Photograph of Mr. Rowsey, owner, conferring with Mr. Sedwick, tenant, on contour planted cotton field. Sudan strip visible in background.

Photograph of SCS personnel explaining contour farming and crop rotation to African-American farmers. OK-5502.

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].

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.

Photograph of Earl Smith, SCS Agent, discussing the advantages of contour farming and strip cropping. OK-5299.

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.

Photograph of the J. M. Anthis farm, which shows, "Cotton, oats and corn planted on the contour in strips in a gently sloping field without the use of level terraces."

Photograph of George Mueller family and house. One of the better tenant houses and farmyards in eastern Oklahoma. OK-5307.

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.

Photograph of part of 230 acres taken out of cultivation, contour ridged and set to Bermuda grass, Muskogee Project. Photo by Richard W. Hufnagle, June 15, 1936.

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Football, Oklahoma Aggies"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sergt. John L. Hay - commander of Hat Box Field"

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "File Photo"

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "File Photo"

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "MUSKOGEE, Okla., April 6 - Newel A. Ellis, 52-year-old job printer, who seeks a seat in congress to represent the second Oklahoma District."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Muskogee - Airview"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Chimney Mountain, south of Muskogee, near the Honey Springs battlefield. It was near this elevation that the battle began on the prairie northeast of Oktaha, and served as an observation post for the Confederates."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Aviator Wiley Post at Hatbox Field in Muskogee, Okla. (Original date unknown, photo originally published in 1936, again in 1981)"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "F. N. Shoemake H. M. Legislator Muskogee County"