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Oklahoma City Through the Eyes of Jim Argo
Selections from the Jim Argo Collection
Jim Argo was the photo editor at the Oklahoman
for over 40 years. He was inducted into the Oklahoma
Journalism Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Oklahoma
Historian's Hall of Fame in 2011.
Oklahoma City National Memorial, April 2000
The memorial honors the victims, survivors,
rescuers, and all those affected by the OKC
bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal
building on April 19, 1995.
Centennial Fountain, at United Way Plaza, Sept. 2004
The fountain was dedicated as a lasting tribute to the
revitalization of OKC's Bricktown area and the state's
first 100 years.
"Galaxy" at Leadership Square, June 1997
Sculpted by Alexander Liberman, the massive
45 foot sculpture was dedicated in 1985.
Downtown OKC Skyline, December 2006
The skyline overlooking Crystal Bridge at
the Myriad Gardens, aglow with holiday lights.
Mickey Mantle Statue, Chickasaw
Bricktown Ballpark, May 1998
Mantle, a native son of Oklahoma raised in Commerce,
played 12 World Series games during the 18 years he
played for the Yankees leading them to 7 World Championships.
Bricktown Canal, April 2003
Opened in 1999, the mile-long canal links
Bricktown and the Oklahoma River.
Oklahoma's Capitol Dome, 2002
Where a colossal Native American, The Guardian,
stands prominently atop. The statue, created by
Enoch Kelly Haney, was installed on June 7, 2002.
Winnie Mae, December 2005
A replica of the special Lockheed airplane flown
by famed Oklahoma aviator, Wiley Post that hangs
in the atrium of the Oklahoma History Center.
Kerr McGee Water Fountain Plaza,
before 2006
The park opened with the Kerr McGee tower in 1972.
The entire campus was renovated in 2007 when
SandRidge Energy purchased the building
turning the fountain into a planter.
Lake Hefner, August 2001
The lake, built in 1947 to expand OKC's water supply,
also serves as a recreational destination named after
Robert Hefner Oklahoma City mayor from 1939-1947.
Headin' To Market, in Stockyard City,
April 2003
Created by Harold T. Holden the statute overlooks the
Oklahoma National Stockyards the world's largest stocker
and feeder cattle market. This was the first Oklahoma
Centennial sculpture completed.
Pedestrian Bridge at Myriad Gardens,
October 2003
The jewel of OKC, the Myriad Gardens was part of a
downtown urban renewal project called Pei Plan dreamed
up by city leader's and legendary architect I.M. Pei
in the late 1960's.
Skyline of Bricktown, April 2003
In 1993 OKC residents approved the first MAPS program,
which revitalized the area and laid the foundation for
the trendy entertainment district we know today.
Oklahoma City Skyline, 2006
An artistic view of OKC looking east at the
heart of the OKC central business district.
