Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "In the photograph at the right, taken at the municipal garage, two of nine new patrol cars-painted white for height visibility--are given a final check before being sent into duty, replacing difficult-to-detect black scout cars."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The Iowa capon jumped out of his crate to crow the cooping crew awake Monday morning, and then greeted the bantam rooster from South Dakota."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Police department gets new radio, cars."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Writer and director of Biblical Pageant"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dr. T. B. Lackey"

Photograph of Earl J. Hayes, Soil Conservation Service technician, on the left, and L.O. CAvenuender examining a vegetation field. The field is part of a 60 acre tract that was cleared of weeds in 1945.

Photograph of: Four years ago when the Canant brothers bought a 400 acre farm, most of it was a worthless, wooded area & would not carry more than 25 head of cattle. They cleared this 12 acres, seeded it to Dallis grass, yelow hop, black medic & white Dutch clover & improvement increased carrying capacity to 2 cows per acre. Additional pasture work has been done and the farm now carries 100 head of cows.

Photograph of the Canant brothers’ farm, Idabel, Oklahoma. Four years ago when the Canant brothers bought a 400 acre farm, most of it was a worthless, wooded area that would not carry more than 25 head of cattle. They cleared 12 acres seeded it to Dallis grass, yellow hop, black medick and white Dutch clover. This improvement increased the land’s carrying capacity to two cows per acre. Additional pasture work has been done and the farm now carries 100 head of cattle. OK-9204.

Photograph of the Canant brothers’ farm, Idabel, Oklahoma. Four years ago when the Canant brothers bought a 400 acre farm, most of it was a worthless, wooded area that would not carry more than 25 head of cattle. They cleared 12 acres seeded it to Dallis grass, yellow hop, black medick and white Dutch clover. This improvement increased the land’s carrying capacity to two cows per acre. Additional pasture work has been done and the farm now carries 100 head of cattle. OK-9202.

Photograph of an old cultivated field that had lain idle, overgrown with brush and sprouts. It has been flat broken [i.e., When land is broken by continuous lapping of furrows], disked and fertilized, then in the spring of 1945 it was seeded to carpet and Dallis grasses, yellow hop, burr black medic, white Dutch clover and Kobe and Korean lespedeza. OK-9206.

Photograph of Pasture Development. Region of worthless, wooded area (as in background) that was cleared last spring and seeded to Dallis grass, yellow hop and black medic clover. When Wayman and Julius Canant started their pasture program their original 400 acre farm had sufficient pasture for only about 25 head of livestock. Now it carries 100 heads. OK-9207.

Photograph of hereford and nurse cows grazing on 60 acres of old 160 acre field seeded spring of 1945 to Kobe and Korean lespedeza and overseeded to big hop and black medic clover. Mr. Cavender bought this 560 acre farm from his father in 1944. With assistance of the Little River Soil Conservation Districkt the farm wa planned as a livestock unit. Sixty acres of native grass went to meadow, 100 acres to sericea lespedesa. In 1946, 40 additional acres were planted to sericea. Old pastures were improved, overseeded to clover mixtures and area now kept mowed. A 60 acre old field, fertilized, limed and planted with Korean laspadeza in 1945 was overseeded to hop & black medic clover shis summer, 600# carpet grass this spring. Weeds were kept mowed & this year Cavender grazed 22 registered polled Herefords, 2 horses & 6 grade cows on the old "field".

Photograph of a part of 12 acres of brushy pasture that has been cleared with a power saw since January 1946. Additional trees will be cut and sprouts will be controlled by mowing. The land has been seeded to carpet grass and will be overseeded to clovers and lespedeza next spring [1947]. The worthless, wooded area in the right background also will be cleared. Camera Station: in the 120 acre pasture. Facing the southeast from the side of the road at point 468 feet south of the farmstead gate. OK-9208.

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. W. R. Curry , 715 NW 41, has been named chairman of the membership committee of the Young Women's Christian association to serve the current year ."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "It's really coming! Gov. Kerr and the Oklahoma Publishing Co. will present he Theater guide production of "Oklahoma!" by arrangement with Boyle and head, in eight performances beginning Monday night, November 25, and with matiness on Wednesday and Saturday."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Above is a view of Barney Steart Lumber new modern home improvement store located at 910 N. Walker."

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 1724, 2-8-0, and 2665, 2-8-2, on east- bound freight running through Seminole oilfield just east of Seminole, OK, 75 cars, 30 mph

A photograph print showing a view in Seminole oil fields showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) main line in foreground, tank cars at loading Racks just beyond. East of Seminole, OK. [duplicate to 2008.008.0457]

A photograph print showing a view in Seminole oil fields showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) main line in foreground, tank cars at loading racks just beyond. East of Seminole, OK. [duplicate to 2008.008.0072]

A photograph postcard showing Denver & Rio Grande Western (DRGW) 1508, 4-8-2, on freight train emerging from east portal of the Moffat tunnel, CO, 38 cars, 15mph.