Maintenance Field Meeting

Caption says, "5-AL-1215. Members of Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting watching operator of Model C-7 Briscoe ditcher put it through all its movements."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Maintenance Field Meeting

Caption says, "5-AL-1214. Members of Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting watch the Model C-7 Briscoe ditcher cleaning a lateral."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Canal Bank

Caption says, "5-AL-1216. Canal bank being cleaned of weeds by a chain with a weight on end and pulled by truck along canal bank."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

George Cooper, Watermaster

Caption says, "5-AL-1218. George Cooper, Watermaster of the W. C. Austin Project, Oklahoma, holds weed sprayer made in the Bureau of Reclamation shop, Altus, Oklahoma. Sprayer is 6 feet long, nozzles are 18" apart and can be used for 2, 4-D or oil. This sprayer is used on the end of a boom mounted on a truck. It is designed for approximately 30 lbs. P.S.I."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inspection

Caption says, "5-AL-1211. Members of Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting inspect test plot of grasses for right-of-way and canal banks seeding."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Automatic Siphon Wasteway

Caption says, "5-AL-1213. P. W. George, Bureau of Reclamation, O. & M. office, Altus, Oklahoma, explains Automatic Siphon Wasteway at end of Altus Canal to members of Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inspection

Caption says, "5-AL-1212. Members of Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting inspect siphon wasteway at end of Altus Canal."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pulling Cotton

Caption says, "5-AL-1206. Cotton boll pullers working in the field of J. Davis, 2 miles south, 1/2 mile east of Altus, Oklahoma."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pulling Cotton

Caption says, "5-AL-1205. Cotton boll pullers working in the field of J. Davis, located 2 miles south, 1/2 mile east of Altus, Oklahoma."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Weed Burning

Caption says, "5-AL-1217. Weed burner, made in the Bureau of Reclamation shop in operation on a lateral. A few members of the Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting at right."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pulling Cotton

Caption says, "5-AL-1209. Pulling cotton bolls on the farm of J. Davis; left to right: Tyson McLaughlin, 5 years; Mrs. O. Z. Allen; Cherrie McLaughlin, 4 years; and Mrs. Earl McLaughlin. All are of Altus, Oklahoma."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pulling Cotton

Caption says, "5-AL-1208. Jonny Sparks, Jr., 2 years old, rides the sack of his mother while she pulls cotton bolls on the farm of J. Davis, 2 miles south, 1/2 mile east of Altus, Oklahoma."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pulling Cotton

Caption says, "5-AL-1207. Jonny Sparks, Mrs. Sparks and children, Bessie Mae, 4 years, center; Jonny, Jr., 2 years, right, of Altus, Oklahoma, pulling cotton bolls on the farm of J. Davis, 2 miles south, 1/2 mile east of Altus, Oklahoma."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pulling Cotton

Caption says, "5-AL-1210. Cherrie McLaughlin, 4 years old, pulling cotton bolls on the farm of J. Davis, 2 miles south, 1/2 mile east of Altus, Oklahoma."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History