[Photograph 2012.201.B0243.0274]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: November 29, 1966
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0152.0091]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The Lake Altus dam was built in 1929 at a cost of about one million dollars."
Date: July 29, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0423.0130]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "For a 17-year-old freshman, this football player, Sylvester Fitter of Altus, is doing very well , thank you , for the Aggies."
Date: September 29, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0242.0561]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "With 15,000 to 20,000 migrant workers in southwestern Oklahoma fields, gins throughout this area were becoming swamped Thursday with cotton."
Date: September 29, 1961
Creator: Long, Paul
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0242.0603]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "As much as 60 percent of the 1964 cotton crop may still be in Jackson County fields."
Date: November 29, 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1422.0134]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "4-H'ers Shonda Yates, 18, left, and Joyce White, 17, check to see that their camera is in working order before taking off from Will Rogers Airport for the National 4-H Conference in Chicago."
Date: November 29, 1975
Creator: Traverse, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1050.0139]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "From left are Ward Perryman, chairman of the Jackson Co. Soil Convservation Dist.; Shelton Taylor, Temple, winner of the Area 7 FFA soil conservation speech contest; and Loys Criswell, chairman of judging committee."
Date: March 29, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Haul Road

Caption says, "A-520 Haul road, vicinity Stations 66 to 77, Santa Fe Railroad relocation, from rock point north of Station 77 on Highway 44."
Date: December 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Drilling in Rock Cut

Caption says, "A-522 Drilling operations in rock cut, Santa Fe Railroad relocation, vicinity of Station 60."
Date: December 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soy Beans

Caption says, "A-301 Soy Beans. Picture showing production of foliage for hay or green manure. Very few seed produced. Average height, 4 1/2 feet. Refer to pictures Nos. A-309 and A-294."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Red June Corn

Caption says, "A-303 Red June Corn, photograph showing heavy growth under irrigated conditions. Average height, nine feet. Ears completely ruined by corn-ear worms. Produced 112 pounds of silage per 50 linear feet, one row. Non-irrigated. Refer to photograph No. A-310."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dwarf Yellow Millo

Caption says, "A-305 Grain Sorghum, Dwarf Yellow Millo, grain crop, irrigated. Average height, 4 1/2 feet. Non-resistant to chinch bugs. Production record: 58 pounds of heads per 50 linear feet of row, irrigated; 13 pounds of heads per 50 linear feet, non-irrigated."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Arizona Hegira

Caption says, "A-307 Grain Sorghum, Arizona Hegira (High Gear) grain crop, irrigated. Average height, 4-3/4 feet. Resistant to chinch bugs. Average length of head, 14 inches. Test showed variety very slow in maturing. Production record: 46 pounds of heads per 50 linear feet of row, irrigated; 19 pounds of heads per linear feet of row, non-irrigated."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Twenty Varieties of Soy Beans

Caption says, "A-309 Soy Beans. Twenty varieties, one row each, at maturity. Refer to photographs Nos. A-294, A-301, and A-302. Irrigated."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Different Varieties of Grain

Caption says, "5-AL-642. Joe B. Zinn (right), president of the Lugert-Altus Irrigation District, discusses different varieties of grain sorghums with Orlan J. Lowry, Bureau of Reclamation Agricultural Engineer, in the former's feed store at Blair, Oklahoma."
Date: May 29, 1947
Creator: McCloud, A. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Castor Beans

Caption says, "5-AL-1312. Crops. Castor bean hulling plant of Baker Castor Bean Company at Altus, Oklahoma. Beans are unloaded from truck at right by suction pipe, run through huller, and hulled beans are weighed in bin-type scales in foreground."
Date: November 29, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Kaferita

Caption says, "A-300 Kaferita - Showing damage by English Sparrows and Blackbirds. Non-irrigated. Refer to photograph No. A-308 which shows same variety irrigated and no bird damage."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

300 Bean Pods

Caption says, "A-302 Soy Beans. Showing production of seed. 300 bean pods, two beans per pod. Seed beans averaged 9/16 inch in length. Good variety for production of soy bean seed but of very little value for green manure or hay. Refer to photographs Nos. A-309 and A-294."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grain Sorghum Crop

Caption says, "A-304 Grain Sorghum silage crop. Atlas Sargo variety. Average height, 7 1/2 feet; weight, 180 pounds per 50 linear feet per one row. Irrigated."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

African Millet

Caption says, "A-306 Grain Sorghum, silage crop. African Millet variety. Average height, 6 feet. Chinch bug and drought resistant. Test shows greater drought resistance but less response to irrigation than Atlas Sargo (Photograph No. A-304). Produced 170 pounds per 50 linear feet, one row."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Kaferita

Caption says, "A-308 Grain Sorghum, Kaferita (a hybrid between Kaffir Corn and Feterita), frain crop. Average height, 4-3/4 feet, chinch bug resistant, early maturing. Irrigated. Production record: 36 pounds per 50 linear feet of one row, irrigated; 20 pounds per 50 linear feet of one row, non-irrigated."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Red June Corn

Caption says, "A-310 Red June Corn, non-irrigated, showing damage by drought. Average height, 5 feet. Production: 26 pounds per 50 linear feet of row. Refer to photograph No. A-303."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Shovel in Santa Fe Railroad Relocation

Caption says, "A-519 N. W. Shovel #3 in rock cut, vicinity Station 78, on Santa Fe Railroad relocation, from south bank of cut."
Date: December 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Blasting in Rock Cut

Caption says, "A-521 Blast in rock cut, vicinity of Station 64, Santa Fe Railroad relocation, from side of hill south of rock cut. 5000 pounds of powder were used to load 198 holes of an average depth of from 16 feet to 20 feet."
Date: December 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History