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[BASEMENT BOX 67.0625]

Photograph of the remains of a building on the main street in Binger, OK. The roof is missing, the front windows are gone, and the side of the structure has begun to fall down. Smoke is still rising from the remains. Photograph was taken in the night time. Caption: "A sudden blaze which for a time Tuesday night threatened the entire town of Binger before its populace fought the fire and saved other buildings. left a general store and theater only a shell of blackened ruins."
Date: December 17, 1946
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0187

Photograph taken during daylight of fire-damaged building being demolished.
Date: July 6, 1974
Creator: Carter, J. Pat
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0186

Photograph taken during daylight of destroyed building being demolished. Caption: "Burned out rubble from a $250,000 fire that gutted three downtown buildings early Saturday"
Date: July 5, 1974
Creator: Carter, J. Pat
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

"The Union Soldier" Address in Anadarko

Photograph of "The Union Soldier" address by W.S. Tilton at the west side of the school grounds in Anadarko, Oklahoma on Caddo County Loyalty Day, April 17, 1917. A crowd of men, women and children in dress clothes are gathered around a man speaking from the back of a truck. Some people are holding flags, and there are houses and trees in the background.
Date: April 17, 1917
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Knights of Pythias Castle Hall in Anadarko

Photograph of the several men of the Knights of Pythias Third District Convention who are wearing suits and uniforms in front of Castle Hall, a two-story brick building, in Anadarko, Oklahoma.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Group of Men in Front of an Unknown Store in Anadarko

Group of men posing in front of an unknown dry goods store in Anadarko. "Clothing," "Shoes," "Hosiery" and "Dry-Goods" are signs on the building.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0188

Photograph taken during daylight of men spraying with a fire hose a building gutted by fire.
Date: July 6, 1974
Creator: Carter, J. Pat
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Herefords Grazing Weeping Lovegrass

Photograph of “Herefords grazing weeping lovegrass on a 5 year old seeding.”
Date: March 6, 1961
Creator: Wall, R. N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Edgerock Range Site

Photograph of an "Edgerock range site" 10 miles west of Apache, Oklahoma.
Date: July 21, 1967
Creator: Moffatt, H. H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Protected by Levee

Photograph of land protection via levee ½ miles east of Binger and looking south from a highway bridge on highway 152 on Curtis Opitz’s land. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Looking south from highway bridge on highway 152 east of Binger, Oklahoma [sic]. The field on the right is protected by a levee. This field was of little use due to overflows before the levee was constructed.”
Date: March 20, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Retired Cultivated Field

Photograph of the proper land use of a retired cultivated field. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Planting of bluestem grass on a retired cultivated field. Old terraces are still noticeable in the field. This land is highly erodible and should be farmed with protective measures.”
Date: March 20, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sugar Creek Sedimentation Damage

Photograph of sediment damage that has caused land to go from cultivable to willows along Sugar Creek and highway 281. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Looking east from bridge on highway 281 showing sediment damage that has caused land along Sugar Creek to go from cultivation to willows.”
Date: March 20, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sugar Creek Main Channel

Photograph of the main channel of Sugar Creek south of Gracemont. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Main channel of Sugar Creek which crosses Highway 281, south of Gracemont, Oklahoma. This land was Class I and is now useless because it is covered with silt, Bermudagrass and willows. It needs protection from floodwaters to be made to produce at its maximum.”
Date: March 20, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Combining Cheyenne Indian Grass

Photograph of combining Cheyenne Indiangrass seed.Seeded in 1958. Seed for this planting furnished by Plant Material Center.
Date: September 18, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of stubble mulching. Stubble mulching on wheat land. Guy Schroder is shown with the wheat drill he uses on stubble mulched land. It is a 16-foot, 10-inch Van Brundt drill that sows a strip 13 feet and 4 inches wide. It has 10 inch row spacings and 14 inch disc openers. Schroder is a cooperator with the District and started the Soil Conservation Service program on this farm in 1950.
Date: October 22, 1956
Creator: Kealthley, M. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of stubble mulching on wheat land. Guy Schroder, left, a cooperator with the North Caddo District, and Harold Slaton, Soil Conservation Service [SCS], Conservation Aid, are examining a wheat drill used to sow wheat on stubble-mulched land (16 feet, 10 inches Van Brunt model). Schroder began cooperating with the SCS in 1950 in planning a soil conservation program for his farm.
Date: October 22, 1956
Creator: Kealthley, M. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Reverend Richard Allen Greeting Congregants After Grace Episcopal Church's Sunday Service.

Reverend Richard Allen, Priest at Grace Episcopal Church shaking hands with Sunday service attendees.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grand Opening of T. G. & Y. Fabric Center in Anadarko

Photograph depicting various of photographs glued to a piece of paper regarding the grand opening of T. G. & Y. Fabric Center #1010 in Anadarko, Oklahoma.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grace Episcopal Church Sunday School Students with Teacher

Sunday School teacher and students standing at the entrance of Grace Episcopal Church.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Sanctuary of Grace Episcopal Church

Grace Episcopal first church building sanctuary with view of the altar. And chairs for the congregation.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Side View of Grace Episcopal Church

The exterior of Grace Episcopal first church building on a corner city lot.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a grass root study. Woodward Sand Bluestem, Indiangrass and Caddo switchgrass. Showing the results of : A.) No use; B.) Proper use; C.) Over use on root growth and density. Cross referenced with OK-1349-6.
Date: November 2, 1961
Creator: Trissell, Alvie
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washed Out Bridge on Highway 281 and White Bread Creek

Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED child standing in front of a washed out remains of a bridge on White Bread Creek and Highway 281 after an 8-inch rain on May 17, 1949. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Bridge on White Bread Creek washed out by 8-inch rain May 17, 1949. Water overflowed read 4 feet deep. See Okla-10-041 and Okla-10-042.”
Date: May 18, 1949
Creator: Gardner, G. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

U. S. Highway 281 Debris Under Bridge

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. “
Date: April 15, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History