[Photograph 2012.201.B0370.0333]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Washita County Fairgrounds are taking shape as a women's building is going up this summer. Albert Lenaberg, Bessie, president of the fair board, checks construction."
Date: May 28, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bessie Bridge Demolition and Gully

Photograph of five UNIDIENTIFIED men on a bridge looking down at a deep gully. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View downstream from scene in Okla-10-778-A, showing gully head and bridge being demolished on county road 4 miles west of Bessie, Okla. A road fill with a drop inlet pipe will be constructed."
Date: May 18, 1953
Creator: Archer, S. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History