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Tornadic Wind Damage in Wichita Falls Area

Photograph of tornado damage to a liquor store in Wichita Falls. The interior walls and inventory are still in place.
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Photograph of Suzanne Wilson

Photograph of Suzanne Wilson.
Date: January 17, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of detention reservoir. Showing damage below Site No. 15, Little Wewoka Creek Site has 4000 acres of drainage even with a 19 inch drawdown tube.Runoff water comes from backslope of dam and hillside to contribute to damage being done. Outside water will be diverted from the spill area. OK-714-12.
Date: July 17, 1958
Creator: Davis, T. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Proper Land Use and Land Below Dam At Site No. 13 Mill Creek Watershed

Photograph of proper land use of land below dam at Site no. 13 Mill Creek watershed. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Land below dam at Site no. 13 Mill Creek watershed. This land is now useable due to the protection giver by the completion of the structure. A waterway was built to remove excess spillway water and the adjoining land is now used for crops. Note the corn crop."
Date: July 17, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Proper Land Use and Land Below Dam At Site No. 13 Mill Creek Watershed

Photograph of proper land use of land below dam at Site no. 13 Mill Creek watershed. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Land below dam at Site no. 13 Mill Creek watershed. This land is now useable due to the protection giver by the completion of the structure. A waterway was built to remove excess spillway water and the adjoining land is now used for crops. Note the corn crop."
Date: July 17, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Portrait of Leopoldo Lemus, MD]

Portrait of Dr. Leopoldo Lemus, a pediatrician and graduate from Escuela Medico Militer, wearing a suit and tie. His name and a date are handwritten on the back of the photo.
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Overturned Mobile Home on Car]

Photograph of the tornado damage in the Wichita Falls area with a mobile home on top of a car.
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Damaged Liquor Store]

Photograph of the destruction caused by a tornado to a liquor store in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Roof & Wall Collapse After Tornado]

Photograph of the destruction caused by a tornado in the Wichita Falls area. The Pontiac building has a caved-in roof and the left wall is in pieces.
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wichita Falls Tornado Wind Damage]

Photograph of tornado damage in the Wichita Falls area. A metal structure has collapsed onto a wooden fence.
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Damaged Mobile Homes]

Photograph of tornado damage in the Wichita Falls area to two mobile homes. The mobile home on the left is pushed up against a car. The second trailer home is overturned and lying partially on the first mobile home.
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tornado Damage to Retail Stores]

Photograph of tornado damage to a huge building occupied by retail stores in the Wichita Falls area.
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Red Clay Prairie Range Site

Photograph of Red Prairie Range Site in excellent condition. Dominant vegetation-switchgrass with little bluestem, big bluestem, Indiangrass, sideoats grama.
Date: July 17, 1958
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dave German Repairing A District Bermudagrass Planter

Photograph of Dave German repairing a district Bermudagrass planter at the Osage District Workshop. The back of the photograph proclaims, "District Operation. Dave German, District Manager, reparing [sic] a district Bermudagrass planter. Notice schedule board on left and fertilizer supply for emergency use. An office area yet unfinished will be modern."
Date: April 17, 1958
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Proper Land Use and Land Below Dam At Site No. 13 Mill Creek Watershed

Photograph of proper land use of land below dam at Site no. 13 Mill Creek watershed. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Land below dam at Site no. 13 Mill Creek watershed. This land is now useable due to the protection giver by the completion of the structure. A waterway was built to remove excess spillway water and the adjoining land is now used for crops. Note the corn crop."
Date: July 17, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History