Historic Photos of Tulsa
From its beginning as part of the relocation of five tribes to Indian Territory, to becoming the Oil Capitol of the World during the early 1900's, Historic Photos of Tulsa is a photographic history collected from the area's top archives. With around 200 photographs, many of which have never been published, this beautiful coffee table book shows the historical growth from the mid-1800's to the late 1900's of this scenic city in stunning black and white photography.
The book follows life, government, events and people important to Tulsa history and the building of this unique city. Spanning over two centuries and two hundred photographs, this is a must-have for any long-time resident or history lover of Tulsa!
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Book details
- Author
- Jerry Cornelius
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Travel › United States
History › United States › State & Local › Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) - Topics
- Oklahoma history · local history · pictorial history · black-and-white photography · Indian Territory · American cities · oil industry history
- ISBN-13
- 9781683369561
About the author
JERRY L. CORNELIUS was a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based commercial photographer, historian, and writer with more than five decades of experience in professional photography. He was the author of 100 Years of Professional Photography in Oklahoma.
Cornelius held the Professional Photographers of America designations of Master of Photography and Photographic Craftsman. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of Oklahoma and co-founded Cornelius Photography in Tulsa with his father in 1963. From 2003 to 2007, he served as Executive Director of the Beryl Ford Collection, overseeing the digitization and cataloguing of more than 200,000 historic Tulsa photographs and artifacts.
Cornelius passed away on September 9, 2016, at age 77.