[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0834]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT but two Marietta men were jailed for drunkenness Sunday after their pickup crashed through a barrier and tried to cross this unfinished bridge over Hickory creek north of Marietta on U.S. 77."
Date: June 5, 1955
Creator: Kelly, Ray B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0296.0206]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: July 22, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0238.0016]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A golden milestone trophy of the National Highway users conference gets a quick polishing job by J. I. Goins"
Date: June 15, 1954
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0238.0019]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "J. I. Goins Ardmore, was appointed a member of the state highway commission from the third congressional sistrict."
Date: May 2, 1951
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0836]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "BLAZING BUTANE ruined this bridge and blocked off traffic on U.S. 77 seven miles north of Marietta Saturday. The truck, driven by Marvin G. Carr, Dallas, was hauling 4,080 gallons of butane when it crashed into the bridge."
Date: January 30, 1955
Creator: Duncan, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0117.0169]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Eighty years ago Burneyville, a western Love County community, and the Fitts Hotel buzzed with activity."
Date: 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1263.0116]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: November 13, 1951
Creator: Peterson, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1263.0115]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "This was the scene Tuesday when Chickasha became what is believed the first city in the nation to bring its workers under expanded federal social security benefits."
Date: November 21, 1950
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0403.0252]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The judge in the Fred Hagler murder trial at Sulphur, W. J. Monroe is shown gesturing in his district court to rule on the questioning."
Date: April 16, 1956
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0422B.0559]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Clyde McGill, Love County Sheriff"
Date: December 1, 1954
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1040.0121]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Three Marietta pioneer druggists, left to right, are J. E. Kelly, Sam Parker and J. J. Howard."
Date: May 24, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1134.0318]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma department commander of the American Legion, Jim Rogers, Holdenville, presents the gavel to George Bourland, Marietta, newly elected post commander of Burch Bros. post No. 136, Marietta."
Date: 1954
Creator: Dillard, Jack
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of planned treatment for a gully by sloping banks and sodding to Bermuda grass with fertilizer and legumes. Headwater to be diverted temporarily to another gully. OK-652-4.
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of planned treatment for a gully by sloping banks and sodding to Bermuda grass with fertilizer and legumes. Headwater to be diverted temporarily to another gully. OK-652-5.
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Before Photo of Critical Area Treatment

Photograph of a before photo of a critical area treatment. 5 to 1 slope (side) , 5 to 1 front slope. Fertilize and sod to Bermuda grass, 300 lbs. 10-20-0 per acre.
Date: May 6, 1958
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Proper Grazing

Photograph of left side-native grasses eaten almost to grubbing stage. Right-little bluestem with seed heads. Appears to be grazed properly. K. Harrill pasture on left side. K. Ragsdale pasture to right. Cattle in two pastures show a different degree in bloom.
Date: August 5, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Planned Gully Treatment

Photograph of Gully treatment planned, sloping of banks and sodding to Bermudagrass with fertilizer and legumes. Headwater to be diverted temporarily to another gully.
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gully to be Treated

Photograph of a gully to be shaped and sodded. Black locust and Catalpa trees growing in gully.
Date: March 14, 1958
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Weeping Lovegrass

Photograph of weeping lovegrass seeded on Soil Unit 12. A lot of wind erosion had taken place as evidenced by sand hummocks along field boundary. 125 pounds 10-20-10 fertilizer per acre applied with grain drill. Seeded April 1959.
Date: July 15, 1959
Creator: Riley, K. E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.b1270.0628]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Charles J. Sykora jr., left, receives a bond from Leo Cavnar, county agent, as his reward for outstanding achievement with livestock in the 4-H program."
Date: 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cut Stream Bank on Highway 77

Photograph of a cut stream bank on highway 77, created in January 1958, with no attempt made to control erosion. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Stream bank cut on Highway 77, 3 to 1 slope. Bank cut with no attempt made to control erosion. Cut made in Jan. 1958. Erosion of bank has started with an estimated 6" of rainfall to date. With normal rainfall erosion will be much greater. Soil Unit 9."
Date: July 1, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Newt Chamberlain Showing Size and Height of Disc on Plow

Photograph of "Newt Chamberlain, contractor, standing by plow showing size and height of disc – 48" in diameter." The field that Chamberlains stands in is heavily vegetated.
Date: November 2, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1318.0517]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: December 12, 1951
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.b1301.0425]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "One thing and another.. . the National PGA tournament, one of golf foremost attractions, seems headed for Oklahoma soil again."
Date: November 29, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History