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Will Rogers Apt. (7-1-1960)

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Date: July 1, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Will Rogers Apt. (7-1-1960)

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Date: July 1, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

No Cultivation for 10 Years

Photograph of a field that has been out of cultivation for 10 years. No grass was planted but seeded naturally. In good condition. Pasture has been well managed. Loamy Prairie site.
Date: August 1, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gowan Clay Loam

Photograph of Gowan Clay Loam, small bottom showing the size of many of these areas of soil. Pecan tree is typical.
Date: November 1, 1960
Creator: Maxwell, A. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of grasses. A field that has been out of cultivation for 10 years. No grass was planted but was seeded naturally [i.e., letting the grass grow enough to germinate flowers that produce the seeds or where it produces side shoots either above or below the soil]. In good condition. The pasture has been well-managed. Loamy Prairie site. OK-1173-4.
Date: August 1, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of tree planting. Jim Thompson, Le Flore County Soil Conservation District [SCD] employee, planting Black Locust with dibble bar. Bill McCain, left, Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Department, furnished plantings for wildlife cover. Parks Harlan constructed fences and furrowed rows. OK-1072-11.
Date: February 1, 1960
Creator: Turney, Douglas
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Photograph of tree planting. Jim Thompson, Le Flore County Soil Conservation District [SCD] employee, planting Black Locust trees with dibble bar. Bill Mccain, left, Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Department, furnished plantings for wildlife cover. Parks Harlan constructed the fences and furrowed the rows. OK-1072-11.
Date: February 1, 1960
Creator: Turney, Douglas
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of overhead water that has caused severe erosion in the nature drain on this farm. It will be shaped into a waterway and sprigged to bermuda grass. When the grass becomes established it will also serve as outlets for terraces to be constructed later. OK-1224-5.
Date: November 1, 1960
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inundation Studies

Photograph of the east view of site where water impoundment plots will be constucted to study inundation tolerance of selected vegetation as related to watershed treatment. Location-southesat of Lake Chickasha; Sec. 22, R9W, T8N, Soil-Reddish Prairie, virgin rangeland, Noble loam, slope 7%, erosion 1, Class IV. This study is in response to SCS research needs. Work is under the supervision of Edd D. Rhoades, Agricultural Engineer, ARS-SWC.
Date: April 1, 1960
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inundation Studies

Photograph of the north view of site where water impoundment plots will be constucted to study inundation tolerance of selected vegetation as related to watershed treatment. Location-southesat of Lake Chickasha; Sec. 22, R9W, T8N, Soil-Reddish Prairie, virgin rangeland, Noble loam, slope 7%, erosion 1, Class IV. This study is in response to SCS research needs. Work is under the supervision of Edd D. Rhoades, Agricultural Engineer, ARS-SWC.
Date: April 1, 1960
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1336]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Near tragedy was narrowly averted when resuscitator units were able to revive Jerry Guthrie, station No. 6 fireman, who was found unconscious in the burning building. Guthrie was dragged from the second story. Firemen worked 15 minutes to revive him. Wesley Hospital officials later described his condition as not serious."
Date: November 1, 1960
Creator: Peterson, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1335]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Firemen battle blaze in Capitol Hill."
Date: November 1, 1960
Creator: Peterson, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10160]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Only 1,095 More Days to go and the new sanitary landfill at SW 10 and Drexel, which was put to use for the first time Friday, will be filled, said W. W. Baker, city engineer. About 120 loads of New Year's garbage was dumped at the site Friday. Baker estimated that the site would be filled to capacity in two to three years."
Date: January 1, 1960
Creator: King, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0428]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Twenty-five years ago a new kind of slot machine became legal in Oklahoma City. And with their first cautious, skeptical operation of the devices (installed on the downtown curbs, of all things" Oklahoma Cityans launched a traffic revolution that was to be felt in virtually every part of the world where automobiles are no novelty. It was July 16, 1935, that city drivers first faced the need of dropping a nickel in the parking meter slot on downtown streets in order to buy protection from parking tickets. The meters operated only a day before a restraining order temporarily put them out of business. But after the round of legal wrangling was over, the meters clicked merrily on their way and in the course of 25 years have mushroomed from the original 175 test machines to today's 3,300 meters blanketing most of the city's congested areas....Harold Griffin, city treasurer, checked his records last week and reported that parkers' pennies, nickels and dimes clocked through the city meters in the 25-year period have added up to $3,994,285. Nor does this take into account the additional parking ticket revenue undoubtedly created by …
Date: July 1, 1960
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0432]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a curb/sidewalks filled up with cars in front of parking meters, cars on the road, cars parked on the other side of the road, and more.)"
Date: July 1, 1960
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1334]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "High pressure hoses spray water onto the north end of Capitol Hill's first business building as it burned early Tuesday morning. Firemen direct water onto the north end of the building from an alleyeay near where the blaze is believed to have originated."
Date: November 1, 1960
Creator: Peterson, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1333]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The oldest business section of Capitol Hill suffered extensive damage Tuesday during early morning, three-alarm fire. More than 150 firemen battled the blaze for two hours before getting it under control about 4 a.m. The structure housed three offices and seven businesses."
Date: November 1, 1960
Creator: Peterson, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Doak Bird

Photograph of Doak Bird loading a 1/2 ton truck with his new costal digger. He operates a beef and egg laying house near Haworth, OK.
Date: May 1, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Payless shoes slide]

Photograph of a slide advertising for Payless Shoes. At the top of the slide is a black oval with white writing in it that says, "Pay-less self-service shoes, open daily 9 'til 9 - Sunday 1 'til 6, plenty of free parking." Most of the slide is taken up by a cartoon rabbit in the center. Its ears are sticking up on either side of the oval with text on them. The left ear's writing says, "Children's Easter styles, rack after rack for girls and boys, every size 2 to 8, 8 1/2 to 12, 12 1/2 to 3." The right ear says, "Women's, girls', dress flats - sports - casuals, rack after rack of newest styles!" There is also writing on the rabbit's body, in a larger font, that says, "Not one but 2 pr $5.00, pick any two pair marked $2.99." There are drawings of five different shoes on both sides of the rabbit as well.
Date: April 1, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Legal Sales vote]

Photograph of two drawings on the vote for legal sales. The top drawing is of two hands cupped holding coins with even more coins stacked up behind them. Writing below it says, "Vote for legal sales - Saturday, July 9th." The drawing underneath this is of a man in a trench coat and hat trading a bottle for cash while holding a cigarette in his mouth. The same writing is printed below this drawing as well.
Date: July 1, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Sheriff Harlan Wright]

Photograph of Tarrant County sheriff, Harlan Wright smiling for a photograph. Wright was sheriff of Tarrant County from 1953 to 1961.
Date: May 1, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Southeast gate closed]

Photograph of the southeast gate closed. This gate appears to be on the KXAS property. A sign on the gate reads "Closed use north entrance." A row of utility poles can be seen.
Date: April 1, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Buster Lary for sheriff]

Photograph of a campaign advertisement for Buster Lary running for sheriff.
Date: May 1, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Legal sales advertisement]

Photograph of two slides advertising the vote for legal sales. The top slide is a drawing of a cop using a cloth to cover up a body laying on the ground, with a car parked in the background. There is writing below the picture that says, "Vote for legal sales - Saturday, July 9th." The bottom slide is a picture of an old woman sitting in a rocking chair with a huge, drawn bag with "$90,000000," written on it. Dollar signs are also drawn around the top of the bag.
Date: July 1, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library