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Travelling Through Time Along 23rd Street, Part 4

by Lynne Rostochil.  Vintage photos, unless otherwise stated, courtesy of the Oklahoma History Center.  “Now” images from Googlemaps, the OK County Tax Assessor, and Lynne Rostochil. If you’ve missed previous installments, click a link to read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. In the last installment of our trek down 23rd from Lake Overholser […]

Roadside Oklahoma Through the Eyes of John Margolies, Part 3

by Lynne Rostochil.  Photos by John Margolies courtesy of the Library of Congress.  Other photos by Lynne Rostochil unless otherwise stated. This week, we wrap up our look at the Oklahoma roadside photography of John Margolies, whose nearly 12,000 photos can be found on the Library of Congress website.  We’ve finally made it to the […]

Surviving the Mean Oklahoma Summer, Vintage Style

by Lynne Rostochil Recently, Squadder Diane Coady posted an article about vintage Las Vegas pools on our Facebook page, and it gave me the idea of rummaging through the OPUBCO collection at The History Center to see what I could dig up of vintage poolside/aquatic life in the Sooner State.  Lots o’ goodies, fortunately, so […]