Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1992.023.1357 |
Collection |
Tulsa Tribune |
Object Name |
Negative, Roll Film |
Date |
09/20/1978 |
Photographer |
Jarrett, Lewis |
Description |
Black & white, 35 mm, roll film negative containing three images of cement slabs on the foundation of the Hotel Brady, located at 24 North Main Street in Tulsa, OK. During the 1978 demolition of the Hotel Brady, workers found several inscribed cement slabs in a tunnel that once connected the original, three-story portion of the hotel constructed in 1904 with the later, eight-story addition completed in 1909. The first inscription reads, "At a point in Irving Place, 5686 feet from this corner, N. 84 O' W. overlooking the site of the present city of Tulsa, on Oct. 13, 1932, Washington Irving uttered this prophecy: "This seems to me to be the promised land flowing with milk and honey. On the rich herbage of the prairies will be fed herds of cattle as innumerable as the sands upon the sea shore, and the flowers that bedeck the prairies will be a paradise for a nectar-loving being"." The second slab reads, "At this hotel in March, 1907 the makers of Oklahoma's constitution held their first meeting after completing their labors, and it was here at that time that Charles N. Haskell, Oklahoma's first governor announced his candidacy." The third slab reads, "The corner of the Cherokee, Creek, and Osage Indian Nations is 2,700 feet n. 56 ½ O' W. from this point." |
Search Terms |
Cherokee Nation Creek Nation Hotel Brady North Main Street Oklahoma Constitutional Convention Oklahoma Statehood Osage Nation plaques |
People |
Haskell, Charles N. Irving, Washington |
Place |
Tulsa, OK |