Wrecked Crop Spraying Plane

Photograph of eight UNIDENTIFED people at the site of a wrecked crop-spraying plane after it hit a REA line when spraying crops with parathion. A US Army helicopter is on the left side of the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Crop spraying plane failed to see REA line while spraying wheat with Parathion. Army Helicopter from Ft. Sill saw crash, picked pilot up, gave first aid and took him to the station hospital at Ft. Sill. Pilot not seriously injured.”
Date: March 27, 1961
Creator: Cummins, Pat
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management [?].

Photograph of bank erosion on Cold Water Creek, with heavy damage to farmstead imminent. The edge of the bank is 500 feet from the house shown in the photo. OK-370.
Date: March 27, 1939
Creator: Haines, R. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wrecked Crop Spraying Plane

Photograph of a wrecked crop-spraying plane after it hit a REA line when spraying crops with parathion. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Crop spraying plane failed to see REA line while spraying wheat with Parathion. Army helicopter from Ft. Sill saw crash - picked pilot up, gave first aid and took him to the station hospital at Ft. Sill. Pilot not seriously injured."
Date: March 27, 1961
Creator: Cummins, Pat
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Construction of Lateral No. 3 One Mile North of Peno

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers constructing Lateral Number 3 one mile north of Peno, Oklahoma. A third UNIDENTIFED worker is working on another lateral in the right background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Looking up Lateral No. 3 now under construction. Ditch will drain field drain No. 7 and 9."
Date: March 27, 1962
Creator: Sturgeon, Fines
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph looking up Lateral # 3 now under construction. Ditch will drain field drains No. 7 and 9. OK-1579-1.
Date: March 27, 1962
Creator: Sturgeon, Fines
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History