Photograph of a man wearing a baseball uniform in profile walking.

Photograph of T&P train #805 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Written below the image are "[sic] T&P - M.P. Terminal New Orleans La Mar 23, 1950" and "Frank Phillips."

Photograph of T&P train #801 at the engine house in New Orleans, Louisiana. Written underneath the image are "[sic] T&P - M. P. Enginehouse New Orleans Jun 23, 1950 with auxilary water (tank) car" and "Frank Phillips."

Photograph of the audience for Bobby Peter's circus day show.

Photograph of man posing with an Old Gold cigarette display.

Photograph of a man and a woman standing next to a store display for Old Gold cigarettes. They stand side-by-side and the woman holds a box of cigarettes. They both smile at the camera.

Photograph of bars of Suchard chocolates made of milk chocolate with almonds.

Photograph of bars of Suchard chocolates made of milk chocolate with almonds.

Photograph of a group at a Lay-Leaders Retreat. The group is standing in front of the dining hall.

Photograph of Harry Maricle, SCS Engineer, showing high water marking on Owl Creek Reservoir #5 after heavy rains on May 10-11. The back of the photograph proclaims, "SCS Engineer Harry Maricle shows high water mark during operation of Owl Creek Reservoir #5 after May 10-11 rainfall of about 15 inches."

Photograph of Rual W. Leveridge pointing to a field, just below Detention Reservoirs Nos. 1 and 2 on the Owl Creek Watershed, which intense rainfall sent overflow waters down the sloping land seen on the left of photograph and partially damaged his field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Overflow waters for years had destroyed crops on this 30-acre strip of bottomland below Detention Reservoirs Nos. 1 and 2 in Owl Creek Watershed. However, intense rains on May 10-11 failed to send creek out of banks. Only damage was from water flowing down from sloping land at left. Leveridge has farmed the field for more than 20 years. First crops were good, but during wetter years flooding made farming here unprofitable. Leveridge has plans for developing productivity of field. He has been convinced that land will no longer be subject to annual flooding."

Photograph of Leo Burnett inspecting his undamaged water gap fence after a period of heavy rainfall. The back of the photograph proclaims, "At 6 a. m. on morning of May 11 Burnett saw water coming over spillway of dam which is partly visible at upper right. Rainfall had been most intense during early hours. Water continued to flow over spillway until late morning. Burnett here surveys with satisfaction his undamaged water gap fence which each year previously he had been forced to replace after floods. See photo Okla-10-434."

Photograph of Burnett who observed at 6 am on morning of May 11 water coming over spillway of dam which is partly visible at upper right. Rainfall had been most intense during early hours. Water continued to flow over spillway until later morning. Burnett here suveys with satisfaction his undamaged water gap fence which each year previously he had been forced to replace after floods.

Photograph of a panoramic shot taken from the Santa Fe tracks to show point high on sloping land in distance. A dirt road snakes from the foreground to background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "From the camera station on Santa Fe tracks to point high on sloping land in distance. Water on May 11 moved at depth of several feet over this area. Bridges were 3 feet under water. Trackage and railroad span over creek were endangered."

Photograph of Leroy Burnett kneeling in a field of undamaged corn despite both a 15-inch rainfall and floods destroying his 12-acres of land below Dam 5, Owl Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Although he had tried every year for seven years he had been on the place, Leroy Burnett had not been able to make a crop on this 12 acres of bottomland. Each year floods wiped out his efforts. However, this time his crop of corn was undamaged in spite of the 15-inch rainfall on May 10-11. His field is immediately below Dam 5 in Owl Creek. In 1948 Burnett had out and shocked a crop of oats which he estimated would produce 40 bushels to the acre. A flood destroyed the shocked grain. Fences repeatedly washed out." "On 11 Acres of Corn – Av. 45 Bu. in 1950 (made 60 bu. on the best parts of field.) Pond stocked with 5 cream cans of fish."

Photograph of Owl Creek Detention Reservoir No. 1 looking south. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Looking south along Owl Creek Detention Reservoir No. 1. Water is now at permanent pool level. On May 11 after 30 hours of rainfall, totaling nearly 15 inches, water reach spillway level but did not flow through spillway. Conservation treatment and condition of range in drainage are believed reason more runoff did not reach proportion of that on Dams 4 and 5."

Photograph of P. L. Blackshire, pioneer in Kentucky 31 fescue seed production, standing in a seed field.

Photograph of overflow waters for years had destroyed crops on this 30 acre strip of bottomland below Detention Reservoir Nos. 1 and 2 in Owl Creek Watershed. However, intense rains on May 10-11 failed to send creek out of banks. Only damage was from water flowing down fromsloping land at left. Leveridge has farmed the fild for more than 20 yrs. First crops were good, but during wetter years flooding made fundiing here unprofitable. Now Leveridge has plans for developing productivity of field. He has been convinced that land will no longer be subject to annual floodings.

Photograph of Harry Maricle, SCS Engineer, pointing high water mark after 10-11 May rainfall on Owl Creek Detention Reservoir #5. The back of the photograph proclaims, "SCS Engineer Harry Miricle [sic] shows high water mark during operation of Owl Creek Watershed #5 after May 10-11 rainfall of about 15 inches."

Photograph of farmer Dick Long pointing to the high water level reached during the May 10-11 downpour on Owl Creek Detention Reservoir #4 to Engineer Harry Maricle. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Dick Long, 2. Harry Maricle. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Farmer Dick Long pointing to high water level reached during downpour of May 10-11. Rainfall total was approximately 15 inches in 30 hours. Eighteen-inch draw down pipe ran 90 hours. Water ran over spillway short time. Engineer Harry Maricle, shown with Long, estimate capacity of reservoir filled two and one-half times in 72-hour period. Sloughing of sod protection in one place caused residents to fear dam might break during storm. Long. Who worked on such dams, told them: "Those dams will be there when we are all gone."

Photograph of Harry Maricle, SCS Engineer, showing high water marking on Owl Creek Reservoir #5 after heavy rains on May 10-11. The back of the photograph proclaims, "SCS Engineer Harry Maricle shows high water mark during operation of Owl Creek Reservoir #5 after May 10-11 rainfall of about 15 inches."

Photograph of Leo Burnett inspecting his undamaged water gap fence after a period of heavy rainfall. The back of the photograph proclaims, "At 6 a. m. on morning of May 11 Burnett saw water coming over spillway of dam which is partly visible at upper right. Rainfall had been most intense during early hours. Water continued to flow over spillway until late morning. Burnett here surveys with satisfaction his undamaged water gap fence which each year previously he had been forced to replace after floods. See photo Okla-10-434."

Photograph of Rual W. Leveridge pointing to a field, just below Detention Reservoirs Nos. 1 and 2 on the Owl Creek Watershed, which intense rainfall sent overflow waters down the sloping land seen on the left of photograph and partially damaged his field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Overflow waters for years had destroyed crops on this 30-acre strip of bottomland below Detention Reservoirs Nos. 1 and 2 in Owl Creek Watershed. However, intense rains on May 10-11 failed to send creek out of banks. Only damage was from water flowing down from sloping land at left. Leveridge has farmed the field for more than 20 years. First crops were good, but during wetter years flooding made farming here unprofitable. Leveridge has plans for developing productivity of field. He has been convinced that land will no longer be subject to annual flooding."

Photograph of a panoramic shot taken from the Santa Fe tracks to show point high on sloping land in distance. A dirt road snakes from the foreground to background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "From the camera station on Santa Fe tracks to point high on sloping land in distance. Water on May 11 moved at depth of several feet over this area. Bridges were 3 feet under water. Trackage and railroad span over creek were endangered."