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Cleary, William (OkLA Art Center Board Pres.).

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Journal newspaper. Caption: "Speaking to symphony orchestra supporters gathered at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club prior to the sustaining fund drive is William B. Cleary, president of the Oklahoma City symphony Society." Headline: Opening the drive.

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Source context

Dates and time periods associated with this photograph. Creation Date Bookmark this section February 5, 1966 Coverage Date Bookmark this section February 5, 1966 Added to The Gateway to Oklahoma History Bookmark this section July 16, 2026, 12:37 p.m.

Oklahoma connection

Rendered Oklahoma City Place Name and newspaper/group/committee context supply source-assigned Oklahoma association, not independent birth/residency or precise photo-location proof.

People, groups, or instruments recorded

Catalog fund-drive speech caption accompanies a formal portrait; supporting history only, with depiction mismatch retained.

Reading this source

Same title/caption/date as ordinal406, but different ARK/accession, portrait depiction, dimensions and hash. Do not merge. Caption describes speaking at fund-drive gathering; this image itself does not depict that action. Art Center and Symphony Society offices remain source claims, not independently verified appointments. Own item rights holder and republication basis undetermined; no permission or fair-use determination. Per-page local hashes are recorded in the Markdown record.

Sources

  1. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2614024/