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Series K-205 World s Largest Dozer, Lt8 L19396

Photograph of a Series K-205 diesel-electric-drive tractor-dozer, the largest and most powerful dozer of its day, according to author Eric Orlemann. The dozing blade was 20 feet wide, and the overall working weight of the K-205 was 160 tons. Only one of these massive machines was ever produced.
Date: March 1, 1961
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Fred Wunderlich observing his [unclear] that was fertilized, sprayed 6 times and defoliated. Member of the Board of Supervisors. OK-1495-8.
Date: November 1, 1961
Creator: Wall, R. N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of hybrid field corn growing on Minco silt loam soil type nearly level Class I land. For use in Jefferson County Soil Survey Report. OK-1466-3.
Date: August 1, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Cotton Stripping

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers, one on the tractor, and one in the trailer, stripping cotton planted and cultivated on the contour rows. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Contour Cotton Stripping. W. T. Schmidt, district cooperator, stripping cotton that has been planted and cultivated in contour rows."
Date: March 1, 1961
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Cotton Stripping

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers, one on the tractor, and one in the trailer, stripping cotton planted and cultivated on the contour rows. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Contour Cotton Stripping. W. T. Schmidt, district cooperator, stripping cotton that has been planted and cultivated in contour rows."
Date: March 1, 1961
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Cotton Stripping

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED workers, one on the tractor, and one in the trailer, stripping cotton planted and cultivated on the contour rows. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Contour Cotton Stripping. W. T. Schmidt, district cooperator, stripping cotton that has been planted and cultivated in contour rows."
Date: March 1, 1961
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sugar Creek Critical Area 204 Flood Prevention

Photograph of black locust being used for flood prevention on Sugar Creek Area 204. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood Prevention. Black locust in rim planting on Critical Area 204. Follow-up of Ok-1226-4."
Date: November 1, 1961
Creator: Wall, R. N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sugar Creek Critical Area 204 Flood Prevention

Photograph of black locust being used for flood prevention on Sugar Creek Area 204. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood Prevention. Black locust in rim planting on Critical Area 204. Follow-up of Ok-1226-4."
Date: November 1, 1961
Creator: Wall, R. N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Typical Landscape

Photograph of a typical landscape. Dee sand range site, fair condition, Minco fine sandy loam soil type. Principal forage species are little bluestem, sideoats grama, tall dropseed, Scribner's panicum. Non forage plants are sandsage, gaura, spp., doze daisy, yucca-woody species are sand plum, prickly ash.
Date: August 1, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grain Sorghum on Yahola Fine Sandy Loam

Photograph of grain sorghum on Yahola fine sandy loam, Class I bottomland soil. For use in Jefferson County Soil Conservation Report.
Date: August 1, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hybrid Field Corn

Photograph of hybrid field corn growing on Minco silt loam soil type nearly level Class I land. For use in Jeferson County Soil Survey Report.
Date: August 1, 1961
Creator: Hager, P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Damage to Site 26 Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of Washita watershed, damage to front slope of Site 26 Wildhorse Creek Watershed. Dam runs almost due east and west. Part of slope was rip-rapped with rock from spillway but rock lacked about 6 feet being high enough to prevent this damage. SCS plans to repair this damage.
Date: July 1, 1961
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Damage to Site 26 Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of Washita watershed, damage to front slope of Site 26 Wildhorse Creek Watershed. Dam runs almost due east and west. Part of slope was rip-rapped with rock from spillway but rock lacked about 6 feet being high enough to prevent this damage. SCS plans to repair this damage.
Date: July 1, 1961
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inspecting a New Waterway

Photograph of Bob Deevers, opr. , inspecting a waterway that was constructed and sodded to Bermuda grass in 1960. Terraces were constructed after wheat harvest in 1960 to outlet into this waterway.
Date: February 1, 1961
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of grass land near Ryan, Oklahoma. A typical landscape. Deep sand range site, fair condition, Minco fine sandy loam soil type. Principal forage species are little bluestem, sideoats grama, tall dropseed, Scribner’s panicum. Non forage plants are sandage, gaura, spp. [Latin = species pluralis: “multiple species”], doze-daisy; yucca-woody species are sand plum and prickly ash. OK-1466-1.
Date: August 1, 1961
Creator: Hager, P. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0248]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo looking into a large floor/room, not yet furnished, vents/something out the floor, the concrete piers/columns on the right with tubes and vents, and more.)"
Date: March 1, 1961
Creator: Matheson, Mandell
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.4372]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Participating in joint Loyalty Day and Law ceremonies by sitting on the U.S. District Court bench Monday when 454 Oklahomans took the oath of American citizenship were, from left to right, Maj. Gen. Fred Daughtery, 45th Infantry Division commander and Oklahoma County district judge; Gov. Edmondson, U.S. Judge Stephen S. Cahndler, Judge Gholamreza Salahshoor, chief judge of Province of Khorasan, Meshed, Iran, and Col. Harold J. Sullivan, Tinker Air Force Base judge advocate and American Bar Association's committee on American Citizenship."
Date: May 1, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2048]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Fly the flag week started Monday and students at Capitol Hill High School were flying more than 160 of them. Clark Hale, uniform, shool band president, and Kenneth Gentle, install one off the flags furnished by clubs at the school while others fly in the breeze. Downtown, flags lined Main where the "Loyalty Day Parade" was held. Bethany's main street also was lined with flags and most schools in the city had planned ceremonies throughout th week. Many home owners were flying flags in the city Monday."
Date: May 1, 1961
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0246]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "New research building at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center will be dedicated Saturday. Sen. Mike Monroney will speak at 11 a.m. on University Hospital lawn. Top floor of the five story building is not finished due to lack of funds, but researches, are expected to start moving into completed lab space next week. Work carried on in the building, constructed at a cost of $864,193, will be grant-supported and no start funds will be used for operation."
Date: March 1, 1961
Creator: Matheson, Mandell
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8719]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "One of the most unusual hotels in the country, architectuarally, is the 10-story Plaza Tower Hotwl at 115 N Shartel, a recent addition to Oklahoma City's skyline. The hexagon-shaped hotel has a white exterior with gold trim and contains 118 guest room. It was designed by Bailey, Bozalis, Dickinson & Roloff, architects, to serve the NW 10 medical area. The bird's-eye view was snapped by Jim Lucas, Daily Oklahoman Photographer."
Date: March 1, 1961
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0247]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Towering five stories is the new research building at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center. Dedication of the $864,193 structure will be at 11 a.m. Saturday. The building will be used solely for research by facultymembers. Medical students will serve as tour guides after the dedication."
Date: March 1, 1961
Creator: Matheson, Mandell
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8237]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Water Bridge. Aerial view shows progress of work on the Atoka pipeline South Canadian River crossing, south of Konawa. View is toward north bank of river where first joint of pipe was puried this week in a ceremony joined in business leaders from Oklahoma City and other communities along the 100-mile route. Sections of 60-inch concrete pipe for the pipeline can be seen strung along cleared rightofway in distance. The river crossing is 2,960 feet. Concrete piers which are being constructed in the river bed will support the steel pipe which will be used to span the river. Construction of the steel and concrete "bridge" has its problems. Freshets of the river during July kept workmen busy repairing damage. Despite these hazards 10 of 29 piers have been completed. An unexpected problem was uncovered at pier 19. There three days was spent in blasting and removing the footing of a low water bridge built years ago by township authorites. It had been swallowed."
Date: February 1, 1961
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1459]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Bombed out building? It looks like the smoke-filled vicitm of a war-time bombing mission. But it's only the remains of the old Katy Railroad Depot, in the 200 block E Reno, as it appeared Wednesday morning shrouded in a heavy fog."
Date: February 1, 1961
Creator: Cobb, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.10070]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "New Sanctuary of Emanuel Synagogue rises at 900 NW 47 in drawing by the firm of Berlowits & Associates, architects. Members will join in a "victory celebration" at 9 p.m. Saturday, climaxing a week in which a $300,000 fund drive went over the top. The split-level building, of granite mosiac and glass, will have a 23-foot vaulted roof. Facilities include a chapel, library and conference room, lounge, administrative offices, arts and crafts room, rabbi's study and choir. Provisions will be made for an outdoor patio and some remodeling of the current structure, occupied in 1949. Construction is expected to start around July 1, with dedication planned during the April, 1962, Passover season."
Date: March 1, 1961
Creator: Cobb, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History