Jul 21, 2007
Saints, St. Ann’s, St. Anthony’s, Saint A’s, whatever you want to call it, was established in Oklahoma City in 1898, 9 years after the Land Run. Its first “permanent” home, finished in 1899, is shown below, at 1000 N. Lee, then outside...
Jul 8, 2007
Creative photographers didn’t come to exist in the computer age … as is evidenced by this creative and engaging “vintage” photograph I’ve run across … Click the pic for a 1024 px wide view Click here for a still larger (2800 x 1953...
May 13, 2007
Leo “who,” you say? That would be Leo “Cyclone” Sanders, an Oklahoma City hero! Once again, Norman Thompson has graced me (and, therefore, you) with a whole set of new images … but, until yesterday, I didn’t exactly know what to do...
Mar 20, 2007
The re-opened Skirvin and the re-created Colcord Hotel have already been covered in other posts and are not further discussed here. Because of their singular importance to Oklahoma City history, each has it own post. Instead, this post explores OTHER downtown Oklahoma...
Mar 6, 2007
2 Downtown Obscurities Now that the Skirvin is a done deal, what’s next downtown? Doug Dawgz crystal balls don’t work but this post explores a couple of obscure downtown buildings, one of which is pretty ancient (1926-27), one less so (1957), but both...
