Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "These aren't the 89ers they're the 88ers an early day Purcell baseball team of 1888."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Feathers fly as tow gamecocks lock in battle while their owners and the referee watch."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Gamecock owners extend their birds toward each other for beak sparring before the cockfight begins."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Gamecock handlers separate roosters after gaff snags in one of the cocks."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "At 100, Sadie Harrell has a long history - and a long memory."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Plenty of badges have been prepared to identify democratic Party brass Friday during President Johnson's visit to Oklahoma City."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Fifth-grader Ty Griffith waits anxiously as Newcastle Mayor Sherrel "Butch" Griffith cuts a piece from the Newcastle Public Library's birthday cake, while librarian Susan Bingenheimer, left, and celebration chairman Nancy Johnson watch."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "REIGNING AS QUEEN of the big Sooner State Diary Show held at Enid is Miss Vicki Hayhurst, Dibble, the 1990 Dairy Princess."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Judge Ace Sewell of Blanchard, Okla. Former Fiddler Champion"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ace Sewell, left, Blanchard, a former state fiddlig champion."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Judge Ace Sewell of Blanchard, Okla. Former Fiddler Champion"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Senator Robert a. Taft (R., Ohio) , leading candidate for the Republican Presidential Nomination, and his wife, Martha, are caught in an informal moment in their Washington home."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Vivian Jones, 91, chuckles as her sister Oma Young, 98, samples her birthday cake."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Physical fitness of American youth is discussed by Secretary of Welfare Abraham Ribcoff (right) and Bud Wilkinson, OU football coach, Tuesday in Washington during the opening session of the national conference designed to spread the gospel of physical fitness and part the government should play in the program."

Photograph of Sooners crossing the South Canadian River from Purcell, OT(OK), c. April 22, 1889.

Photograph of site no. 3, Owl Creek subwatershed of the Washita River. Inlet to drawdown structure with anti-vortex baffle and debris guard in place, showing the saluice gate in the closed position and the weir at the top of the riser.

Photograph of the construction of a floodwater retarding structure on the Jim Dulin Farm near or on Site No. 5, Owl Creek Subwatershed of the Washita River. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Floodwater Retarding Structure Construction, Site No. 5, Owl Creek Subwatershed of the Washita River. Inlet to drawdown structure with anti-vortex baffle and debris guard in place, showing the sluice gate in the open position at bottom of riser and the weir at the top of the riser."

Photograph of "Conservation trainees, Paul Hamilton and Barry Bolles checking pond dam for completion" on the Wes Cavnar farm. Photograph does not indicate or distinguish the left to right locations of Hamilton or Bolles. A bulldozer is in the center background of photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Conservation trainees, Paul Hamilton and Barry Bolles checking pond dam for completion."