Resource Type

Aerial View

Photograph, aerial view, of a large building.
Date: 1960/1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1410.0362]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "To those people who down through history have suffered for a cause, add the name of Harold Williams. Williams, Watonga civil defense director, recently went on a 14-day diet during which he ate nothing but MPF, which means a Multi-Purpose Food developed for CD stockpiling purposes."
Date: 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1410.0363]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

U.S Gypsum Co Scraper

Photograph of quarry scraper, 1960's.
Date: 1960/1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rock Island Depot

Photograph of the Rock Island Depot after the Semaphore had been moved to the new depot a block east, Geary, OK, April 1960.
Date: April 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0276.0488]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Brand new is this Post Office building in Hydro, dedicated over the weekend, according to George Spies, postmaster."
Date: April 5, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0318.0295]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Okeene Rattlesnakes hunters are exporting snakes to Great Britain this week."
Date: July 21, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0276.0489]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: September 11, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1036.0629]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Press release and autobiographical information letter concerning Elaine Painton, Seiling, Okla., a candidate (and eventual winner) in the State FFA Sweetheart contest of 1960 at the State Fair. Photographer Joe Durham of Okeene submitted the release with publicity photos of Elaine that he had taken the week before, in Seiling, of Miss Painton."
Date: September 20, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1036.0630]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Press release and autobiographical information letter concerning Elaine Painton, Seiling, Okla., a candidate (and eventual winner) in the State FFA Sweetheart contest of 1960 at the State Fair. Photographer Joe Durham of Okeene submitted the release with publicity photos of Elaine that he had taken the week before, in Seiling, of Miss Painton."
Date: September 20, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0276.0483]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Hydro has a new hall and community building completed this year."
Date: September 22, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0270]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Butane-fed flames roared for hours Tuesday, after the cars of a 34-car Rock Island freight train were derailed at a washed out culvert near Geary."
Date: October 18, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0292B.0258]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A veteran observer of Far East affairs told Watonga Chamber of Commerce Monday night he feels the United States should no longer "stand in the way" of a Nationalist Chinese invasion of the China mainland."
Date: October 20, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1416.0229]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Declared "wheat king" of Oklahoma on basis of judging in the state wheat show at Enid was Fred Winters."
Date: November 11, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

1961 Okeene First Grade

Photograph of Okeene annual page showing 1st Grade, Okeene, 1961.
Date: 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0374.0099]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Watonga's pride is a new gleaming-white civil defense rescue truck."
Date: 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0991.0049]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "DEDICATION of Okeene's new $31,000 post office is expected to be set for late September or early October."
Date: 1961
Creator: Durham, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0991.0050]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Main seating section is shown in picture taken from balcony."
Date: 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0991.0051]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "New Okeene gymnasium will be dedicated Saturday night before a capacity crowd."
Date: 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0991.0052]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The spacious includes a concession stand, left, and trophy cases."
Date: 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contrasting Fields Showing Proper Range Use

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man (Terrell Nowka") standing on the right side of two contrasting fields separated via fence. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Fence line contrast of native grass pastures. Proper use on right with controlled grazing and spraying the pasture on left is improving rapidly. Nowka is supervisor of the North Caddo SCD."
Date: January 11, 1961
Creator: Pritchell, B. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Terrell Nowka Kneeling Next To His Homemade 3-Point Hook Up Blade and John Deere Tractor

Photograph of Terrell Nowka kneeling next to his homemade 3-point hook up blade and John Deere tractor. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Supervisors. Terrell Nowka, a member of the Board of Supervisors of the North Caddo SCD. Nowka was elected to the Board in 1958. He has served as supervisor since Feb. 1958, when he was appointed to fill the vacancy occurring from Ralph Ottinger's resignation. Nowka made the 3-point hook-up blade. He uses this blade for minor maintenance on terraces, waterways and roads. 10 ft. blade with 360 degree swivel. Made from old grader blades and combine parts."
Date: January 11, 1961
Creator: Prickett, B. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1064.0191]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "VICTOM OF ATTACK by eight Enid youths now held in Watonga jail is Ronald Price, 20-year-old Marine home on leave in Southard."
Date: April 24, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Geary, OK

Photograph of Donald Lee's Farm after a tornado in Ardmore, OK, May 1961.
Date: May 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History