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[BASEMENT BOX 67.0251]

A daytime photograph of an intense grain elevator fire at Chouteau in Mayes County, Oklahoma. Caption: "Elevator Fire.., Chouteau."
Date: November 19, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0985.0660]

Teacher hands diplomas to her six students with their graduation caps on.
Date: August 17, 1956
Creator: Briggs
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of rye and vetch, Montgomery Brothers farm / ranch. The rye and vetch are in rotation for diary pasture and silage. The pasture was grazed until March 15, 1956. The Montgomery brothers were the conservation farmers of the year in the Goodyear contest in the Mayes County Soil Conservation District {SCD]. They operate 450 acres, cultivating 145 acres using rye and vetch on about one-half each year, 65 acres of Bermuda base tame pasture, 65 acres of tall fescue and winter clovers, with the balance in climax grasses used for pasture and meadow. OK-283-11.
Date: May 17, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0985.0659]

Caption: "REPRESENTING the cooties division of the VFW at the annual Whitaker State Children home party at Pryor." Children and grown ups posing together with products from the State Fair.
Date: 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History