Caption says, "5-AL-1111. Soil and Moisture Conservation Program, W. C. Austin Project. View of part of Diversion Terrace No. 1, which will spread water which goes down old road in foreground. Altus Reservoir beyond the terrace."

Caption says, "5-AL-1114. Soil and Moisture Conservation Program, W. C. Austin Project. General view of Detention Dam No. 3, with dirt work completed. For a view of this area before work was started see photograph No. 5-AL-1103."

Caption says, "5-AL-1113. Soil and Moisture Conservation Program, W. C. Austin Project. Close-up view of Diversion Terrace No. 2, on west side of Altus Reservoir."

Caption says, "5-AL-1112. Soil and Moisture Conservation Program, W. C. Austin Project. General view of Diversion Terrace No. 2, which will spread water which runs off adjacent farm land so as to prevent erosion. Altus Reservation in distance."

Caption says, "5-AL-1108. Soil and Moisture Conservation Program, W. C. Austin Project. Workmen placing rip-rap on Detention Dam No. 2."

Caption says, "5-AL-1109. Soil and Moisture Conservation Program, W. C. Austin Project. General view of completed Detention Dam No. 2, located on west side of Altus Reservoir."

Caption says, "5-AL-1110. Soil and Moisture Conservation Program, W. C. Austin Project. Broadside view of completed Detention Dam No. 2, looking upstream. Dam will catch silt which has been coming down the draw into the Altus Reservoir."

Caption says, "5-AL-1107. Soil and Moisture Conservation Program, W. C. Austin Project. View of Detention Dam No. 1, complete except for rip-rapping located on west side of Altus Reservoir."

Caption says, "5-AL-1240. Cores from additional drain holes in gallery of Altus Dam. D-80.5 indicates location of hole. Box is 5' long."

Caption says, "5-AL-1241. Cores from additional drain holes in gallery of Altus Dam. D-45.5 indicates location of hole. Box is 5' long."

Caption says, "5-AL-1242. Cores from additional drain holes in gallery of Altus Dam. D-81.5 indicates location of hole. Box is 5' long."

Photograph of S. R. Gorrell on tractor and his UNNAMED son on the combine combining hairy vetch and barley mixture mixed with cotton. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. S. R. Gorrell, 2. UNNAMED S. R. Gorrell's Son. The back of the photograph proclaims, "S. R. Gorrell and son combining hairy vetch and barley mixture. Planted in cotton stalks, Oct. 1949."

Photograph of Austin Sisson, renter, shown with Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician, Bodie Wilson, in a wheat field fertilized with 150 pounds superphosphate fertilizer per acre. OK-9907.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Northeast junior-senior highschool's new cafeteria will be ready for occupancy in approcimately one month. Only interior finishing and installation of equipment remains. It has a separate dining room for teachers, a wall seperating the main dining hall from the steam table. Ceilings are Celotex; floor, asphalt tile. The kitchen has a walk-in refrigerator. Contract for the cafeteria wing, including a stairway connecting it with the main building, was let to Builders Construction Co. for $116,300."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Except for the trace of sleet showing at the water's edge, this Lake Overholser scene could be used for summer playland vacation poster. Next spring, with the snow removed, this sailboat and many other types of boats will crowd Lake Overholser's surface as fishermen and sportsmen again move outdoors."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "When Oklahomans talk about "scenic beauty," it's mostly about the rugged stretches in the southeast. But southwestern Oklahoma has some beautiful spots, too. The Wichita mountains which stretch west of Lawton almost to Altus are impressively rough and rugged. Moreover, they are dotted with small lakes and threaded with pretty creeks. the picture above is of Lake Altus, which almost surrounds Quartz mountain state park. Camile Carter and Ann Thaggard, both of Altus, rest on one of the granite boulders which line the lake shore. (T-4-15-54) This is how Lake Altus Appeared in 1949 Here is a 1949 picture of Lake Altus taken from approximately the same point as the picture on the opposite page. The mountain whcih shows well above the water in the picture taken this month is the island peak which juts out of the water in the background here."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Camile Carter and Ann Thaggard, both of Altus, prepare to shove off in one of the state-owned patrol boats (top photo) available at quartz Mountain park for fisihing and pleasure rides. Solf granite peaks and native trees and shrubs provide an inviting backdrop (Lowe photo) for the community house of No. 1 organized camp."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "At the left is a view of the north end enclosure of Owen Field, the University of Oklahoma's stadium at Norman which will seat nearly 55,000 fans when the expansion is completed about October 1. The field was lowered seven feet to give added seating on each side, in addition to this big enclosure on the north."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The forgotten man of television is the lonely engineer whose post is a perch atop the Apco Tower. Whenever WKY-TV telecasts by remote control, there he sits. With the outbreak of the football seasobn and a regular rash of sports programs on television, his sitting is more oftern and for longer periods. The Apco tower is the WKY-TV's "pump station." The microwave that eventually make a picture on your television screen are beamed at the Apco Tower from a football field or sports areana. It's that engineer's job to see that the waves are rebeamed to the transmitter. If the waves get lost in the process, no picture, no engineer, no job. Murray McCulley…up about 36 floors with his earphones and his dishes."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Wrecking equipment makes way for new building."

Photograph of Mary "Punkins" Parker seated with five children on a western set. A WBAP-TV camera can be seen on the right.

Photograph of a Mary "Punkins" Parker seated with five children on a western set.

Photograph of two young girls in tutus performing in front of a seated audience on the Foremost Young American Show.

Photograph of a walkway leading to a neighborhood street. This photograph was taken at Mr. Cranston's property.