[Photograph 2012.201.B1243.0335]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. T.C. Short, manager of the Weatherford High School cafeteria, will probably do a bit of extra planning for the school's all-aports banquet Thursday night."
Date: April 5, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Site 19, Barnitz Creek Sheepsfoot Roller

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man on a Sheepsfoot roller compacting fill material during construction of core trench and embankment at Barnitz Creek Site 19. Three UNIDENTIFED people stand off to the left side of the trench. A fourth UNIDENTIIFED person is sitting on a tractor on the left side of the trench. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Sheepsfoot roller providing ground-bearing pressures of 200 pounds per square inch used in compacting fill material during construction of core trench and embankment."
Date: April 24, 1954
Creator: Ritchey, Leonard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Flooded Washita River near Stafford

Photograph of an aerial shot of a flooded Washita River. Note the house, road, and a few building affected by the rising and falling waters. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Washita River, north of Stafford, Okla., at 6:00 p. m. on April 30, 1954. Note barn in background surrounded by water.”
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Washita River, north of Stafford, OK at 6:00 pm on April 30, 1954. Note the barn in the background surrounded by water. OK-10-860.
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History