by Lynne Rostochil (Originally, this article was written to correspond with the opening of the Goff exhibit at OU in 2010. It is reprinted here in its entirety.) A new exhibit celebrating Oklahoma’s most famous architect, Bruce Goff, and his work opened last weekend at the Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art on the […]
by Lynne Rostochil There weren’t many bowling alleys in OKC before or during the war years, but once WWII was over, they began popping up all over the place — Jenks Bowling Palace (415 1/2 NW 3rd), Capitol Hill Bowling Palace, Brantley’s Bowling Alley (219 NW 6th). Then, with the dawn of the 1950’s, […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Modern day photos by Lynne Rostochil. Vintage photos courtesy of the Oklahoma State Fair and the OPUBCO collection at the Oklahoma History Center. This blog was originally posted in 2012. Over the years, I’ve found more photos and history about the fair and updated the post with that data in 2018. It’s […]
by Lynne Rostochil Architectural photographer and Frank Lloyd Wright confidante, Pedro Guerrero, died yesterday at the age of 95 after a short illness. When he randomly showed up at Wright’s Taliesen West in December 1939 looking for work, recent art school graduate Guerrero had no idea that he was about to embark on a six decade career photographing […]
Okie Mod Squad is now on the World Wide Interwebs! Special thank yous to Terri Sadler, Robyn Arn, Matt Goad, Christopher Lee and an extra thank you and debt of gratitude to Lynne Rostochil without whom none of the content on this site would exist. Many more structures are in our database and we’ll be […]
by Lynne Rostochil There’s not much to tiny Olustee, Oklahoma, a small blip on the map southwest of Altus that can’t even claim a street light to lure passing motorists on Highway 6 to stop and hang out a few minutes. But this small hamlet is where architect Bill Howard was born in 1923 and […]