[Advertisement for the Falstaff Serenade]

Photograph of an advertisement for the Falstaff Serenade on WBAP.
Date: January 20, 1948
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0640]

Photograph of smoldering ruins of a building on a street. Front and roof of building is missing due to fire damage. Cinders and rubble is strewn across the sidewalk. photograph was taken in the night time. Caption: "Maysville started to drill first well Monday for a new water supply. The Volunteer fire department has been expecting delivery of a new pumper fire truck any day. Tuesday night, firemen strung hose to fight a small blaze in the Granada theater, but nothing happened when they turned on the water. The picture at top was taken four hours later, after the fire ate through a half block of business buildings in the Garvin county city of 1,800 to pile up a damage total of $50,000."
Date: January 20, 1948
Creator: Meeks, Richard B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0642]

Photograph of firemen fighting an active fire consuming three buildings on a main street of Maysville, Oklahoma town. In the forefront of the photo is a crowd of people observing the firemen dosing a fire with a hose. Photo was taken in the night time. Caption: "Maysville, Okla. fire"
Date: January 20, 1948
Creator: Meeks, Richard B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Section Line Road and Concrete Structure Swept Away By 16-20 Inch Rain

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man standing in a deep washout where a section line road and concreate culvert was swept away by 16-20-inch rain on June 22. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Section line road running north from Hydro washed out in, concrete culvert completely disappearing. Many farm families had to go miles out of way to reach town. Extent of washout indicated by size of Soil Conservation Service technician. Estimate repair cost: $3,000."
Date: July 20, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Section Line Road and Concrete Structure Swept Away By 16-20 Inch Rain

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man standing in a deep washout where a section line road and concreate culvert was swept away by 16-20-inch rain on June 22. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Section line road running north from Hydro washed out in 16-20-inch rain June 22. Washout caused by run-off from small drainage area down drainageway to Deer Creek. Size of Soil Conservation Service technician in photo indicates extent of washout. Estimated repair cost: $3,000."
Date: July 20, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Photograph of potential soil erosion. Showing a close-up of how easily soil blows when William J. Trexel sifts it through his fingers. This is a lower part of a 65-acre field of cotton, grain sorghum and sudan grass that washd out in a 19-inch rain, June 22, 1948. Silt deposited in lower part of the field has created a blow problem. OK-9657.
Date: July 20, 1948
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of road damage from flooding. This was a good section-line farm road at 4 pm, June 22, 1948. 8 hours later, after a 16 to 20 inch downpour, it looked like this. The road led to the farmsteads of Terry G. McCarty and his neighbor, Joe Payon [sp?]. OK-9651.
Date: July 20, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History