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Geary, OK Tornado

Photograph of destruction at the Hart home after a tornado hit Geary, OK, on May 10, 1961. Photo by Lester Crothers, May 11, 1961.
Date: May 11, 1961
Creator: Crothers, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Geary, OK Tornado

Photograph of destruction at the Indian Mission Site after a tornado hit Geary, OK, on May 10, 1961. Photo by Lester Crothers, May 11, 1961.
Date: May 11, 1961
Creator: Crothers, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Geary, OK Tornado

Photograph of destruction at the VE Muncy home after a tornado hit Geary, OK, on May 10, 1961. Photo by Lester Crothers, May 11, 1961.
Date: May 11, 1961
Creator: Crothers, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9252]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Half-Block of land from Robert S. Kerr Ave. to Couch Dr., and from Hudson to Harvey, will be purchased by the county, if voters approve a $1 million bond issue June 11. The land (outlined in the photo) will become the site of a future $4,500,000 extension of the county courthouse. The building funds would be furnished through a later bond issue."
Date: May 11, 1963
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Brigadier General Clyde Watts]

Photograph of Brigadier General Clyde Watts (center) with two other gentlemen. He is the speaker for American Party.
Date: May 11, 1968
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Long Branch Field Trail. PL 566, Site # 9. Jerome Sykora is sodding Prairie Cordgrass on the shoreline as a field trial to determine the effect it will have on reducing erosion caused from wave action. OK-1112-8.
Date: May 11, 1960
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Survey Land Erosion Caused by Runoff From Nearly Level, Clean-Tilled Hollister Silty Clay Loam, 0 to 01% Slopes

Photograph of erosions to land caused by runoff from nearly level, clean-tilled Hollister silty clay loam, o to 01% slopes six miles east of Hobart, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Erosion caused by runoff from nearly level, clean-tilled Hollister silty clay loam, 0 to 01% slopes."
Date: May 11, 1964
Creator: Lamar, Otho W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cow and Calf Grazing on 70 Acres of 1st Year Bermuda Overseeded to Vetch and Rye

Photograph of a cow and calf in a pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pasture Plant. Cow and calf, part of 20 head of cows with calves grazing 70 acre of 1st year Bermuda overseeded to vetch and rye in fall of 1959."
Date: May 11, 1960
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mount Wildlife Refuge Hilly Stony Savannah

Photograph of a Hilly Stony Savannah on southwest slope on Mt. Pinchot Mountain Escarpment at top is the highest point in the Wichita Mountains. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Hilly Stony Savannah on southwest slope on Mt. Pinchot Mountain Escarpment at top is the highest point in the Wichita Mountains. This is thought to be the only area of natural cedar on the refuge. Small open area are typical of this range site."
Date: May 11, 1961
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History