[Photograph 2012.201.B1044.0175]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Harry Payne makes his last collection from the drop box in front of the postoffice at Elk City."
Date: November 23, 1952
Creator: Boyett, Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0293B.0311]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A Sayre woman, Mrs. H. R. Holcom, felt she'd devised a plan to get it over with."
Date: November 28, 1965
Creator: Brown, Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Flood Control

Photograph of Jake Sweet, doing custom cotton stripping for Les Anderson on Johnny Ivester farm. No overflows permit smooth, even rows with uniform stand and good production. Under these conditions macheinery can be set for good operation.
Date: November 13, 1967
Creator: Connally, B. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0276.0378]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: November 20, 1935
Creator: Hart, Alphia O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of the contrast between two pastures. On the left, it has been heavily grazed. On the right it has had one year of protected grazing. OK-5945.
Date: November 17, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0957.0338]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This superior Oil rig on the No. 2 Nutley is typical of the equipment being used in the area."
Date: November 11, 1949
Creator: Jacoby's Photo Service
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0375.0190]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: November 16, 1948
Creator: Johnson, Bill
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0375.0191]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rich, black oil gushed from the middle of a bind farmer's cotton fields near here at sunrise the last Sunday in October."
Date: November 16, 1948
Creator: Johnson, Bill
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0375.0192]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: November 16, 1948
Creator: Johnson, Bill
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0375.0193]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: November 16, 1948
Creator: Johnson, Bill
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1073.0276]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mabel Rafferty, 75, Elk City, Okla."
Date: November 2, 1989
Creator: McDaniel, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1073.0277]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mabel Rafferty of Elk City shows one of her treasured abalone shells from California."
Date: November 2, 1989
Creator: McDaniel, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0276.0099]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Elk City's Laura Husband cheers for her team."
Date: November 11, 1966
Creator: Mooney, Hank
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0339.0317]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Demonstrating "hands across the border safety" Sgt A. L. Chilcote of the Texas highway patrol Amarillo division in charge of the Panhandle shakes hands trooper Leonard Kelsoe of Elk City as they stand in front of their patrol cars on the Oklahoma-Texas line."
Date: November 15, 1948
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Lightning Caused Fire]

Photograph of smoldering debris in field during daylight. Caption: "The ruins of 10,000 bales of Alfalfa, set afire by a bolt of lightning Sunday night, were still smoldering Tuesday on the Roy Wickham place, a mile east of Elk City."
Date: November 2, 1948
Creator: Pyer, Ronald
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0450]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Elk City and western Oklahoma is snowed under with cotton ..."
Date: November 2, 1948
Creator: Pyer, Ronald
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0319.0606]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "file photo"
Date: November 18, 1954
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1376.0579]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Charles M. Wilson"
Date: November 10, 1958
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1376.0580]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Charles M. Wilson"
Date: November 10, 1958
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1376.0581]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Charles M. Wilson"
Date: November 10, 1958
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1376.0582]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "J. "Young Howard" Edmondson, considered a political phenomenon by landing the Oklahoma governship at 33, is only 3 years younger than the man who'll be his mouthpiece in the state senate next session."
Date: November 10, 1958
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1376.0584]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Charles M. Wilson"
Date: November 10, 1958
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education

Photograph of F.E. LeGrand of Mayfield, Oklahoma, receiving a 1-gallon jug of Oklahoma rainwater from Leon J. McDonald, Assistant State Conservationist. In a contest to name Mr. Raindrop. Sponsored by the Soil Conservation Society of America and the Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman, Mr. LeGrand won with the name "Mr. Splash." OK-194-10.
Date: November 9, 1955
Creator: Whittington, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of F. E. LeGrand, Mayfield, Oklahoma, receiving a one-gallon jug of Oklahoma rainwater from Leon J. McDonald, Assistant State Conservationist. In a contest to name Mr. Raindrop, sponsored by the Soil Conservation Society of America and the Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman magazine, Mr. LeGrand won with the name “Mr. Splash.” OK-194-9.
Date: November 9, 1955
Creator: Whittington, Fred
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History