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Photos and stories of the rise, decline, restoration, and demolition of Bell's Amusement Park's legendary dark ride, Phantasmagoria.
Tulsa Daily World, December 10, 1922, letter to the editor
William M. Gresham, landlord resident at 641 N. Cheyenne Ave., replies to an editorial calling on landlords to rent premises to families with small children.
Tulsa weatherman Lee Woodward grew up in Arlington, Texas, in one of the city's most historic homes. The house has been restored, and Lee and his brothers recently returned to reminisce about their childhood in a home that also served as the office and surgery of their father, eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist Dr. Valin Woodward. The McKinley-Woodward home was built by their grandfather in 1893. (Via Tulsa TV Memories.)
University of Tulsa 1972 yearbook ads
Brown-Dunkin downtown is gone, but they've added stores in Muskogee and Oklahoma City's Shepherd Mall. Sandy's has expanded to 5002 N. Peoria and 38th & Harvard. Fewer ads than the 1968 book, it appears.
Remember the "Tulsa's Front Door" sign at Tulsa International Airport? There's a picture of it on p. 15.
University of Tulsa 1968 yearbook ads
Ads for local eateries, bookstores, banks, employers, florists, jewelers, and long-lost names like Brown-Dunkin Department Stores (Downtown, Southland, Northland), Froug's, and National Bank of Tulsa.
Anyone remember Simler's Varsity Center? A cozy looking place that was replaced by an ugly three-story dorm.
Tulsa TV Memories: The Louisiane
It's "The Pour House" these days, but it used to be one of Tulsa's finest dining experiences, at 18th and Boston. Two photos on this page -- the late '50s "French Quarter" style makeover (the way I remember it from the '70s) -- and an earlier incarnation. Look closely -- it's the same building. (I like the original version better.)
Reason Foundation - High-Speed Rail Plans Should Be Called Moderate-Speed Rail
"And that conflict between freight and passenger service is one of the little-noticed problems with what really should be called 'moderate-speed rail.' You can optimize a rail network for freight or for passenger service, but not for both. The current US rail network is optimized for freight, and as a result, rail's share of US freight ton-miles is about 40 percent. By contrast, Europe's network is optimized for passenger trains, and as a result, rail's share of freight ton-miles is only 10-15 percent. Wendell Cox has crunched the numbers and estimated that the carbon-intensity of goods movement is about 25 percent higher in Europe than in the USA." Emphasis added. The Sand Springs Railroad stopped passenger service in 1955 because it interfered with more lucrative freight operations.
Library of Congress photo, "Tulsa, Oklahoma. Residental street," 1942
Do you recognize this church? It rings a bell, but I can't place it. Is it still standing?
Some wonderful photos of people and places in Tulsa's Greenwood District, mainly from the 1950s.
A judge injured by a car bomb, a bootlegger murdered: This appeals court document tells the story of Albert McDonald and Tom Lester Pugh, the August 1970 attempted murder of Judge Fred Nelson and the November 1970 murder of Cleo Epps.
