[Photograph 2012.201.B0242.0532]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Southwestern Oklahoma cotton gins were humming with activity Tuesday as Oklahoma's sunny weather aided the cotton harvest."
Date: April 11, 1965
Creator: State Photo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0699]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Cotton modules wait to be processed at the Cotton Growers Gin Yard at Altus as cotton harvesting operations get into full swing."
Date: November 11, 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0648]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ricking" of cotton in fields is one solution to the storage of trailers this year."
Date: December 11, 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0349.0288]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: April 11, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0689]

Caption: "Like loaves of bread waiting for the baker, these cotton modules, each amounting to about 14 bales, wait at the Cotton Growers Gin yard at Altus for their turn with the ginner."
Date: October 11, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0316.0413]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "school is peeping out of the earth as construction crews continue pouring concrete on the 170 by 135 foot structure which may be ready for use before the end of the current school term."
Date: February 11, 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.0561]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Crater Eight Feet Deep is searched by air policemen and rescue workers after a B-52 bomber crashed in a cotton field six miles north of Altus."
Date: December 11, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0338.0877]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma will send a 37-member delegation to the Democratic National Convention July 12-15 in New York City."
Date: May 11, 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0409.1190]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: January 11, 1983
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0697]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Stacks of cotton bales ready for ginning are unloaded at the Oklahoma Cotton Cooperative Association Compress at Altus."
Date: December 11, 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1257.0195]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Burr Speck Jackson Co. Legislature"
Date: December 11, 1934
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1261.0462]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Brig. Gen. Eugene B. Sterling, first officer above the rank of colonel ever to command the 443rd Military Airlift Wing at Altus Air Force Base, shares the occasion of his promotion with his wife."
Date: September 11, 1972
Creator: United States. Air Force.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0384.0091]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Janie Ortega, as the Altus Bulldog, cheers her team on to victory."
Date: September 11, 1981
Creator: McDaniel, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B01005.0465]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: November 11, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1008.0616]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Altus detective JoAnn Patterson practices her technique in subduing a suspect."
Date: August 11, 1983
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1142.0236]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Hermine Saccoccio, German born bride of an Altus Air Force base airman, helps with the family budget by working in an Altus drugstore."
Date: July 11, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

WPA Laborers at Rock Quarry

Caption says, "A-390 Rock quarry. WPA laborers trimming face stone in stoneyard below rock quarry. Left is bull set breaking rock along chalk line. Right is hand set trimming edges of rock."
Date: October 11, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

New Masonry Dam Face

Caption says, "A-392 Rock quarry. End view of model section of face on New Masonry Dam. Model constructed in stoneyard below rock quarry."
Date: October 11, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Display in Orient Hotel

Caption says, "5-AL-1189. Display in lobby of New Orient Hotel, Altus, Oklahoma, which was assembled for local Chamber of Commerce by County Extension workers and Bureau of Reclamation employees. This was shown during visit of Oklahoma City businessmen on booster trip to southwestern Oklahoma."
Date: October 11, 1949
Creator: George, P. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Constructing Sand Washer

Caption says, "A-6 Altus Project. Sand washer under construction on south bank of North Fork on the Red River west of Lugert Dam."
Date: September 11, 1940
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0409.1187]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: August 11, 1983
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0409.1195]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Adding a touch of realism to the Museum of the Great Plains outdoor exhibit area is an old train depot moved from Elgin."
Date: December 11, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

WPA Laborers at Rock Quarry

Caption says, "A-389 Rock quarry. WPA laborers trimming face stone. Man at left is using a hand point for cutting high spots off side of rock. The man at the right is using a hand set for working along the edge."
Date: October 11, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

WPA Laborers at Rock Quarry

Caption says, "A-391 Rock quarry. WPA laborers using bull set for trimming large pieces from face stone."
Date: October 11, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History