by Lynne Rostochil (Mike Brown collection) Tourists visiting the Oklahoma City National Memorial, site of the horrific 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building, often park in a lot conveniently located across the street at NW 5th and Robinson. Little do they know that they’ve parked on the site of one of Timothy McVeigh’s […]
When it comes to choosing a place to go on holiday, I usually pick a destination that includes a great photography or mid-century exhibit somewhere. If you’re like that, too, here are a few exhibitions throughout the nation that might help you decide where to spend a little vacation time this year. I’ve included some day-trip exhibits, too, […]
by Lynne Rostochil In my quest to find great vintage photos, I often stumble across images of buildings and houses that, try as I might, I just can’t identify, so I thought that maybe you very knowledgeable Squadders might be able to solve a few mid-century mysteries that have been teasing me for awhile. First up […]
by Robyn Arn and Lynne Rostochil. Current-day photos by Lynne Rostochil, vintage photos as marked. The Mummers Theater troupe was formed in 1949 by eight recent college graduates and military veterans with ambitions of leaving Oklahoma City for the stages of New York City but with little funds to go much beyond the city limits. To […]
by Lynne Rostochil With all of the frenzied shopping, food buying and preparation, and dealing with crazy family members who we dread seeing every year, we should all take a step back and think about the what the yuletide season is really all about … getting hilariously bad holiday cards and taking photos of drunken family members that you can […]
by Lynne Rostochil Last week, you caught a glimpse of some of the goodies in a small-but-gorgeous brochure produced by the OU School of Architecture for prospective architectural students. We wrap up our look at this ’60s-era stunner this week with a look at more student work. NOTE: All brochure text is in italics. Three sketches […]