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[Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Attends a Reception]
Photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz attending a reception in honor of J. B. Pinheiro, Acting Consul General of Brazil. Officers Club, Presidio of San Francisco, California. Nimitz stands on the left by the door in a black suit and tie. He is standing in line with a group of men in uniforms and women in formal dresses and heels.
Date:
March 11, 1949
Creator:
United States. Army
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Points At a Map]
Photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, United Nations Plebiscite Administrator for Jammu-Kashmir, pointing to a map in the office of Trygve Lie, U.N. Secretary General. Fleet Adm. Nimitz wears a dark Navy uniform with a white undershirt, a dark tie, six buttons on the front, ribbon bars pinned above his pocket, four stripes with a big band and a star on the sleeves. Trygve Lie stands to Adm. Nimitz's right in a dark double breasted suit jacket, a white undershirt and a striped tie.
Date:
March 28, 1949
Creator:
United States. Navy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
1949 Okeene Rattlesnake Hunt-Snake Bite
Photograph of Jr George Dusbabek bitten April 24, 1949, at Okeene Rattlesnake Roundup with Hugh Davis.
Date:
April 24, 1949
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
1949 Jack & Shirley Schwartz Wedding
Photograph of the wedding party of Jack & Shirley (Reisig) Schwartz, June 30, 1949, St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Okeene. L-R, unknown, George Nault, Jack Schwartz, Shirley (Reisig) Schwartz, Victor Resisig, unknown, Alice (Reisig) Hendricks.
Date:
June 30, 1949
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
1949 Graduate Students
Photo of the 1949 ten graduate students. Five males and five females. Panel typing: "1949 R.1. Robert McLaren - Paul Elmenhorst - Frank Whinery - Richard McLaren - Joe Elmenhorst R.2. Verna Lee Smith - Lois Higdon - Theresa Downey - Rosalie Husmann - Dolores Cooksey."
Date:
1949
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rectory 1949
Photo of a two-story house from the front. Panel typing: "Rectory after second story was added. In 1949 to make room for the present church and rectory the building was sold and moved to the S.E. corner of U.S. 66 and Grimes Ave. was torn down. Years later it to the S.E. corner of U.S. 66 and Grimes Ave. was torn down."
Date:
1949
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
1949--1950 Men's Basketball Team
School basketball team photo with the boys in uniform and two coaches. The gear has a bird symbol on the right. The coach on the left have a letterman's jacket on with an "E." Panel typing: "1949--1950 R. 1. Raymond Dill - Phil Walch - Don Corwin - Bob Elrnenhorst Jim Higdon - Robert LeGate - Franklin Gerber - Tom Maher Harry Farris R. 2. Frank Meyer - Bob Wolf - Tom Williams - Andrew Wolf John Menz - Dan Taylor - Kelly O'Connor."
Date:
1949/1950
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Presentation of Scrapbook to Teacher]
Photograph of a young girl presenting a scrapbook to Mrs. Sims McCutchan, Jr. (Miss Johnnie). The picture ran in the Marshall News Messenger on 1/23/49 accompanying an article about the presentation of the scrapbook, which contained drawings and poems by South Marshall School 5th & 6th graders before Mrs. McCutchan left to teach at Sam Houston School. Mary Ann Simmons made the presentation and Harold Collier looked on. The photograph was taken in the Girl Scout room at the city park, identified in the article as the Maverick Corral, where the students had been housed during the fall 1948 semester.Mrs. McCutchan wrote notes on the back explaining the context. Attached on the back is a form used by the newspaper for processing the photo.
Date:
1949
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mrs. Johnnie McCutchan School Portraits, 1949-50]
Strip of four identical portraits of Mrs. Johnnie McCutchan, smiling broadly. Printed beneath each is the caption "School Days, 1949-50." Printed in ink on back: "Miss Johnnie."
Date:
1949/1950
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sam Houston Elementary School Class Picture, Marshall, Texas, 1949-50]
Group photograph of a class of Sam Houston Elementary School students, posed in four rows on steps in front of the school. One teacher, Mrs. Sims McCutchan, Jr. (Miss Johnnie), stands on the far left, and an unidentified teacher stands on the right.
Date:
1949/1950
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sam Houston Elementary School, Marshall, Texas, Classroom with students and teacher, 1949]
Photograph taken in a classroom of Sam Houston elementary school in Marshall, Texas showing students, some sitting at desks and others standing in back with their music teacher, Mrs. Sims McCutchan, Jr. in the very back. The walls are of painted horizontal boards, with three multipaned windows with curtains and above those windows, just under the ceiling, three smaller, horizontal windows. A blackboard with Christmas greetings and decorations is on the other visible wall. The desks are old desks with cast iron frames with desk on one side and folding bench on the other. Between two of the windows, examples of students' art work are mounted, and "Girl Scout Laws" hang between the other windows. An empty desk in the front right of the photo shows the book shelf under the desk surface and what appears to be a book bag hanging from the corner of the iron frame. An unidentified male, possibly another teacher, is seated in front of Mrs. McCutchan. On the back of the photograph Mrs. McCutchan wrote: "1949, I was transferred to Sam Houston School to teach only music classes in grades 8 classes of music from 3rd through 7th grades."
Date:
1949
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plot 186 Range Cover Evaluation In Controlling Soil Splash
Photograph of Plot 186 range cover evaluation in controlling soil splash. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range cover evaluation on plot 186, if sand dropseed on Rolling Red Plains deep heavy upland in poor condition, was 49% effective in controlling soil splash. The ruler inserted beneath the cover shows that 42% of the ground surface is shielded by forage and litter.”
Date:
November 30, 1949
Creator:
Osborn, Ben
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Owl Creek Detention Reservoir Site #2
Photograph of an aerial shot of Owl Creek Detention Reservoir site #2 and the surrounding area. A barn or miscellaneous building sits alone located at the center right background of photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Ok-SCD-13-Wa.2. Site No. 2. Owl Creek Detention Reservoir. This photo was taken when heavy rains of May 18 reached peak flow at this reservoir which was empty before rain. The water reached one feet over lip. Farm land below would have flooded but for Detention Reservoir.”
Date:
May 19, 1949
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
North Side of Rock Island Railroad Bridge After 18 May 1949 Flood
Photograph of an aerial shot of a flooded Rock Island Railroad bridge and surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Approach to North side of Rock Island railroad bridge – track washed out after the flood of May 18, 1949.”
Date:
May 19, 1949
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Drop Inlet Above Detention Reservoir #1 Cloud Creek Watershed
Photograph of an aerial shot of a drop inlet above Detention Reservoir #1 on the Cloud Creek Watershed. A barn and a few smaller buildings are located in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Drop inlet on Cloud Creek watershed operating after a 4.6 inch rain in 4 hours. This drop inlet is above Detention Reservoir #1. Very little of the one inch flood storage was used. A 48 inch pip is through the dam and the 280 acre drainage area had good land treatment on it.”
Date:
May 18, 1949
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Aftermath of May 18, 1949 Flood on Oklahoma State Highway #81
Photograph of an aerial shot of the Washita River flooding a portion of State Highway No. 81. Several buildings are visible along Highway 81 close to the river. The back of the photo proclaims, “Oklahoma State Highway No. 81 after the May 18, 1949 flood. See Okla-10-054; 053.”
Date:
May 19, 1949
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Aftermath of May 18, 1949 Flood on Oklahoma State Highway #81
Photograph of an aerial shot of the Washita River flooding a portion of State Highway 81. Note that several buildings are visible in this photograph with a few of them being at risk of being or was flooded. Furthermore, the bridge is completely flooded by the Washita River making travel impossible. The back of the photo proclaims, “Approach to bridge – State Highway No. 81, after flood of May 18, 1949 on the Washita.”
Date:
May 19, 1949
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge Buffalo
Photograph of three buffalo standing in a field located in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The back of the photograph proclaims, “A part of the Buffalo herd in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge, Lawton, Okla. This is the second largest herd of buffalo on the continent. The buffalo was the department store of the plains Indian, supplying them with practically all their needs. When the millions of buffalo that roamed the prairies were exterminated there were a few small herds saved and those have now grown to some 22,000 in North American game preserves.“
Date:
September 29, 1949
Creator:
Postlethwaite, Hermann
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cotton Field Enclosed in Effective Windbreaks on Frank Babeck's Farm
Photograph of John Logan, Farm Forester, and his dog kneeling in a forty-acre cotton field enclosed by effective windbreaks on Frank Babeck's farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Forty-Acre cotton field enclosed by effective windbreaks. This is on the Frank Babeck farm 3 miles East of Willow, Okla. John Logan, Farm Forester, is the man in the picture.”
Date:
September 27, 1949
Creator:
Postlethwaite, Hermann
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Aerial Shot of Partially Completed Pattern of Windbreaks in Development Since 1939
Photograph of an aerial shot of partially completed pattern of windbreaks in development since 1939. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Partially completed pattern of windbreaks in the Dill area, North Fork of Red River Soil Conservation District, Oklahoma. Note the farmstead windbreaks planted in conjunction with the more extensive field windbreaks. An effective farmstead is soon in the center protecting the Blanton farm. This community pattern has been in the process of development since 1939.”
Date:
September 26, 1949
Creator:
Postlethwaite, Hermann
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
UNIDENTIFED Man Standing In A Cornfield Planted With Vetch
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man standing in a cornfield planted with vetch. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Corn following 4 crops of vetch. Land prepared for alfalfa last fall – too dry – so corn planted this spring. Vetch was used for pasture. Cut for hay one year yielding 70 bales per acre. Says vetch good pasture and will graze on head per acre during favorable growing season of fall or spring. Johnson grass killed with one deep and one shallow planting in dry weather.”
Date:
July 9, 1949
Creator:
Bachman, A. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Drop Inlet Site No. F1 on Upper Whiteshield Watershed
Photograph of an aerial shot of Upper Whiteshield Watershed drop inlet site No F1 and the surrounding area. A few houses are visible on the top of the photograph, with C. A. Boomer, living in the house on the top of the picture. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Upper Whiteshield Watershed OK-SCD-4 Wa.2. Drop inlet site No. F1 controll [sic] overfall to protect conservation system. Drainage area 290 acres. 60 acres pasture remaining cultivated. Medium textured upland soil. All mechanical conservation measures have been applied. 5,200 Cu. yds. in fill. 36” asbestos boned corrugated pipe. 70 foot emergency spillway on this side. .8” storage in permanent pool and .6” storage in flood pool. Drop inlet is 8 ft. below the emergency spillway. All the land in the background has conservation treatment applied on it. Dark area at the top of photo is 50 acres of second year sweetclover. This area is in Bales group. C. A. Boomer, leader, lives in the house in top of picture.”
Date:
May 26, 1949
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Roadside and Field Erosion Caused By Gully
Photograph of a large gully eating into a nearby field and dirt road. A house and body of water are located on the right side of photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Terraces emptying into roadside. Terraces built 10-12 years. Has cut road into. Gully ate back as far as 100’ as much as 25’ deep. Has moved fence back 100’ to 200’ and sodded end area to Bermudagrass.”
Date:
April 18, 1949
Creator:
Archer, Sellars G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Kenneth Yoakum and Bill Byman Discussing Sweetclover as a Soil Preservation Crop
Photograph of SCS technician Kenneth Yoakum and Bill Byman standing in a field and discussing sweetclover as a soil preservation crop. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Bill Byman, 2. Kenneth Yoakum. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Kenneth Yoakum, SCS technician, & Bill Byman discussing sweetclover as a soil preservation crop. There were no breaks in the 30 ac. of clover – all other terraces broke where land was clean tilled. 5” rain. Clover seed 1948. 1200 lbs. 20% superphosphate applied. Seed […]. Plans to harvest seed crop & row remainder of farm.”
Date:
July 1, 1949
Creator:
Lowe, S. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History