[Photograph 2012.201.B0317.0390]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Band director at N. E. high school"
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0408.0007]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "No enlarged photo of love birds, this shows the two Peking ducks owned by Ladonna Schein, congratulating themselves over a blue ribbon at the Yukon Fair."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0344.0174]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Johnson, Bill
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0234.0437]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Here are two Oklahoma Aggies who are expecting to do a lot of ball handling this autumn."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0229.0555]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "CENTER FOOTBALL PLAYER.."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Johnson, Bill
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0119.0123]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: East, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0092.0280]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The biggest check ever passed by the city of Oklahoma City was inscribed by typewriter Friday because Ollie Black, city treasurer, hasn't a check-writer which will count up as far as $5,001,899,49."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0408.0006]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Altus Dam Dedication

Photograph of an aerial view of the Altus Dam Dedication. Photo by USDI Bureau of Reclamation, September 5, 1947.
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Altus Dam Dedication

Photograph of the crowd during the Altus Dam Dedication. Photo by F. S. Finch, USDI Bureau of Reclamation, September 5, 1947.
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Altus Dam Dedication

Photograph of the crowd during the Altus Dam Dedication. Photo by USDI Bureau of Reclamation, September 5, 1947.
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: USDI Bureau of Reclamation
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0425B.0313]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0369.0321]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Fred Lanter, new director of the civil aeronautics center at Will Rogers Field, has been involved in a maze of paperwork since he took over his new duties last week. Lanter was a CAA region administrator in Atlanta before coming to OKC."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0374.0226]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Leonard Logan, University of Oklahoma"
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0306B.0089]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Antone Jacobson"
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: East, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1011.0545]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Informal was the word at the big doings in Altus Friday for dedication of the W. C. Austin irrigation project."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Johnson, Bill
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1066.0401]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. J. E. Puckett, Enid, holds the Centrasl Oklahoma Womken's golf association's new tavleing trophy she and Mrs. E.S. Blanton won here with a combined score 197."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1205.0852]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Robert St. John, Author"
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1408.0366]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mrs. Austin Receiving Flowers

Caption says, "5-AL-792. Project Dedication. Mrs. W. C. Austin receiving bouquet of red roses from Harold Pease, President of the Altus Chamber of Commerce; Robert Harbison, Altus attorney who presided at the Dedication Ceremony, stands at Mrs. Austin's left."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

W. C. Austin Memorial

Caption says, "5-AL-793. Project Dedication. View showing six members of Jackson County's younger generation, looking at the W. C. Austin Memorial in place on the Dam overlooking Altus Lake. The bronze plaque on the granite rock memorial carries a bas relief of Judge Austin and a tribute to his memory."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Secretary of the Interior

Caption says, "5-AL-782. Project Dedication. Greeting Secretary of the Interior at the Altus Airport by Rep. Preston Peden, from the Seventh District of Oklahoma. From (left to right), back to camera, Don McBride, Executive Secretary of the National Reclamation Association; Secretary J. A. Krug, Robert Harbison, Altus Attorney; Rep. Preston Peden, and Harrington Wimberly, Vice Chairman of the Federal Power Commission and the Publisher of the Altus Times-Democrat."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Secretary of the Interior Speaking at Dedication

Caption says, "5-AL-791. Project Dedication. Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug speaking at the dedication of the W. C. Austin Dam. To the right of the Secretary in the front row, left to right are: Gov. Roy J. Turner, Don McBride, and Robert Harbison, who also spoke on the program."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Project Dedication

Caption says, "5-AL-794. Project Dedication. Close-up view of the bronze plaque on the granite rock memorial which carries a base relief of Judge Austin and a tribute to his memory, with the Stars and Stripes throwing a shadow on the rock."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History