Kodachrome: Tulsa Elks Lodge No. 946 Note: Updated in May 2016 to include more Kodachrome photographs. Two Unidentified Gentlemen in Front of Elks Lodge No. 946 (Circa 1960) The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is an American fraternal order and social club founded in 1868. It is one of…
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Photo Series: The Tulsa State Fair What began as a local street fair in 1890 is now The Tulsa State Fair, a fair and exposition in Tulsa, Oklahoma that operates during an 11-day span starting at the end of September and ending early in October. There are many different attractions…
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Tulsa Will Be Destination Branded As “Festival City” You heard it hear first. You saw it here first. This is your evidence of origination. Let’s see who tries to claim this brand tag. I’ve got my eye on you …. On Facebook On Twitter On Google Plus On Instagram On…
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Greetings From Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma once hosted a very redneck type of event called the Great Raft Race from 1973 to 1991. It was an extreme redneck parade of floating contraptions trying to “race” down a dirty sandy Arkansas River. But, someone had the bright idea to bring back…
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Bob Wills, born as James Robert Wills on March 6, 1905 near the town of Kosse, Texas is regarded as the undisputed King of Western Swing. He was taught the fiddle and mandolin at a very early age by his father and his grandfather. He also spent his younger days…
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His name, which is his real name, is Dirque du Soleil. Dirque’s heyday was in the decade that Tom Wolfe called the “Me Decade” – the Seventies. Dirque however, chose to tag this decade as the “Decade of Dirque“, which was among some of the rather ego-centric niceties that adorned…
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Expect A Jumpsuit! Oral Roberts (1918 – 2009) was an American Methodist-Pentecostal televangelist and a Christian charismatic. He founded the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His famous catchphrase was “Expect A Miracle” … that is, until one day when Elvis Presley visited Oral Roberts…
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Eric Hatheway 
Rude Boy 
Super Buffet 
Dirque du Soleil 
The Shrine Master