Photograph of L to R: Joe Black Bear, age 71, a Kiowa-Apache, and UNIDENTIFIED at the American Indian Exposition, Anadarko, OK. Photo by Pierre Tartoue, c. 1948.

Photograph of Joe Black Bear, age 71, a Kiowa-Apache, at the American Indian Exposition, Anadarko, OK. Photo by Pierre Tartoue, c. 1948.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Indian chiefs forsake their horses to ride in more stylish comfort during the parade."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rudy Payasappe;Anadarko.Boxing/Golden Gloves"

Photograph of close up of US Highway 281 bridge shown in OK-9370. C.C. Gardner, Jr., Soil Conservation Service technician, points to debris piling up under bridge. Noe narrow space between bridge floor and silt accumulation. OK-9571.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It wouldn't mean much to city folks, but the parade of dams and sires, giving promise of more "grand champions" in the years to come."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Pictured at the top are four 20-person living units at the Riverside Indian school, Anadarko, where 10 boys and 10 girls of the same relative age in family groups so far as possible-live as a family."

A photograph postcard showing the St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1103, 4-6-0, on No. 409, west of Cement, OK, 4 cars, 50 mph.

Photograph of large area ruined for crop production by siltation from Sugar Creek flood waters. This land used to grow profitable alfalfa crops. Bridge in background is part of US highway 281.

Photograph of U.S. Highway 281 bridge shown in Okla-9570. G.C. Gardner, Jr., Soil Conservation Service technician, points to debris piling up under bridge. Note narrow space between bridge floor & silt accumulations.

Photograph of G. C. Gardner, Jr., Soil Conservation Service technician, points to debris piling up under a U. S. Highway 281 bridge near Hinton. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Close up of U. S. Highway 281 bridge shown in Okla-9570. G. C. Gardner, Jr., Soil Conservation Service technician, points to debris piling up under bridge. Note narrow space between bridge floor & silt accumulation. “

Photograph of railroad (Rock Island) piles up rock to protect roadbed where Cedar Branch Creek makes one right angle turn & then another to flow under railroad bridge 4641. When swollen with flood waters & silt, creek cuts into farm on left. Shore's distance other side of bridge, creek enters Tonkawa Creek.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph of a meeting in the Hinton office owned by the South Caddo District. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. G. C. Gardner, 2. H. H. Bennett, 3. Louis P. Marrill, 4. Harry Chambers, 5. Brodie Wilson, 6. E. H. Melencamp. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Left to right, in the Hinton office owned by the South Caddo District, are G. C. Gardner, Anadarko, district conservationist; H. H. Bennett of Washington, chief; Louis P. Marrill of Fort Worth, regional conservator; Harry Chambers of Oklahoma City, state conservationist; Brodie Wilson of Hinton, work unit conservationist, all of the Soil Conservation Service; & E. H. Melencamp of Anadarko, supervisor of the South Caddo Soil Conservation District."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph of Ben White Shield, age 74, at the American Indian Exposition, Anadarko, OK. Photo by Pierre Tartoue, August 1948.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Indian war dancers, pageantry and costumes aren't all you see at Anadarko's American Indian exposition."

Photograph of Robert Thomas, age 60, a Caddo, at the American Indian Exposition, Anadarko, OK. Photo by Pierre Tartoue, August 1948.

Photograph of Robert Thomas, age 60, a Caddo, at the American Indian Exposition, Anadarko, OK. Photo by Pierre Tartoue, August 1948.

Photograph of Robert Thomas, age 60, a Caddo, at the American Indian Exposition, Anadarko, OK. Photo by Pierre Tartoue, August 1948.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Huge grapevines climb the canyon walls and the nearby trees."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Oklahomans with a liking for rugged scenery, a cool place to camp with the thrills of mountain climbing thrown in, can find the answer less than 60 miles from Oklahoma City in Hinton's Kiwanis park."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Eben Ryan and Mrs. Ryan"