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Johnny Bitness, Johnny Blevins, and Wilbur Hadley Using Pull-Type Combines to Harvest Sideoats Grama

Photograph of Johnny Bitness and Johnny Blevins using pull-type combines to harvest sideoats grama for the Caney Valley Soil Conservation District. A third man, Wilbur Hadley is operating the machine directly behind Blevins' combine. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Johnny Bitness, 2. Johnny Blevins, 3. Wilber Hadley. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pull-type combines harvesting sideoats grama grass for the Caney Valley Soil Conservation District. Johnny Bitness drives the combine at the left, Johnny Blevins the one at the right. Behind Blevins' machine is another operated by Wilbur Hadley of Wann, Okla. All three operators are hired by the district."
Date: August 26, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History