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Aerial Shot of Infertile Overwash and Floodplain Scour Caused by Storm of May 18-19 on Cow Creek Five Miles Southeast of Comanche
Photograph of an aerial shot of infertile overwash and floodplain scour caused by storm of May 18-19 on Cow Creek five miles southeast of Comanche. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Infertile overwash and floodplain scour caused by storm of May 18-19 on Cow Creek."
Date:
May 23, 1955
Creator:
Brune, G. M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Back Slope Planted to Bermuda
Photograph of the back slope of a dam planted to bermuda grass August 5, 1959. Irrigated immediately after planting. Fred Fortney Soil Conservationist.
Date:
November 18, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Basement Box 51.0047]
Three men standing in modern kitchen display.
Date:
January 11, 1951
Creator:
Orris, John Adam
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[BASEMENT BOX 67.0158]
A daylight photograph of the Magnolia Pipeline Company's pumping station near Addington in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, and Comanche in Stephens County, Oklahoma. The structure is engulfed in fire and smoke, the cause of which was unknown. Editing notes and marks are visible on the image. Caption: "A fire of undetermined origin wrecked the Magnolia Pipeline Co.'s Addington pumping station near Comanche Tuesday with loss estimates running as high as $1 million."
Date:
May 23, 1956
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[BASEMENT BOX 67.0286]
Photograph is of groups of people standing outside of a single story brick building while smoke rises from roof. Firemen are standing on top of the building spraying hoses into the building and on the remaining roof. Caption: "LOSS WAS ESTIMATED AT $200,000 in this fire Sunday, which destroyed the Lindley hospital, the largest hospital in Duncan. Firemen evacuated 25 patients, including many children, before starting their fight on the fast spreading flames."
Date:
December 23, 1957
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[BASEMENT BOX 67.0287]
Photograph is a large group of people observing a burning brick building with smoke billowing from the top.Firemen are spraying hoses in the background on the building. Photograph was taken in the daytime. Caption: "DOWNTOWN DUNCAN was full of smoke and people Sunday as a $500,000 fire swept through a half block of business. This picture taken by Rollin Cox, an executive with Halliburton Oil Cementing Co., looks north at the unit block of North street from the busy intersection of Ninth and Main."
Date:
September 14, 1953
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[BASEMENT BOX 67.0288]
Photograph is of a corner of a multiple story building that smoke is billowing out of the top and broken windows. There are two prominent electrical poles near the building in the image. Part of the brick walls of the structure have collapsed.
Date:
September 14, 1953
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[BASEMENT BOX 67.0289]
Photograph is of a group of unidentified people observing a fire of a multiple story brick storage building. Tires are strewn on the ground around the men observing the fire. A smaller group of men are holding a fire hose spraying on the top corner of the building. Smoke is rising from where the roof once existed. part of the walls have collapsed into the center of the structure.
Date:
September 14, 1953
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[BASEMENT BOX 67.0290]
Photograph is of a multiple story building that has smoke rising out of the where the roof once was. The windows are missing and the brick has burnt marks. A man is outside the building near a car by a fence.
Date:
September 14, 1953
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[BASEMENT BOX 67.0291]
Photograph is of a large group of people in the street observing and helping to spray water from fire hoses on multiple buildings that are burning on a main street. Debris, rubble and water is in the street in front of the crowd.
Date:
September 14, 1953
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[BASEMENT BOX 67.0292]
Photograph is of three groups of unidentified people each holding open fire hoses on a multiple level building that smoke is billowing out of the top. The buildings appear to be on a main street and the cafe is the closest seen in the photo that is completely consumed by smoke and missing a roof due to an active fire.
Date:
September 14, 1953
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[BASEMENT BOX 67.0293]
Photograph is of a group of men in the middle of the street holding an open fire hose on a smoking building on a street with other buildings. Smoke is billowing down the street.
Date:
September 14, 1953
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Beaver and Cow Creek Watershed Flood Damage
Photograph of sediment damage just after May flood on Beaver and Cow Creek Watersheds. This is on the highway between Duncan and Lawton, Okla.
Date:
July 2, 1955
Creator:
Graham, E. O.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Beaver and Cow Creek Watershed Flood Damage
Photograph of sediment damage just after May flood on Beaver and Cow Creek Watersheds. This is on the highway between Duncan and Lawton, Okla.
Date:
July 2, 1955
Creator:
Graham, E. O.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cattle
Photograph of Leona Brabits' cattle.
Date:
July 18, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cattle
Photograph of Leona Brabits' cattle.
Date:
July 18, 1958
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Caucasian Bluestem
Photograph of Caucasian Bluestem grass planted in spring of 1959. Good stand was secured where tractor tires firmed the soil. Few plants were established on loose soil. Fred Fortney, Soil Conservationist. Zanies loam soil.
Date:
November 19, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Construction of Flood Prevention/Municipal Structure at Site #22, Wildhorse Creek
Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED workers constructing a flood prevention/municipal structure at Site #22, Wildhorse Creek near Marlow, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood Prevention Structure. Forms and steel in place in base of municipal structure."
Date:
January 3, 1957
Creator:
Cornforth, Kenneth
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cotton
Photograph of cotton growing on Stephenville F.S.I.
Date:
August 14, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Destroyed Home and Cars after May 10, 1950 Flood
Photograph of the aftermath of the May 10, 1950 flood. Note the completely destroyed home and several wrecked cars. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Willow Creek and Magnolia Street - Flood of May 10, 1950.”
Date:
May 11, 1950
Creator:
Terbush
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Detention Reservoir Prairie Dale Creek Flood
Photograph of view looking up-stream through break in embankment. Water still flowing through break. Note washin in topsoil on down-stream slope of the embankment.
Date:
May 11, 1950
Creator:
Frank, N. P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Detention Reservoir Prairie Dale Creek Flood
Photograph of view looking up-stream through break in embankment. Inflow from up-stream temporarily blocked and break partially drained.
Date:
May 12, 1950
Creator:
Frank, N. P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Detention Reservoir Prairie Dale Creek Flood
Photograph of view looking down-stream through break in embankment. Failure occurred on night of May 9th. High water mark 4.9 feet above inlet to draw down tube.
Date:
May 11, 1950
Creator:
Frank, N. P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Eight UNIDENTIFED Workers Grouting Working Platform For Prevention/Municipal Structure at Site #22, Wildhorse Creek
Photograph of eight UNIDENTIFIED workers grouting working platform for prevention/municipal structure at Site #22, Wildhorse Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood Prevention Structure. Halliburton cementing truck grouting working platform under the municipal structure."
Date:
December 6, 1956
Creator:
Cornforth, Kenneth
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History