY, which is now KFOR. I'm counting on all you old-timers to tell…
May 14, 2009 · 1 contribution / comment
Vintage TV
KWTV Newsline 9, 1984
Archive editor note (not part of the original article): Related History Archive stories: The Arthur Ramsey Collection; I.M. Pei’s Tale of Two Cities. More Oklahoma City history photography…
May 14, 2009
This Week
Cruising through history
THIS WEEK IN OKC HISTORY - Police warned teenaged motorists they would be paying particular attention to potential traffic problems caused by what authorities termed the latest Å…
May 10, 2009