Resource Type

[Photograph 2012.201.B1211.0692]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "In the spotlight for the Women's Open are beth stone, right, the home town favorite."
Date: July 2, 1970
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0301B.0518]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Girls Nation Bound are LaVena Park, Enid, bottom step Jane Bailey, El Reno, and Mrs. Clarence Hunnicutt, top, state president of the American Legion auxiliary."
Date: July 30, 1953
Creator: King, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0297B.0436]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The huge Veterans Administration hospital sits atop a hill in Honor Heights park, in the northwest edge of Muskogee."
Date: July 16, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1020.0555]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Commissioner Carl Pierceall of Muskogee said he tested public sentiment on the question by attending two different public hearings where the user's fee was discussed."
Date: July 9, 1984
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1048.0349]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Traing school for African American Girls."
Date: July 27, 1937
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1008.0063]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Trooper Gerald Parsons, 30, Warner, was listed in satisfactory condition at the Muskogee General Hospital after receiving a shotgun blast to the face, resulting in facial wounds, during a wild shootout south of Muskogee with tow armed robbery suspects."
Date: July 1, 1977
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1030.0500]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: July 25, 1977
Creator: Reed, Monty
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1095.0233]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Runing back Harry Roberts of Muskogee, shown here looking for open spaces, scored the only touchdown of the game as his East team toppled the West Friday night, 6-3."
Date: July 30, 1982
Creator: Hoke, Doug
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1211.0090]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "House Majority Leader Carl Albert, right, appears with Gene Stipe at latter's trial."
Date: July 17, 1968
Creator: Wood, Tony
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1048.0350]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Traing school for African American Girls."
Date: July 27, 1937
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1217.0587]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Services celebrating 21 years of service to the Tabernacle Baptist Church, 515 NE 3, by Rev. E. Jennings Perry will conclude on Sunday with a sermon by Rev. J. L. Strauther of Muskogee, pictured."
Date: July 26, 1975
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1175.0135]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Fair warning is given motorists at parking lot of Grace Episcopal Church at Muskogee."
Date: July 25, 1975
Creator: Coffee, Ivy
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1219.0282]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Demonstrating a strip map holder which they invented are Mr. and Mrs. Price Sudderth, Muskogee"
Date: July 24, 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1138.0488]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A $218 million state budget written ad balanced is a long, tedious task but one finally accomplished Friday."
Date: July 3, 1959
Creator: Cobb, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1180.0677]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "What looks to wtnesses from the ground as a giant human snowflake at Muskogee's airport is an apparent freefall skydiving record."
Date: July 7, 1986
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1215.1253]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "James W. Stevenson"
Date: July 28, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Checking Tall Corn

Photograph of Nolan Denton, WUC, Muskogee, Oklahoma, checking "tall corn" - Class I land, Soil Unit 4 BO. This corn following 2 years of fescue, soil is in excellent physical condition.
Date: July 1, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Proper Land Use

Photograph of productive soil maintained and improved on a 2% slope by use of conservation practices. Land is terraced and contour farmed and crops are rotated. Soil improving crops are used regularly. The crop of oats, now on the land show lodging because of excessive rainfall as did practically 100% of all small grain in the district in 1957. Oats were 5 feet high and promised a good yield when the rains started. Soil Unit 6CP.
Date: July 26, 1957
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tall Corn Field

Photograph of Nolan Benton, WUC, Muskogee, Oklahoma, checking "tall corn" Class I land, Soil Unit is 4 BO. This corn following 2 years of fescue, soil is in excellent physical condition.
Date: July 1, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Farming

Photograph of SCS personnel explaining contour farming and crop rotation to African-American farmers. OK-5502.
Date: July 13, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Farming

Photograph of Mr. Ramsey, owner, conferring with Mr. Badwick, tenant, on contour-planted cotton field. Sudan strip visible in the background. [OK ID no. illegible].
Date: July 19, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Farming

Photograph of strip cropping with Lespedeza, soy beans and corn. Unterraced field. This view is to be compared with OKLA 5310, which shows a nearby field which has the same soil and is about the same slope, but which is planted in straight rows up and down the slopes and the cotton is very poor, as, in this season of very slight rainfall, what did fall was kept on the contour-farmed field, but was lost on the other. OK-5311.
Date: July 19, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of the Culton boys at well in which the water level has risen 6 to 8 feet in the last two years since terraces were built and contour farming has been practiced. OK-5296.
Date: July 19, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Warner-Borum-Warner Farm. The large farm pond here is almost the only available water supply for a large herd of cattle during severe dry spells. Mr. Borum and his son are on the horses. OK-5294.
Date: July 19, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History