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[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0602]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Taking over as new executive manager of the Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra is Frank Ratka, Left. His predecessor, right, is Lewis E. Coley, who served as manager for eight years-longer than any previos manager."

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Source context

Dates and time periods associated with this photograph. Creation Date Bookmark this section August 2, 1962 Covered Time Period Bookmark this section Into Modern Times, 1939-Present Coverage Date Bookmark this section August 2, 1962 Added to The Gateway to Oklahoma History Bookmark this section Oct. 11, 2013, 8:30 p.m. Description Last Updated Bookmark this section Dec. 3, 2013, 6:32 a.m.

Oklahoma connection

Rendered Oklahoma City Place Name and orchestra support/context caption; not a birthplace or residency claim.

People, groups, or instruments recorded

Caption names incoming/outgoing executive managers; administrative roles not musical instrument roles.

Reading this source

Caption describes Frank Ratka left and Lewis E. Coley right, but single-man crop cannot establish their positions or which man shown. Creator Matheson preserved without inventing full name; typo previos retained. Eight-year service statement is caption evidence only, not independently corroborated. Own item rights holder and republication basis undetermined; no permission. Per-page local hashes are recorded in the Markdown record.

Sources

  1. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc225198/