by Lynne Rostochil. Go here to read Part 1 of the Southwest Sweepstakes story. Tuesday, April 20th dawned bright and warm in Oklahoma City and provided the perfect spring weather for the kickoff of the highly anticipated Southwest Sweepstakes. I imagine that classrooms and offices were very near vacant that morning as thousands drove or […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Okay, I’m going to start off with a caveat — there’s isn’t one thing mid-century modern about this Mod Blog series. Try as I might, I just couldn’t make any connection to anything mod, but this is such a fascinating and little-known piece of Oklahoma City history that I think you’ll […]
by Lynne Rostochil. After the war, developers of suburban neighborhoods began gobbling up farmland far from the city center and churning it into sapling-lined streets packed with picturesque homes for veterans eager to spend their hard-earned GI Bill money. As more people moved away from the hubbub of the inner city, shopping centers, restaurants, and […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Photos from the OPUBCO collection at the History Center. About this time of year when I was a kid, I’d be counting down the days until I could escape the city and head to a far away land of magic and fun tucked into forested, rolling hills out in the country. In […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Since this is the closing weekend of the Masters Tournament, I thought I’d stick with the golf theme and show you one of my all-time favorite finds, a program from the 1965 Oklahoma City Open golf tournament, which was held at the then-new Quail Creek Country Club. The O.C. Open, as it […]
by Lynne Rostochil. After the recent battles we’ve been facing trying to landmark the First Christian Church and save the Central National Motor Bank, it has been heartening to know that we’ve received the unconditional support of Preservation Oklahoma (POK). This isn’t the first time that POK has been a champion of Oklahoma’s mid-century modern […]