Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Fort Gibson dam, located on the Grand river 12 miles northeast of Muskogee, is more than 15 percent complete."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The lower picture shows the mixer's instrument panel, from which one man operates the huge piece of machinery."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The lean muskogee injun rambled 19 yards on the game's first play and the South hasn't stopped him till yet."

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The writers of the zany "Cement Mixer" song never saw a mixer like the one pictured above or their tune would have been "cement mixer, rumble, rumble" instead of "putsy, putsy."

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

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: ". . . Style shows in John Fink's brim-down hat like it does in the Muskogeean's swing . . . ."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Paul "Buddy" Burris - Muskogee - football - O U"

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

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Clair Mayes / Muskogee - Athlete"

Photograph of a R. C. Lindsey kneeling in a field of Ladino clover and oats. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Ladino clover covers the ground as Lindsey kneels to examine it. The surrounding crop is oats.”

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "New training school for African American girls near completion at Taft."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "F. N. Shoemake, Muskogee-directing Camp Barkeley's dismantling program"

Photograph of the modern farm home of L.A. Rounds. OK-9485.

Group of individuals standing in front of brick wall, written on back of original, "Congregation of St. Phillip's Church, Muskogee, Easter, 1947, 6 a.m. Lay reader - Robert S. McKee, Grace Church, Muskogee, Acting Vicar - Paul Palmer".

Photograph of Angus bulls grazing in a pasture of yellow hop clover and Bermudagrass. A former, almost healed, gully is visible in the center of the field is almost healed. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Angus bulls make a pleasing picture standing in good pasture where yellow hop clover and Bermuda grass provide quality grazing. The gully, now almost healed, once was exceptionally deep and rugged. The barn in the background holds hay cut from an adjacent area for winter feed."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Clair Mayes Muskogee shot putter"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "This is Clair Mayes, the Muskogee muscle-man, who Saturday set a new Oklahoma schoolboy shotput mark of 55 feet 2 1/2 inches."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Clair Mayes / Muskogee athlete"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Members of the state aviation commission who Tuesday named Eldon Stout, Pryor, Oklahoma aviation director, are left to right: Clarence Burch, secretary; Jack Long, antlers; Lloyd Catlin, Oklahoma City; Dewey Mauk, Blackwell; A. W. Hays, Muskogee, chairman; Guy H. Thrash, Ada; Byron Boone, Tulsa; J. C. Kennedy, Lawton."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Clair Mayes / Muskogee athlete"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Clair Mayes Muskogee athlete"