Tulsa Photo Archive

FIELD'S APPAREL SHOPS - Restored vintage newspaper advertisement, Originally published in the Tulsa Tribune June 4th, 1931.

Restored vintage advertisement from I. Miller Co. advertising Claussner Kleer-Sheer Hosiery. Originally published in the Tulsa Tribune, November 24th, 1940.

In 1925, Lazarus Brothers opened I. Miller Co. at 418 South Main Street in Tulsa. The department store later expanded to 418-420 South Main Street. The store closed sometime in the 1960’s.

TULSEY TOWN 1898 Postcard — This postcard depicting where Second Street crosses Main Street looking north was painted by Tulsa Clarence Canning Allen. The painting was based on a photograph of the earliest street scene of Tulsa taken in 1882 when Tulsa was the Creek Nation. At the left of the photograph are two store buildings (left to right): Reed and Perryman Store and H. C. Hall & Company. The store of Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" Archer is visible on the right nearest the railroad tracks.

Photos:
1 - TULSEY TOWN 1898 Postcard
2 - Tulsa's Earliest Street Scene 1882

Unidentified woman wearing a gold outfit with a construction helmet posing next to the Golden Drillers' shoe during its assembly in front of the Tulsa Fairgrounds.

The first collection of photos of the woman standing next to the Golden Drillers' shoe was taken on 01/31/1966. A month later, on 02/25/1966, the woman returned and was photographed in front of a wire frame that would become the head of the Golden Driller.

Photographs Courtesy of Tulsa Historical Society & Museum and provided to the museum by Industrial Photo Service

TULSA'S FIRST MUNICIPAL FLAG - In April of 1924 a $25 cash prize was offered to any person who could design the best municipal flag for the city of Tulsa. Twenty-one designs were submitted and the winner was chosen on the 15th of April, 1924. The winning design submitted by Alfred Perry known as the 'unlimited opportunity flag' was the official municipal flag of Tulsa for 17 years, being replaced in 1941. Two other designs were recognized as runners-up in the flag contest. The second-place flag was designed by H.H. Mahier and bares a striking resemblance to Tulsa's third municipal flag (1973–2018).

1. Prize Offered For City Flag (The Tulsa Tribune 04/27/1924), The Official Flag of Tulsa (Tulsa World 05/15/1924)
2. Second-place flag designed by architect H.H. Mahler (Tulsa World 05/15/1924)
3. Third-place flag designed by Harry S. Gerhart (Tulsa World 05/15/1924)
4. Official Flag for City Where Nobody Knocks But Opportunity (Tulsa Tribune 05/14/1924)
5. City Accepts Municipal Flag Before Realtors Carry It to Washington (Tulsa World 06/01/1924)
6. Tulsa’s first municipal flag digital recreation

“GROUP OF TULSA’S FIRST CITIZENS” — A group of Tulsa's first citizens, all cowboys working for George B. Perryman. Top row, left to right: Reuben Partridge, Tom Kinney, Nate Goodman, and Dent Ray. Middle row: Spot Childers, J.H. Morrow (Tulsa's first druggist), George B. Perryman, Mose Perryman, and Claude Flippin. Bottom row: Sam Beaver, Jim Gross.

“The Perryman Ranch opened its own post office in 1879, and a mail carrier began making weekly trips on horseback from Muskogee. As members of the Muscogee tribe, the Perrymans named their post office “Tulsa,” adapted from a Muscogee word for "old town,” and probably a reference to the original Muscogee settlement that began near the famous Council Oak tree in the 1830s.” - Michael Overhall (TULSA WORLD)

Photo 1: Colorization
Photo 2: Original photo (Undated)

(Photo from: The Beryl Ford Collection/Rotary Club of Tulsa, Tulsa City-County Library and Tulsa Historical Society.)

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