[Photograph 2012.201.B0223.0018]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "CHEYENNE'S new 35 bed convalescent hospital will have its formal opening Sunday. This one-story hospital is the most modern of its type in western Oklahoma, being completely fire-proof and providing central heating and cooling facilities. The hospital is jointly owned by Dr. Frank K. Buster, Glenn Crane, and Joe F. Mead of Cheyenne."
Date: May 28, 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0395.0261]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Augusta Metcalfe visited the State Fair of Oklahoma Wednesday and dropped in at the Oklahoma Art Center for coffee and a look at some of her paintings exhibited there in a special fair show."
Date: September 28, 1967
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of sideoats grama grass that was seeded in the Spring of 1942 in 36" rows by oil Conservation Services Nursery, Woodward, Oklahoma. Has been cultivated and was mowed for weed control while young. Seed ware combined in 1944 and 1945. OK-9079.
Date: August 28, 1945
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of severe sheet and gully erosion on farm land damaged by wind and water. This farm is adjoined by two sub-marginal tracts on the east, west and north that are owned by the Cheyenne Land Utilization [L.U.] Project. OK-8728.
Date: March 28, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

U. S. Government Tract 184 Revegetation of Range Land

Photograph of revegetation of rangeland on U. S. Government Tract 184. An UNIDENTIFED man kneels in a field of two year old Bluestem and blue grama grasses planted in 1944. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Revegetation of range land. Two year old planting of bluestem and blue grama grasses. Planted spring of 1944."
Date: August 28, 1945
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 312

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 312, 4-4-0 (BLW), on a passenger train, Hammon, OK.
Date: May 28, 1939
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History