by Lynne Rostochil. I’m so excited for the Flashback Fashion Show during the Oklahoma Modernism Weekend, which begins this Friday! To celebrate, I thought I’d cull through some of the vintage fashion photos I’ve accumulated from the Oklahoman archives. On this Mod Blog, we’re going to focus on 1950s fashions — let’s get started! 1950: […]
Text and photos by Lynne Rostochil unless otherwise stated. A few weeks ago, Oklahoma lost one of its most outstanding architects when William Henry Ryan died in Tulsa at the age of 93. An Oklahoma City native, he attended OU and studied under Bruce Goff during the architecture program’s glory years. Afterward, he set up […]
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, […]