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McAlester (Okla.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Naf

Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:

A band and crowd of men in front of the North McAlester Theater. McAlester, OK, 1910., 1910

 Item — Box Photo P-47, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of McAlester, Oklahoma, including scenes of theaters, bands, and damage from a 1908 explosion at the Union railroad depot.

Dates: 1910

A shack where Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sittel lived after she came to Indian Territory – she baked bread for the railroad men and the sign says “Bakery”. The Elk House, the hotel and boarding house was built from this. Mrs. Edward Sittel (Lena Trannier Sittel) was the first white woman in McAlester. Edward Sittel and J.J. McAlester shared this shake before Lena came here in September 1871. , September 1871

 Item — Box Photo R-2, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints and a tintype of the Elkhouse Hotel and Boarding House, at McAlester, Indian Territory. The collection also includes scenes of the Sittel family. Rogers-Neill Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: September 1871

Band members holding instruments, standing outdoors. Small crowd in background, one man on a bicycle, people in horse drawn carriages. North McAlester, ca. 1904., circa 1904

 Item — Box Photo M-30, item: 43
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Italian Americans in Pittsburg County, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Included in the collection are photographs of their organizations, businesses, coal mining, sports, and cemeteries, along with photographs of the towns of McAlester, Indian Territory and Oklahoma state, Krebs, Indian Territory, and Hartshorne and Crowder, Oklahoma.

Dates: circa 1904

Charles Fassino on his bicycle, in front of picket fence. McAlester, Oklahoma, 1910., 1910

 Item — Box Photo M-30, item: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Italian Americans in Pittsburg County, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Included in the collection are photographs of their organizations, businesses, coal mining, sports, and cemeteries, along with photographs of the towns of McAlester, Indian Territory and Oklahoma state, Krebs, Indian Territory, and Hartshorne and Crowder, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1910

Choctaw Avenue, McAlester, I.T., 1904.  Street scene of avenue with streetcar in the distance.  Building in background with tower and spire was the home office of Kala-Inla Coal Co. and the Choctaw Coal & Railway Co., 1904

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 30
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1904

Choctaw light horsemen gathered with Choctaw Governor Wilson Jones.  They are waiting for reinforcements at South McAlester before attacking the Insurgents at North McAlester then known as North Town.  The majority of men are carrying rifles., Undated

 Item — Box Photo B-30, Item: 49
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Choctaw Indians, including studio protraits, the Choctaw Lighthorse, schools, and tribal government officials. The collection also includes photographs of participants in the Choctaw conflict known as the Locke-Jones War or the Antlers War, along with scenes of the towns of McAlester, Antlers, and Ti, Indian Territory. Hobert Otho Boggs Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

Coal cars loaded with coal on track , undated

 Item — Box Photo W-8, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of coal mining activities at McAlester, Oklahoma. Thomas W. Wheatley Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Coal loaded in open M.K.T. coal cars, undated

 Item — Box Photo W-8, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of coal mining activities at McAlester, Oklahoma. Thomas W. Wheatley Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Coal mining scene. Piles of coal outside building and signs with price of coal , undated

 Item — Box Photo W-8, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of coal mining activities at McAlester, Oklahoma. Thomas W. Wheatley Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Confiscation of whiskey by R.C. Lee and fellow officers in 3rd Ward. McAlester, Oklahoma. 1930., 1930

 Item — Box Photo L-3, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of Deputy United States Marshal R. Crockett Lee, along with scenes of confiscated stills, and lawmen from the area around McAlester, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Ottie Lee Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1930

Confiscation of whiskey in Ward 3 by Deputy Marshal Crockett Lee. McAlester, Oklahoma. 1930., 1930

 Item — Box Photo L-3, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of Deputy United States Marshal R. Crockett Lee, along with scenes of confiscated stills, and lawmen from the area around McAlester, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Ottie Lee Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1930

Cousins Jennie Fassino (daughter of John) in dress and hair ribbon, holding a stroller with two dolls in it, and Charles Fassino (son of Joe) holding a teddy bear. They are standing outdoors by a building. McAlester, Oklahoma, c. 1908., circa 1908

 Item — Box Photo M-30, item: 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Italian Americans in Pittsburg County, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Included in the collection are photographs of their organizations, businesses, coal mining, sports, and cemeteries, along with photographs of the towns of McAlester, Indian Territory and Oklahoma state, Krebs, Indian Territory, and Hartshorne and Crowder, Oklahoma.

Dates: circa 1908

Damage from explosion at McAlester, OK. Sept. 16, 1908. McAlester, OK, 1908 September 16

 Item — Box Photo P-47, Item: 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of McAlester, Oklahoma, including scenes of theaters, bands, and damage from a 1908 explosion at the Union railroad depot.

Dates: 1908 September 16

Damage to a house ½ mile from the explosion.  McAlester, OK. Sept. 16, 1908., 1908 September 16

 Item — Box Photo P-47, Item: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of McAlester, Oklahoma, including scenes of theaters, bands, and damage from a 1908 explosion at the Union railroad depot.

Dates: 1908 September 16

Damage to a house ½ mile from the explosion. Young man killed at the house. McAlester, OK. Sept. 16, 1908., 1908 September 16

 Item — Box Photo P-47, Item: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of McAlester, Oklahoma, including scenes of theaters, bands, and damage from a 1908 explosion at the Union railroad depot.

Dates: 1908 September 16

E. B. Hamilton Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box Photo H-27
Identifier: WHC-P-2217
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy prints of E.B. Hamilton in his drugstore at Wilburton, Oklahoma, along with a photograph of the McClellan Wilson family.

Dates: 1898-1908

Edwin Chadick of New York who was partly instrumental in getting a railroad in the McAlester area. Chadick Park in McAlester is named for him , undated

 Item — Box Photo R-2, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints and a tintype of the Elkhouse Hotel and Boarding House, at McAlester, Indian Territory. The collection also includes scenes of the Sittel family. Rogers-Neill Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Elk House, McAlester’s first hotel and boarding house, owned by Ed Sittel. , undated

 Item — Box Photo R-2, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints and a tintype of the Elkhouse Hotel and Boarding House, at McAlester, Indian Territory. The collection also includes scenes of the Sittel family. Rogers-Neill Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Four small pictures showing preparations and construction of building near other mining building, undated

 Item — Box Photo W-8, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of coal mining activities at McAlester, Oklahoma. Thomas W. Wheatley Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Four small pictures showing preparations and construction of building near other mining building, undated

 Item — Box Photo W-8, Item: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of coal mining activities at McAlester, Oklahoma. Thomas W. Wheatley Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Four small pictures showing preparations and construction of building near other mining building, undated

 Item — Box Photo W-8, Item: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of coal mining activities at McAlester, Oklahoma. Thomas W. Wheatley Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Four small pictures showing preparations and construction of building near other mining building, undated

 Item — Box Photo W-8, Item: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of coal mining activities at McAlester, Oklahoma. Thomas W. Wheatley Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Francisco and Maffeo families, posed in front of a house, at the wedding of Battista Maffeo (groom) and Onorino Francisco (bride). North McAlester, 1925., 1925

 Item — Box Photo M-30, item: 40
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Italian Americans in Pittsburg County, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Included in the collection are photographs of their organizations, businesses, coal mining, sports, and cemeteries, along with photographs of the towns of McAlester, Indian Territory and Oklahoma state, Krebs, Indian Territory, and Hartshorne and Crowder, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1925

George McMurdo driving Pittsburg County Railway Company streetcar, ca. 1935. , 1935

 Item — Box Photo M-24, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of Pittsburg County Railway Company street cars and McAlester, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1935

George McMurdo Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box Photo M-24
Identifier: WHC-P-2205
Scope and Contents

Black and white original prints of Pittsburg County Railway Company street cars and McAlester, Oklahoma.

Dates: ca. 1935

Griffith, Alfred, 1844-1931

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1844-03-27 - 1931-10-10

Group of people standing in front of McAlester Macaroni Factory, owned by Joe and John Fassino, McAlester, Oklahoma, 1930., 1930

 Item — Box Photo M-30, item: 27
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Italian Americans in Pittsburg County, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Included in the collection are photographs of their organizations, businesses, coal mining, sports, and cemeteries, along with photographs of the towns of McAlester, Indian Territory and Oklahoma state, Krebs, Indian Territory, and Hartshorne and Crowder, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1930

Hailey, Daniel M. (Daniel Morris), 1841-1919

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1841-02-09 - 1919-10-14

James Brazell, early U.S. Deputy Marshal, Indian Territory. Died 5-9-1948. McAlester, Oklahoma. 1887., 1887

 Item — Box Photo L-3, Item: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of Deputy United States Marshal R. Crockett Lee, along with scenes of confiscated stills, and lawmen from the area around McAlester, Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Ottie Lee Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1887