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George Cooper, Watermaster

Caption says, "5-AL-1218. George Cooper, Watermaster of the W. C. Austin Project, Oklahoma, holds weed sprayer made in the Bureau of Reclamation shop, Altus, Oklahoma. Sprayer is 6 feet long, nozzles are 18" apart and can be used for 2, 4-D or oil. This sprayer is used on the end of a boom mounted on a truck. It is designed for approximately 30 lbs. P.S.I."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inspection

Caption says, "5-AL-1211. Members of Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting inspect test plot of grasses for right-of-way and canal banks seeding."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inspection

Caption says, "5-AL-1212. Members of Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting inspect siphon wasteway at end of Altus Canal."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inspects Maize

Caption says, "5-AL-1172. U. S. Ambassador J. Rives Childs is told how maize is improved with irrigation by Jess Walker."
Date: September 12, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inspects Maize

Caption says, "5-AL-1171. U. S. Ambassador J. Rives Childs inspects maize on the farm of Jess Walker."
Date: September 12, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Livestock

Caption says, "5-AL-1203. Livestock. Sheep grazing on alfalfa on the farm of B. Earle Cole, 2 miles south, 3 miles east of Altus, Oklahoma."
Date: October 28, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Maintenance Field Meeting

Caption says, "5-AL-1215. Members of Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting watching operator of Model C-7 Briscoe ditcher put it through all its movements."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Maintenance Field Meeting

Caption says, "5-AL-1214. Members of Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting watch the Model C-7 Briscoe ditcher cleaning a lateral."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Members of Operation

Caption says, "5-AL-1220. Members of the Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting attending fish fry in the Quartz Mountain State Park Community House. Left to right: Paul Powell, Irrigation Maintenance Superintendent, Balmorhea Irrigation Project, Balmorhea, Texas; L. R. Fiock, Superintendent, Rio Grande Project, El Paso, Texas; M. R. Lewis, Branch of O. & M., Washington, D. C.; H. E. Robbins, Regional Director, Amarillo, Texas; Ray Lyman, Superintendent, Tucumcari Irrigation Project, N. M.; W. F. Resch, Assistant Superintendent, Rio Grande Project, El Paso, Texas; J. A. Callan, Project Engineer, W. C. Austin Project, Altus, Oklahoma."
Date: November 8, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Members of Operation

Caption says, "5-AL-1219. Members of the Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting attending fish fry held in the Quartz Mountain State Park Community House. Left to right: John L. Gregg, treasurer-manager, Elephant Butte Irrigation District, Las Cruces, N. M.; Paul Powell, Irrigation Maintenance Superintendent, Balmorhea Irrigation Project, Balmorhea, Texas; L. R. Fiock, Superintendent, Rio Grande Project, El Paso, Texas; J. C. Howard, Manager, Carlsbad Irrigation District, N. M.; Tom Thaggard, Vice- President, National Bank of Commerce, Altus, Oklahoma; Joe Zinn, President, Lugert-Altus Irrigation District, Blair, Oklahoma; Newton Nix, Secretary, Arch Hurley Conservancy District, Tucumcari, N. M."
Date: November 8, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mrs. O. W. Roberts

Caption says, "5-AL-1200. Crops. Mrs. O. W. Roberts on tractor taking load of cotton to gin. Barba Dianne, 3 years old helps."
Date: October 28, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Placing Drain Under Canal

Caption says, "5-AL-1174. Placing Drain A-1 under Altus Canal. Man in center of picture by drain pipe is center location of Altus Canal."
Date: September 13, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pulling Cotton

Caption says, "5-AL-1206. Cotton boll pullers working in the field of J. Davis, 2 miles south, 1/2 mile east of Altus, Oklahoma."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pulling Cotton

Caption says, "5-AL-1205. Cotton boll pullers working in the field of J. Davis, located 2 miles south, 1/2 mile east of Altus, Oklahoma."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pulling Cotton

Caption says, "5-AL-1201. Crops. Pulling cotton bolls on the farm of H. E. Williams, 2 miles south, 3 miles east of Altus, Oklahoma."
Date: October 28, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pulling Cotton

Caption says, "5-AL-1209. Pulling cotton bolls on the farm of J. Davis; left to right: Tyson McLaughlin, 5 years; Mrs. O. Z. Allen; Cherrie McLaughlin, 4 years; and Mrs. Earl McLaughlin. All are of Altus, Oklahoma."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pulling Cotton

Caption says, "5-AL-1208. Jonny Sparks, Jr., 2 years old, rides the sack of his mother while she pulls cotton bolls on the farm of J. Davis, 2 miles south, 1/2 mile east of Altus, Oklahoma."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pulling Cotton

Caption says, "5-AL-1207. Jonny Sparks, Mrs. Sparks and children, Bessie Mae, 4 years, center; Jonny, Jr., 2 years, right, of Altus, Oklahoma, pulling cotton bolls on the farm of J. Davis, 2 miles south, 1/2 mile east of Altus, Oklahoma."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pulling Cotton

Caption says, "5-AL-1210. Cherrie McLaughlin, 4 years old, pulling cotton bolls on the farm of J. Davis, 2 miles south, 1/2 mile east of Altus, Oklahoma."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Rolled Hay

Caption says, "5-AL-1202. Crops. Rolled hay on the farm of J. P. LeVick, 3 miles west of Blair, Oklahoma."
Date: October 28, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Weed Burning

Caption says, "5-AL-1217. Weed burner, made in the Bureau of Reclamation shop in operation on a lateral. A few members of the Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting at right."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bliss Triumph

Caption says, "5-AL-1147. Crops. Sorters at a grading machine working on irrigated Bliss Triumph potatoes in Colville and Renfro plant at Altus, Oklahoma."
Date: June 21, 1949
Creator: George, P. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bottom of Outlet

Caption says, "5-AL-1195. Altus Dam. View of part of bottom of outlet works stilling pool, showing area where erosion of concrete surface has occurred."
Date: October 18, 1949
Creator: George, P. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Chemical Weed Sprayer

Caption says, "5-AL-1163. Front view of chemical weed sprayer which was assembled by project forces, showing construction of sprayer boom."
Date: September 2, 1949
Creator: George, P. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History