Historic Photos of Oklahoma
Oklahoma has an excellent photographic record, largely because the twin territories developed along the same general timeline as modern photography itself. Historic Photos of Oklahoma is not an illustrated history of Oklahoma, nor is it an attempt at a visual chronology of the state. Rather, the photographs included here tell the story of this diverse group of people called Oklahomans as witnessed in their faces, the homes they cherished, and the streets they traveled.
Just as viewing a succession of school photos reveals the periods of beauty and awkwardness, innocence and maturity, and hardship and joy in a child’s life, the reader of this book will see the tragedy of Indian removal, the exuberance of land runs, the shame of segregation, the anguish of the Depression, and the optimism for the future in Oklahoma. In between are glimpses of how we used to live, work, and play in the forty-sixth state of the Union.
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Book details
- Text by
- Larry Johnson
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 202
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Series
- Historic Photos
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Photography › Subjects & Themes - Topics
- Oklahoma history · pictorial history · black-and-white photography · local history · Indian removal · American Southwest · historical photographs
- ISBN-13
- 9781684420711
About the author
LARRY JOHNSON holds a master’s in Library and Information Studies from the University of Oklahoma and a history degree from Southern Nazarene University. He serves as a reference librarian for the Metropolitan Library System, where he maintains the Oklahoma Collection and the Oklahoma Images Project.
Johnson is also a contributor to several Oklahoma Centennial Projects.
When he’s not writing, Johnson pursues Strat-o-matic baseball and Boggle, alongside his work preserving Oklahoma history and images through the Metropolitan Library System’s digital and archival collections.
Larry lives in Oklahoma City with his wife and two daughters.