by Lynne Rostochil. Certainly one of the quirkiest pieces of OKC ephemera I’ve ever found is the subject of this week’s Mod Blog, a cat-alog for the 1957 Oklahoma Cat Club show. In 1957, the Oklahoma Cat Club was just two years old and this was just the second kitty event they ever hosted. From […]
by Robyn Arn. Photos by Robyn Arn and Brent Alexander. When my friend (and fellow Mod Squad member) recently moved out of state, he suggested a day trip as a nice going away treat. I immediately knew where we should go: Cushing. I’d never been and was excited to see the different structures designed by […]
During one of her many estate sale rummagings, Robyn stumbled across this rare and beautifully illustrated St. Luke’s booklet. Distributed just a year after the new, lushly modern sanctuary was completed in 1956, church leaders wanted to wipe out the debt of the new building by going for one last funds drive to put the congregation […]
by Lynne Rostochil (booklet from her collection) The other day, I was scanning some information about the history of NW Classen High School for a friend and thought you might like to have a look at it, too. The school, designed by Hudgins, Thompson & Ball, opened in time for the 1955-1956 school year and was […]