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The store was constructed in 1930, and the milk bottle was added in ca. 1948. The bottle was designed to draw attention to the store, as the tall bottle would be visible to automobile traffic along Classen Boulevard, which was part of U.S. Route 66 at the time; it also served as an advertisement for the dairy industry. [ 2 ]
Flag of Oklahoma. The history of Oklahoma refers to the history of the state of Oklahoma and the land that the state now occupies. Areas of Oklahoma east of its panhandle were acquired in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, while the Panhandle was not acquired until the U.S. land acquisitions following the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
The town of Boley prospered from the time of its incorporation until the onset of the Great Depression. According to the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Boley became the largest and best-known of all the All-Black Towns. [3] African-Americans migrated from other states to escape the Jim Crow Laws that promoted discrimination ...
Food and drink introduced in 1938 (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Food and drink introduced in the 1930s" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
1930s Oklahoma elections (6 C) S. 1930s in sports in Oklahoma (10 C) Pages in category "1930s in Oklahoma" This category contains only the following page.
Profits from the oil industry continued through the Great Depression, helping the city's economy fare better than most in the United States during the 1930s. [20] In 1923, Harwelden was built by oil baron E. P. Harwell and his wife Mary, and is an example of prosperity in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1920s.
The Great Depression arrested population growth in Tulsa. The change in population was insignificant (increasing less than one percent) between the 1930 census and the 1940 census, and the land area increased by only half a square mile. [12] However, the local economy was not devastated in the same degree as much of the rest of the Midwest.
By the late 1930s, Lawton was connected by completely paved highways to Oklahoma City via U.S. 62 and 277, U.S. 62 west to Altus on into the Texas Panhandle, and U.S. 277-281 south to Wichita Falls, Texas. [15] The influx and rapid population expansion led to a series of public health crises, water shortage, and lawlessness.