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:

  1. A view from the top of Mt. Scott in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge taken in November 1981.

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  1. Filming of The Outsiders at Circle Theater in Tulsa circa 1980.

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  1. A small but devastating tornado on May 22, 1981, in Cordell, Oklahoma.

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  1. Frontier Airlines at the Oklahoma Municipal Airport in Lawton in January 1981.

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  1. Looking out at Dowtown McLoud in 1981.

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  1. A cute seal at the Tulsa Zoo in 1980.

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  1. The Joe Price house in Bartlesville that was designed by famous architect, Bruce Goff. Photo taken in 1981.

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  1. The City of Faith at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa in 1981.

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  1. A group shot of Newcastle High School students taken in 1982. Check out the lawn chairs in the front row.

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  1. Cities Service Tech Center parking lot in Broken Arrow under a deep layer of snow on December 5, 1984.

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  1. Just another example of doing things the Okie way. Taken in Pottawatomie in 1985.

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  1. Who remembers shopping at Harrell’s Jack & Jill Food Center in Hooker? Photo taken in 1985.

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  1. A view of Downtown Oklahoma City in 1987.

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  1. The Santa Fe Railroad Bridge was located just south of Noble. Photo taken in 1988.

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  1. A rusty old F-Unit found hiding in Muskogee in 1989.

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

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Rex Brown/Flickr

NOAA Photo Library/Flickr

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Pioneer Library System/Flickr

Janice Waltzer/Flickr

Penn State University/Flickr

Miles Smith/Flickr

Brad Holt/Flickr

Chris Harrell/Flickr

Phillip Capper/Flickr

Michael Young/Flickr

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