Photograph of military service members from the 1894 Aviation Engineer Battalion moving equipment using a crane. One service member is positioned in front of a tire with their back to the camera. In the distance, a group of service members stand off the to the right of the crane's arm.

Photograph of wind and water erosion control on peanut field. Contour strip crops of soy beans (4 rows wide) with 8 rows of peanuts in intervals. Peanuts have been dug and lay in shanks for curing. TX-41, 844.

Photograph of four soldiers, three are holding children. The front of the photo reads "The Men and children of 767 Elm St." In the front of the group, in the center, is Ted Putnam.

Photograph of Sericea lespedeza. The grass is cut and raked in windrows on 4 acres of an idle, cultivated field, which was seeded at the rate of 25 pounds per acre on June 10, 1942 with a cyclone seeder. The field was flattened, disked and harrowed. Three and one half acres were fertilized with 200 pounds of 20% phosphate per acre and the seed bed packed with a cultipacker. Seeds were covered with a second rolling of the cultipacker. A severe drought in 1943 prevented all but one hay crop. Freddie Brown, the District Supervisor, estimated that he harvested 1.5 tons of hay per acre for a total of 6 tons. One hay crop in 1944 yielded 8 tons. A seed crop will be harvested later this year. One-half acre was left unphosphated at the time of seeding for a field test. The area phosphate yielded 50% more hay than the untreated area. Soil is very infertile. Adjacent land sodded to Bermuda grass in June and July, 1942 is living but making no growth whatever. L to R: Maynard Collins, Freddie Brown and John Moberly. OK-8961.

Photograph of Sericea lespedeza. The grass is cut and raked in windrows on 4 acres of an idle, cultivated field, which was seeded at the rate of 25 pounds per acre on June 10, 1942 with a cyclone seeder. The field was flattened, disked and harrowed. Three and one half acres were fertilized with 200 pounds of 20% phosphate per acre and the seed bed packed with a cultipacker. Seeds were covered with a second rolling of the cultipacker. A severe drought in 1943 prevented all but one hay crop. Freddie Brown, the District Supervisor, estimated that he harvested 1.5 tons of hay per acre for a total of 6 tons. One hay crop in 1944 yielded 8 tons. A seed crop will be harvested later this year. One-half acre was left unphosphated at the time of seeding for a field test. The area phosphate yielded 50% more hay than the untreated area. Soil is very infertile. Adjacent land sodded to Bermuda grass in June and July, 1942 is living but making no growth whatever. L to R: Maynard Collins, Freddie Brown and John Moberly. OK-8960.

Photograph of a group of African American women seated in a reading room at the Negro War Recreation Council Building and bus depot, located in the former city market building at 702-14 East Avenue (now I-35). The group is seated in a "U" shape, facing a woman seated at a the head table. Books, a four-drawer card file, magazines, and a radio line the back wall. On the wall there is a war bond poster which reads: "Don't let that shadow touch them, Buy WAR BONDS", where the "shadow" is in the shape of a swastika and three children cower in its wake. There is a wall-mounted electric fan to the right of the war bond poster, and a fur coat hangs on a coat hook on the left window wall. A hand-made poster on a window at the back reads: "ATTENTION, Have you written a Letter home to-day? Writing facilities may be obtained at the information desk. Books and Magazines are available in the office for SERVICE MEN."

Photograph of the interior of the Negro War Recreation Council Building, located at 702-14 East Avenue (now I-35) in the former city market building, showing a group of African Americans, including 3 women and 3 soldiers in uniform. Four of the women and men are seated in couples at a table, while the remaining soldier is sitting on the table as the woman stands in front of it. All of the women are nicely dressed; one has a fur collar and hat, and one has flowers in her hair. The building, which also served as a bus depot, has several wooden benches, roughly constructed of lumber. Several of the windows to the rear of the photograph are decoratively painted with stars, patriotic shields and the letter "V". Three single glass globe pendant light fixtures are visible hanging from the open vaulted ceiling. The market building was originally constructed as a 1935 Public Works Administration (PWA) project, which opened in June 1935.

Photograph of John Vitola and another soldier standing together in front of the plywood wall of a quarters. The men are wearing U.S. Army uniforms and garrison caps. Vitola drapes his left arm over the other man's shoulder.

Photograph of two marines using a Japanese cart. One stands behind the cart to push it and the other is sat in the cart with a gun in his hands.

Photograph of the Negro War Recreation Council Headquarters building, a concrete frame building located at 702-14 East Avenue (now I-35) in the former city market, repurposed as a bus depot and recreation building for African American soldiers. The windows are 6/6 configuration, many of which are decoratively painted with stars, patriotic shields and the letter "V". The 5-panel double wooden entrance doors, at the center of the photograph, each have painted or decal flags on the second horizontal panel from the top. The sign above the doors reads: "HEADQUARTERS, SUB-BUS STATION, NEGRO WAR RECREATION COUNCIL". To the left of the doors sits a 1930s-era sedan, and to the left of that is a ground-mounted sign that reads: "SUB-BUS STATION for COLORED SOLDIERS". There is a large flag pole, without a flag, visible to the rear of photograph. A wooden bench sits in front of the right building bay. There are several suitcases on the bench, and an overcoat appears to be draped over some of them. The market building was originally constructed as a 1935 Public Works Administration (PWA) project, which opened in June 1935.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Capitol Hill's Redskins, the class of Oklahoma high school cage circles, roared into their first state championship in nine years Saturday."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "North Canadian Rover Bridge on U S 62 - east of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla. View east showing roadway."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lorraine Bridges -- movie actress--formerly of Okla. City."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "One of the sturdier members of the Oklahoma City Boxing club team which takes on the best Golden Glovers of northeast Oklahoma in Tulsa Wednesday night is Howard Carr."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Claire Gans,City"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The army will be pulling for Tommy Georgino when the Oklahoma City-Kansas City Golden Gloves duel unfolds at Municipal auditorium Tuesday night."

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

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Lt. (J. G.) Earl F. Crowder, (former University of Oklahoma football star,) now a flotilla commander on duty at the U. S. Naval Amphibious Training Base, at Fort Pierce, Florida, purchases $11,000 in war bonds by investing the proceeds from sale of a farm tract near his home at Cherokee, Oklahoma Lt. (JG) Crowder, right, receives the bonds from Capt. C. Gulbranson, U. S. N., Base Commanding Officer, left, and congratulations on making the largest cash purchase in U. S. N. A. T. B. history, as he gives his check for $8,250 to Ensign Robert F. Beck, center, Base War Bond Officer."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "thought a referee was necessary at this conference of trade journal representatives."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "John W. Harreld, 78, Oklahoma's first Republican U.S. senator, died Tuesday noon in home, 3233 N Harvey parkway, following a heart attack."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "John W. Harreld, City, Repub. elect. Nominee"