Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1900.434.175 |
Collection |
Condon, Glenn |
Object Name |
Postcard, Picture |
Date |
circa 1945 |
Scope & Content |
Black & white picture postcard measuring 5.5" x 3.5" and depicting Ruth A. Bandy Pilkington standing in her garden underneath a large Colocasia (elephant ear) plant. She was the wife of James A. "Jim" Pilkington, the first traffic policeman in the Tulsa Police Department. In retirement, the Pilkington's lived on a farm known as Powerderhorn Place on Spavinaw Creek in Delaware County, Oklahoma. The Upper Spavinaw later engulfed this area after the creation of Lake Eucha. |
Search Terms |
Eucha, OK gardens & gardening postcards women |
People |
Pilkington, Ruth A. Bandy |