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BASEMENT BOX 67.0428

Photograph taken at night of firefighters extinguishing a building fire while crowd watches. Caption: "$100,000 Fire Sweeps Lawton First Baptist Church"
Date: December 7, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.1033]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A toppled vehicle and an improperly fastened trailer lie in a field in the 6100 block of N I-35 after jackknifing and throwing the family inside 20 to 30 feet before landing Wednesday."
Date: June 7, 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0319.0154]

Photograph is a head shot of a man in a baseball jersey. Caption: "Arnold Earley"
Date: July 7, 1967
Creator: Derby, Paul
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.0991]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Looks Deceiving Even though this car overturned in a two-vehicle collision at I-35 and SE 22 in rush-hour traffic Wednesday morning, Highway Patrol troopers said there were no serious injuries."
Date: May 7, 1980
Creator: Klock, Roger
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 66.0428

Photograph of firefighters working to control a fiery blaze. Caption: "Firemen pour water on Springlake Amusement Park fire."
Date: June 7, 1974
Creator: Carter, J. Pat
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.1009]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Rock Island work crews attempt this morning to straighten one of eight cars of a freight which derailed Sunday near NW 6 and Meridian."
Date: February 7, 1979
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0423.0183]

Photograph is a head shot of a man in a baseball uniform with his hat low to block the sun. he is smiling and has something inside his mouth showing in his cheek.
Date: September 7, 1930
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 66.0427

Photograph taken at night of firefighters managing a smoldering building fire with fire hoses. Caption: "Smoke billows and flames leap skyward as Oklahoma City firemen attempt to bring fire at Springlake Amusement Park under control Friday."
Date: June 7, 1947
Creator: Carter, Randy
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[2012.201.B0960B.0130]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mike Schoenberger of the Oklahoma City Police Department puts Rommel through his paces." Image is of a man in a police uniform bending over to adjust a German Sheppard dog's collar. The dog is sitting upright. They are both in a field.
Date: September 7, 1985
Creator: Wilson, George R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cover Crop Broomcorn

Photograph of snow in Broomcorn stalks, soil unit (12-AB) Dalhart loamy fine sand; stubble had limited pasturing.
Date: January 7, 1957
Creator: Murphy, Ralph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) selections being grown in a native grass nursery at the Woodward Experiment Station. OK-163-10.
Date: October 7, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Towns and Cities of Oklahoma

Photograph of the city of Stilwell, OK, from the Davis Mountains. OK-1606-1.
Date: October 7, 1961
Creator: Warth, Peter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a native grass planting. Native grass planting made on conservation reserve land. It was seeded in the spring of 1957 and was sprayed in the spring of 1958 for weed control. This area is now almost completely free of any weeds. OK-639-5.
Date: August 7, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of brush control. This area was sprayed on May 12, 1958 with a 2-4-5TP herbicide for the control of shinnery, mesquite and sage brush. This spraying was carried out under the Great Plains Conservation Project. OK-635-6.
Date: August 7, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Lee R. Carlton, work Unit Conservationist [WUC], Talihina, examining a field of lovegrass (erogratis curvula) and Sericea lespedeza. The mixture was planted on April 19, 1955 and fertilized with 100 pounds of 10-20-10 and 200 pounds of 0-20-0 fertilizers. Mowed on June 10, 1955 at 15 bales per acre. Potato Hill, 6 d, drouthy soil. This is an introductory planting of weeping lovegrass in this area. It looks promising. OK-72-10.
Date: July 7, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Indiangrass

Photograph of Indiangrass in a grass nursery at Woodward Experiment Station.
Date: October 7, 1955
Creator: Gamble, Maurice D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Clarence Sittel

Photograph of Clarence Sittel checking on seeding operations with two workers on the Ward Ranch.
Date: July 7, 1954
Creator: Gamble, Maurice D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Awards

Photograph of Cletus White displaying the Goodyear Award he received for being the outstanding conservation farmer in the Comanche County Conservation District. Others in the picture are Mrs. White and son and Mike Walker, a Goodyear Co. representative. OK-4957-11.
Date: November 7, 1972
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Livestock (and Grasses)

Photograph of livestock water. Commercial hereford cattle watering from a stock pond. Slope in the background is former cropland that has been reinvigorated with native bluestem and weeping love grass. OK-1559-9.
Date: February 7, 1962
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Little Bluestem Plant

Photograph of an up-close shot of little bluestem taken as the seed is about ripe. The back of the photograph proclaims, "One plant of little bluestem taken as the seed is about rips. This plant was about three and a half feet tall."
Date: October 7, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Waterway Sodded In Bermudagrass

Photograph of a waterway sodded with Bermudagrass in the spring of 1955 and again with an automatic sprigger on June 16, 1955, with 150 pounds of 16-20-0 per acre on Jas. A. Logan Farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Looking north up waterway sodded in Bermudagrass spring of 1955. Sodded on June 16, 1955, with automatic Sprigger, with 150 lbs. of 16-20-0 per acre."
Date: September 7, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

M. H. Fariss, Jr. and John Murphy’s Fence Line

Photograph of a crude barbed wire fence separating and showing the contrast between M. H. Fariss, Jr. and John Murphy's land. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Fence line contrast between M. H. Fariss, Jr. and John Murphy. Native ranges, mixed upland sites. Contrast between excellent condition and fair condition. Difference between well managed range and one not managed so well."
Date: September 7, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass Growth in a Roadside Ditch

Photograph of grass growing in a roadside ditch. This particular road was resection in early 1959. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Roadside ditch showing growth of grass. Roadside was resectioned [sic] early in year 1959."
Date: July 7, 1959
Creator: Davis, T. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wheat Field and Oil Wells

Photograph of a wheat field, with oil wells in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Wheat field on Kirkland Renfro [sic] complex with oil wells and rangeland in background."
Date: July 7, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History