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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

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

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of loamy bottomland and slickspot range sites in excellent condition. There was little if any use during the growing season. Lower left corner is inland saltgrass. Lower right corner is alkali sacaton grass on an elevated area. The short grass is whorled dropseed. Spots of mid grass is alkali sacaton. The tall vegetation is abig sedge and eastern gama, switchgrass growing in an area of loamy soil. Some rhombopod grass is growing on alkali spots. The soil is (3Ø). Fort slickspot complex. OK-1175-6.
Date: August 11, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Good Native Grass, Showing Proper Use

Photograph of properly used good native grass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Good native grass, showing proper use."
Date: August 11, 1960
Creator: Fortney, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Long Branch Field Trials

Photograph of "Jerome Sykora sodding Prairie Cordgrass on shoreline as a field trial to determine effect it will have on reducing erosion caused from wave action."
Date: July 11, 1960
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Field of Midland Bermuda and Greenfield Bermudagrasses

Photograph of W. H. Rushing and SCS Technician H. E. Boyd kneeling in a field of Midland Bermuda, Green Field Bermuda, and vetch. Photograph does not distinguish the position of Rushing and Boyd. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Midland Bermuda on left, Greenfield Bermuda, right. Vetch overseeded. Cut for hay Aug. 11, 1960. Grazed Feb. until June 2, 1960. Eighty-five (85) head weighed in at 327 lbs., sold at 580 lbs. Five acres Greenfield and 23 acres Midland, 2 years old. Soil Unit 7. Twenty-eight acres yield – 1870 bales hay. W. H. Rushing and SCS technician H. E. Boyd in photo."
Date: August 11, 1960
Creator: Collins, F. 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

Long Branch Field Trial

Photograph of Jerome Sykora sodding Prairie Cordgrass on shore line as field trial to determine effect it will have on reducing erosion caused from wave action.
Date: May 11, 1960
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Photograph of recreation pasture. Official Dogtown. The edge of a prairie dog town encroaching into the Flats site in excellent condition. Utilization in Dogtown is severe and outside of it, it is light. OK-1105-9.
Date: April 11, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of pasture planting. Cow and calf, part of 20 head of cows with calves grazing 70 acres of 1st year of Bermuda grass overseeded to vetch and rye in the fall of 1959. OK-1112-11.
Date: May 11, 1960
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3603]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "We've almost decided if we ever give up meditating in our tree houses that we build ourselves a stone house-in-the-round. Esther Henke, our At Home cover girl this week, says that a round house is a perfect place for meditating. You think nice friendly thoughts in a circular atmosphere, she says. Esther, who likes to entertain, finds that when people sit in a friendly circle in front of a roaring wood - burning fireplace (she says - gas jets are cheating) that good cheer and benevolence just naturally follow. there are cso many trees, bushes and birds around Esther's round house out on Woodland Drive (just off 43 and Lincoln Blvd.) that she says sometimes she feels as if she's living in a tree house, too...Esther hopes to keep the landscape in its natural state, in keeping with the rustic interior of the house (no paint has been used anywhere inside the house and only on one circular piece of wood on the front exterior......The unique thing about Esther's house is that a common wall forms both exterior and interior walls. "Sometimes two layers of stone were used," Esther …
Date: October 11, 1960
Creator: Cobb, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5900]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Fire, whipped by 27-mile-an-hour winds, raced through a three-story unit of the nearly complete Ramada Inn Motel on the Northeast Expressway Wednesday afternoon. Damage may run to $100,000. The blaze ruined possibly 31 motel units, plus a large linen room and will delay the anticipated July 5 completion date about 45 days, according to W. W. Stacy, general superindendent for the contractor, Firemen battled nearly an hour to get the blaze under control. Oklahoma City dispatched 10 pieces od equipment to the scene and Nichols Hills aided with two more trucks. Wind and the fact thay hose had to be strung about three quarters of a mile to the nearest water mapered the firefighters, who were directed by District Chief Ben Dancy...The Ramada Inn us a $1.5 million project of 159 rooms going up on a bluff at 1300 Northeast Expressway. The contractor is H. & J. Construction Co. of Phoenix. Owners are Sylvanus G. Felix, Eugene Jordan and Tony Marneres, all of Oklahoma City. Capt. Bert Kuehnert, assistant fire marshall, said the blaze started when a workman, Harvey Davis, route 11, overturned a "salamander" - a kerosene fueled …
Date: May 11, 1960
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0145]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Keeping step with its sales that have swelled from $1 million on its first year here in 1941 to more than $34 million in 1959, the Oklahoma Division of the Fleming Co. is adding another 72,105 square feet to its wharehouse and offices at 3501 N Sante Fe. In addition, shown above and to the right of the dotted lines, will expand to 192,577 sqaure feet Fleming;s facilities for supplying IGA Food Stores, a voluntary retail group. Fleming was established here in August 1941 when it purchased Carroll-Brough-Robinson, wholesale grocery firm at 3 E. Main. Fleming moved to its present locations in 1944 and now has 175 employes as compared with 50 in 1941."
Date: August 11, 1960
Creator: Peterson, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5901]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Fire, whipped by 27-mile-an-hour winds, raced through a three-story unit of the nearly complete Ramada Inn Motel on the Northeast Expressway Wednesday afternoon. Damage may run to $100,000. The blaze ruined possibly 31 motel units, plus a large linen room and will delay the anticipated July 5 completion date about 45 days, according to W. W. Stacy, general superindendent for the contractor, Firemen battled nearly an hour to get the blaze under control. Oklahoma City dispatched 10 pieces od equipment to the scene and Nichols Hills aided with two more trucks. Wind and the fact thay hose had to be strung about three quarters of a mile to the nearest water mapered the firefighters, who were directed by District Chief Ben Dancy...The Ramada Inn us a $1.5 million project of 159 rooms going up on a bluff at 1300 Northeast Expressway. The contractor is H. & J. Construction Co. of Phoenix. Owners are Sylvanus G. Felix, Eugene Jordan and Tony Marneres, all of Oklahoma City. Capt. Bert Kuehnert, assistant fire marshall, said the blaze started when a workman, Harvey Davis, route 11, overturned a "salamander" - a kerosene fueled …
Date: May 11, 1960
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Magician's hat]

Photograph of a table with a magician's cane, glove, and top hat sitting on top of it. Writing inside the hat says, "Fred Astaire Theater."
Date: July 11, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Jack's Old Fashion Meat slide]

Photograph of a slide advertising Jack's Old Fashion Meat. In the top left is a cartoon bear holding up a sign that says, "Bear this in mind." Then in a larger font on the right, it says, "Jack's Old Fashion all meat products, 4115 So. Lamar, Hamilton 8-1341, Dallas Texas."
Date: August 11, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Rambler group photo]

Photograph of Rambler employees posing together in front of a building with "Rambler" painted on the side. On the stairs up to the door, a few men in suits pose, as other men in white shirts stand and squat in front of them. More men in suits stand on the right side of the image.
Date: July 11, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Slides for the Star-Telegram]

Photograph of slides for the Star-Telegram of Fort Worth. The top one is black with white writing that reads, "Sunday Star-Telegram." The bottom slide has a drawing of a news story on a silver platter. The story has a picture of a woman and title that reads, "Lens Lady's courage showcase story."
Date: January 11, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Star-Telegram TELOP]

Photograph of a slide for Star-Telegram. In the middle left is small picture of Tony Slaughter wearing glasses and looking forward. To the right of this picture is black writing in a white box that says, "Evening Fort Worth Star-Telegram." In smaller font beneath the picture is writing that says, "Tony Slaughter."
Date: January 11, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Star Telegram slides]

Photograph of three Star Telegram slides. The left most slide is of a picture of a newspaper saying, "Youth spotlight." A drawing of a spotlight cuts across it with writing in the light that says, "Fort Worth Star-Telegram every Friday afternoon." The middle slide is pictures of newspaper clippings, the largest one as a title that says, "Many plans in vacation mill." The right slide has a drawing of a black board with writing that says, "Spotlight on youth." A drawing of a girl with a bob haircut is in the left corner, and a drawing of a boy with cropped hair is in the right corner.
Date: January 11, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Woman with hat]

Photograph of a woman sitting in a plastic chair and smiling at the camera. Her body is turned slightly to the left but her head is facing the camera. She is wearing a dark dress and a large white hat. She is holding another lace hat. To her right is another empty chair.
Date: April 11, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Slides for Star-Telegram]

Photograph of two slides for Star-Telegram. The left one has black writing in a box that says, "Fort Worth Star-Telegram." On it's bottom right is a cartoon of a man walking in a cowboy hat and boots holding a large newspaper. The right slide has two large stars on it with drawings of different characters in them. The left star has three people drawn in it, and the right one has a military man drawn in it. Above the stars is writing that says, "Dick Tracy," and below the stars more writing says, "Terry and the Pirates, you'll find the stars!"
Date: January 11, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Home Show TELOP]

Photograph of three TELOP slides placed vertically on a board. The top slide has a picture of a group of people walking around inside a building on it. The slide in the middle has a similar picture, but it is taken from further away, giving a larger perspective of the room. The bottom slide has writing on the top in a small, black box that says, "Fort Worth Star-Telegram." Larger writing in white font below that says, "Home Show." Along the bottom in small black writing it says, "March 27 - April 3."
Date: January 11, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Fred Astaire Theater]

Photograph of a small circular table, with a top hat, cane, and white glove sitting atop it. Within the hat, there is writing that says, "Fred Astaire Theater."
Date: July 11, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library