Resource Type

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of H. H. Bannett, chief of Soil Conservation Service looks at grass and other debris suspended on telephone wires during record-breaking floods during May, 2013, on the Arkansas River. Flood waters were 14 feet deep over the permanent at this location. OK-8535.
Date: May 30, 1943
Creator: Hammett, J.W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Harry N. Chambers, OK State Conservationist is shown with his foot on top of fence post nearly buried in sand and silt deposited during the record breaking floods along the Canadian River between May 10 and May 26, 1943. From lands shown in the background were once operated as a nursery by the Soil Conservation Service. OK-8538.
Date: May 30, 1943
Creator: Hammett, J.W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully Erosion

Photograph of severe gully erosion.
Date: May 15, 1940
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farm Work

Photograph of workers fertilizing a field with manure before planting watermelon.
Date: March 14, 1940
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Outside View of a Motor Repair Maintenance Shop Being Used as a Temporary Seed Drying and Storage Facility

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men taking seed out of a truck and placing it in a motor repair maintenance shop used as a temporary seed drying and storage facility. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Truckload of bluestem seed unloads in one of several motor repair maintenance shops which the Soil Conservation Service used to store seed so that it would dry."
Date: October 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) 315

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 315, 4-4-0, Muskogee, OK.
Date: May 1940
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) 377

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 377, 4-6-2, on passenger train, Muskogee, OK.
Date: May 26, 1940
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) 388

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 388, 4-6-2, on a passenger train, Muskogee, OK.
Date: May 21, 1940
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) 659

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 659, 2-8-0 (BLW), Muskogee, OK.
Date: June 3, 1940
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) 734

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 734, 2-8-2, Muskogee, OK.
Date: May 27, 1940
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) 886

A photograph print showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 866, 2-8-2, Muskogee, OK.
Date: April 29, 1940
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 629

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" (SLSF) 629, 4-6-0 (Alco), Muskogee, OK (Ex: KCFS&M 629)
Date: May 24, 1940
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 735

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" (SLSF) 735, 4-6-0, Muskogee, OK.
Date: May 9, 1940
Creator: Fowler, E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History