Resource Type

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a control plot, Red Plains Experiment station. Average annual soil loss from the Bermuda grass plot, bare hard fallow plot and de-surfaced plot. About 10 inches of the surface soilwas removed from the de-surfaced area in 1929 when the experiment was started. This area has been planted to continuous cotton with rows up an down the slope. OK-3348.
Date: December 1940
Creator: Elwell, H. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0150]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "As the picture above (taken just five days after the run) shows, the various parts of Guthrie consisted principally of a tent city during the early weeks."
Date: November 13, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0351.0470]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Next Thursday brings another anniversary of "the run" in 1889."
Date: November 13, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Guthrie High School Class of 1916

Photograph of the Guthrie High School Class of 1915's Reunion, Guthrie, OK, August 17, 1940. Photo by Armantrout Studio, Guthrie, OK.
Date: August 17, 1940
Creator: Armantrout Studio
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of old vegetation at the Red Plains Experiment Station. The old vegetation, after moving mature grass plants, provided a mulch which reduces erosion. This mulch creates a silt deposit and attention is called to the young grss seedlings which are emerging. This is important on badly eroded abandoned areas which are being revegetated. OK-8349.
Date: July 23, 1940
Creator: Elwell, H. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0240.0104]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: May 31, 1940
Creator: Rucker, Tom
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erosion Control

Photograph of residue from sweet clover in gully control. Clover has lain in gully during winter months and helped to hold moisture and prevent washing of seeds. Clover first seeded in gully in 1936 after sloping of gully banks. Voluntary growth has been maintained each following season. Near Guthrie, Logan Co., OK. Photo by Elvin W. Jenkins, March 11, 1940.
Date: March 11, 1940
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0349.0629]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: January 26, 1940
Creator: Cauthen, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fire Department

Photograph of a neighborhood Fire Station, Guthrie, OK.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Bryan, Al
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Guthrie City Police Department

Photograph of nine UNIDENTIFIED members of the Guthrie City Police Department, Guthrie, OK.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Bryan, Al
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Guthrie Theatre

Photograph of the exterior of the Guthrie Theatre, Guthrie, OK.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Bryan Photo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Guthrie Theatre

Photograph of the interior of the Guthrie Theatre, Guthrie, OK.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Bryan Photo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Guthrie Theatre

Photograph of the rear exterior of the Guthrie Theatre, Guthrie, OK.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Bryan Photo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Guthrie Theatre

Photograph of the interior of the Guthrie Theatre, Guthrie, OK.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Bryan Photo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Santa Fe (ATSF) Wreck

A photograph print showing Santa Fe freight train wreck north of Lawrie, OK.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Graves, Ralph L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

State Theatre

Photograph of the exterior of the State Theatre, after remodeling, Guthrie, OK.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Bryan Photo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

State Theatre

Photograph of the interior of the State Theatre, after remodeling, Guthrie, OK.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Bryan Photo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History