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Irrigation Pumping Installation on Sand Pit

Photograph of an irrigation pumping installation on sand pit, which its' water is used for cotton irrigation. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Irrigation. Pumping installation on sand pit. Water used for irrigation of cotton. Quantity that can be pumped is unlimited."
Date: August 6, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Three UNIDENTIFED Men Drilling One of Six Small Wells on the Frank Boykin Farm for Irrigation

Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED men drilling one of six small wells, which Frank Boykin hopes to irrigate 80 acres of land on his farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Irrigation. Frank Boykin – Drilling 6 small wells fitted with 5 ½" casting and gravel packed. Wells will be pumped with central pumping unit and farmer hopes to irrigate 80 acres of land. Each well has been tested with 2" centrifugal pump."
Date: August 6, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tivoli Fine Sand, Range Site Deep Sand

Photograph of a field east of Friendship, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil Surveying. Mapping unit 61, Tivoli find [sic] sand. Range site deep sand."
Date: August 6, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History