Resource Type

[Photograph 2012.201.B1435.0236]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Jazz clarinet great Pete Fountain is a legend in the New Orleans, where the sound of Dixie Land pours into the streets."
Date: April 14, 1997
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1221.0872]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "first round USF&G Classic leader Hal Sutton watches his second shot on hole number 9 during first round action Thursday in New Orleans."
Date: April 22, 1988
Creator: Cohoon, Andrew
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0095.0012]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A pirogue houseboat is built into a cypress near Pierre Part, La., an illustration from The Cajuns."
Date: April 22, 1979
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0296B.0254]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "George Horne, planning consultant for the Jefferson Parish (country) school, said that Louisianan district is busing about 78 per cent of its 65,000 pupils."
Date: April 10, 1972
Creator: Taylor, Robert
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Train Engine #2 and Car]

Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. The text "T.P-M.P.T.R.R. OF N.O." is visible on the car. The train sits up a small grassy incline. Trees rise above the train in the background. Handwritten text below the image says, "T.P.-M.P.T.R.R. of N.O. #2 New Orleans LA. Apr 13th 1971 - Last Run in 1951."
Date: April 13, 1971
Creator: Lawson, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1122.0032]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A congressman from Louisiana who was captured by the Nazis during World War II only to escape shortly afterward, will speak in Oklahoma City Friday night."
Date: April 9, 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1435.0254]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Saluting New Orleans on the "Bell Telephone Hour" Sunday will include Pete Fountain at 5:30 p.m. over NBC-TV"
Date: April 9, 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[T&P Train Bulletin]

Photograph of the T&P train bulletin from Plaquemine, Louisiana. Written below the image is "Plaquemine, La. April 8th 1967," and "Harry J. Boudreaux."
Date: April 8, 1967
Creator: Boudreaux, Harry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0119A.0048]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "COLORADO punishment was detailed at the NCAA meeting in New Orleans.."
Date: April 28, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0935.0889]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Lt. Gov. Nigh, bachelor executive, made quite an impression last week on the country's highest civil defense experts."
Date: April 29, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oil Well

Photograph of the dye transfer process at an oil well in Morgan City, LA.
Date: April 21, 1957
Creator: Grice, Jesse
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0289B.0037]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "All agencies concerned with children must move in one direction if a program is to be effective," Lawrence Higgins, executive secretary of the Louisiana youth commission declares."
Date: April 4, 1956
Creator: Gumm, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

First Year Vetch and Singletary Peas Planted In Old Broomsedge Field on the I. D. Meridith Farm

Photograph of T. D. Stewart, Jr., WUC, examines growth of first year vetch and singletary peas planted in old broomsedge field on the I. D. Meridith Farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, “T. D. Stewart, Jr., WUC, Columbia, La., examines growth of first year vetch and singletary peas planted in old broomsedge field and fertilized with 400 lbs. of 20% Superphosphate and 100 lbs. of 50% potash.“
Date: April 29, 1952
Creator: Chaffin, Bruce
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

SCS Technician J. H. Slack and Ernest Covington Inspecting a Drainage Ditch Maintained by Fencing for Grazing

Photograph of SCS Technician J. H. Slack and Ernest Covington inspecting a drainage ditch maintained by fencing for grazing. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Earnest Covington, 2. J. H. Slack. The back of the photograph proclaims, “SCS Technician J. H. Slack (rt) and Ernest Covington inspect drainage ditch maintained by fencing for grazing. Brushy growth, unpalatable to cattle, is removed by mowing. SCS technicians had to wade in water when they staked out this ditch.”
Date: April 17, 1952
Creator: Loftin, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Two UNIDENTIFIED Men Standing on a Completed Double Field Drain With Spoil Spread

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men standing on a completed double field drain with spoil spread. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Completed double field drain with spoil spread."
Date: April 17, 1952
Creator: Loftin, L. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Completed Drainage Ditch With Spoil Bank Spread

Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED man is on a bulldozer in the background and to the left of him is a completed drainage ditch with spoil bank spread. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Completed drainage ditch with spoil bank spread."
Date: April 7, 1952
Creator: Loftin, L. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Osceola Plantation Sudan Grass on Drainage Slope Post Seeding

Photograph of main outlet showing thick stand of Sudan grass on slopes after seeding on the Osceola Plantation. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Main outlet showing thick stand of Sudan grass on slopes after seeding."
Date: April 1952
Creator: Richardson, D. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of pasture. Luther Baggett, second from left, and his neighbors now the value of good pasture.LA-61, 957.
Date: April 5, 1951
Creator: Williams, Robert E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Mr. & Mrs. S. B. Sandlin, Jr. inspect a heavy seed head of Autauga reseeding Crimson clover. It is evident that a good seed yield is expected here. This will be the first Autauga crimsom to be combined for seed in Webster Parish. Seeded on Nov. 10, 1949 with 12 pounds of seed. Fertilized with 1 ton of lime, 1000 pound rock phosophorus, 150 pounds muriate of potash, 15 pounds Borax per acre. LA-61-869.
Date: April 21, 1950
Creator: Loftin, L. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of L. L. Loftin, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Technician, stands in excellent growth of common & Autauga crimson clover and sericea lespedeza. Seeded to sericea in 1947 and fertilized with 300 pounds of 4-8-4 fertilizer. Phosphated in the spring of 1949 with 400 pounds of superphosphate. Seeded to 5 pounds of Artauga and 15 pounds of common crimson clover in October, 1949. The sericea does not appear to be damaged. Soil Unit 6-UC. LA-61-871.
Date: April 21, 1950
Creator: Hofmeistar, F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.TP0392.0568]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: April 1, 1949
Creator: 3rd Party
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a Soil Conservation Services technician examines white Dutch clover in a field of oats. The field will keep the oat and clover crop for 2 years, planted to rice for 1 year and then returned to oats and clover again for 2 years. It was rice last year, the yield being 12 barrels an acre. This is part of a coordinated soil conservation program. Oats spotted because of poor drainage and damage from a freeze. LA-61, 484.
Date: April 29, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph ofthe little daughter of owner, Janel Mouton, picks white Dutch clover blossoms to show how the clover grows along with oats in this 30-acre improved pasture. After 2 years of improved pasture, the field will be planted to rice for 1 year, then back to oats and clover. In this field, oats were grazed from January 1 to mid-March. Improved pastures fertilized with 150 pounds of nitrate of soda. This is all part of a coordinated soil conservation program which also includes a drainage system designed by Soil Conservation Service technicians assigned to the Soil Conservation District. LA-61, 479.
Date: April 29, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of improved permanent pasture of oats, Kobe lespedeza and white Dutch clover, with the farmstead in the background from its prior state of unimproved pasture of inferior vegetation. Oats were planted in the fall of 1947, clover planted on November 15, 1947 and lespedeza planted in late February 1948. Oats fertilized with 200 pounds of super-phosphate and 100 poundsof nitrate of soda per acre. See LA-61, 482 – 485. LA-61, 481
Date: April 29, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History