Robert E. Cunningham Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1666
Scope and Contents
Black and white glass plate negatives from original prints, original glass plate negatives and copy prints of settlement scenes of Guthrie, Oklahoma City, Perry and Lawton, Oklahoma Territory. Included are scenes of numerous other Oklahoma towns, the oil industry, businesses, railroads, farming, the military, and cowboys, along with studio portraits of Afro-Americans. The collection also contains photographs of the Land Run of 1893.
Dates
- 1880-1930
Restrictions on Access
Open for public research.
Extent
726 items (726 items)
Language of Materials
Ownership and Custodial History
Purchased.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Glas plate negatives: Source of acquisition--Unknown. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1978.
- Actors -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- African Americans -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Arkansas City (Kan.) -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Automobiles -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bands (Music) -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Banks and banking -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Baptism Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Beaver (Okla.) -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bees (Cooperative gatherings) -- Oklahoma -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bridges -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Butcher shops -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Carriages and carts -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cattle -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cimarron River (Okla.) -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cornish, Geo. B. (George Bancroft)
- Cotton -- Oklahoma -- Marketing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cotton gins and ginning -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cotton picking -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cowboys -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cunningham, Robert E. (Robert Earl), 1906-1991
- Drugstores -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Farmers -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Farms -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ferries -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fire engines -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fire fighters -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Floods -- Oklahoma -- Perkins Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Glass plate negatives Subject Source: Ftamc
- Guthrie (Okla.) -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hardware stores -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Horses -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hotels -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hunting -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Land settlement -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Laundry industry -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Law enforcement -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lawton (Okla.) -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lawyers -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Locomotives -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oil fields -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oil storage tanks Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oil wells -- Equipment and supplies -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oil wells -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma -- History -- Land Rush, 1893 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma City (Okla.) Subject Source: Naf
- Parades -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Perry (Okla.) -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Petroleum workers -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photography -- Oklahoma -- Studios and dark rooms Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ponca City (Okla.) -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Postal service -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Prettyman, William S., 1858-1932
- Public baths -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroad stations -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- Design and construction -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- Rolling-stock -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ranches -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Restaurants -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sawmills -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- School children -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Schools -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sewing -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sod houses -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stables -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Surveying -- Oklahoma -- Instruments Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Surveyors -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Theaters -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tractors -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States marshals Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army -- : Artillery.
- United States. Army. Cavalry
- United States. Army. Infantry
- Wagons -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Windmills -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Contact:
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu