Posted in Oklahoma January 12, 2017 by

These 15 Rare Photos Of Oklahoma In The 1980s Will Mesmerize You

It’s time to take a walk down memory lane, Oklahoma. We’ve featured many great decades, including the ’60s and ’70s in the Sooner State, and now it’s time to showcase a few gems we found from the 1980s. Here are 15 rare photos of Oklahoma during this rockin’ decade:

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1. A view from the top of Mt. Scott in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge taken in November 1981.
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2. Filming of The Outsiders at Circle Theater in Tulsa circa 1980.
Rex Brown/Flickr
3. A small but devastating tornado on May 22, 1981, in Cordell, Oklahoma.
NOAA Photo Library/Flickr
4. Frontier Airlines at the Oklahoma Municipal Airport in Lawton in January 1981.
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5. Looking out at Dowtown McLoud in 1981.
Pioneer Library System/Flickr
6. A cute seal at the Tulsa Zoo in 1980.
Janice Waltzer/Flickr
7. The Joe Price house in Bartlesville that was designed by famous architect, Bruce Goff. Photo taken in 1981.
Penn State University/Flickr
8. The City of Faith at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa in 1981.
Miles Smith/Flickr
9. A group shot of Newcastle High School students taken in 1982. Check out the lawn chairs in the front row.
Pioneer Library System/Flickr
10. Cities Service Tech Center parking lot in Broken Arrow under a deep layer of snow on December 5, 1984.
Miles Smith/Flickr
11. Just another example of doing things the Okie way. Taken in Pottawatomie in 1985.
Brad Holt/Flickr
12. Who remembers shopping at Harrell's Jack & Jill Food Center in Hooker? Photo taken in 1985.
Chris Harrell/Flickr
13. A view of Downtown Oklahoma City in 1987.
Phillip Capper/Flickr
14. The Santa Fe Railroad Bridge was located just south of Noble. Photo taken in 1988.
Pioneer Library System/Flickr
15. A rusty old F-Unit found hiding in Muskogee in 1989.
Michael Young/Flickr

If you love vintage pictures, check out these photos of Oklahoma in the 1960s and 1970s.