228 Matching Results

Results open in a new window/tab.

[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
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hopefield Mission in Osage Nation, 1823-1837 (open access)

Hopefield Mission in Osage Nation, 1823-1837

Article describes the establishment and history of the Hopefield Mission, a branch of Union Mission established by Reverend William B. Montgomery, William C. Requa, and his wife. Carloyn Thomas Foreman discusses the hardships faced at the mission while trying to provide agricultural training to the Osage people.
Date: Summer 1950
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lower Lake Spavinaw

Photograph of Lower Lake Spavinaw.
Date: July 8, 1953
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0106.0607]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This new bridge on SH 33 between Chouteau and Locust Grove will carry highway traffic after the closing of Fort Gibson dam."
Date: August 27, 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0106.0608]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Work has begun on construction of a 920-foot railroad bridge over Grand River."
Date: August 27, 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0145.0133]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "One thing that hasn't changed is the old cannon that sits on the courthouse lawn."
Date: December 11, 1959
Creator: King, Cliff
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0145.0134]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A radical change was wrought in construction of the new $373,000 Mayes County courthouse dedicated Saturday at Pryor."
Date: December 11, 1959
Creator: King, Cliff
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0782]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The picture shows members of the history-making Chouteau family standing at the 152-year-old well at Salina"
Date: May 10, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0244.0363]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Betty Jo Cox takes the temperature of a small boy in the hospital at Whitaker state home, Pryor, where she started what will be a career of nursing."
Date: June 26, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0305.0031]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Returning to the State Open this tennis tournament seeking more laurels is Sharon Cramton (left), Ponca City girl who will be 16 in August."
Date: June 2, 1959
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0350.0147]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The trees come fight down to the shores of lower spavinaw lake."
Date: April 17, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0363B.0350]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "COMMANDER'S GAVEL CHANGES HANDS right after the election of new officers at the state Disabled American Veterans convention here Sunday."
Date: June 12, 1955
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0385.0521]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A radical change was wrought in construction of the new $ 373.000 Mays County courthouse dedicated Saturday at Pryor."
Date: November 7, 1958
Creator: Albright, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0503.0077]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Pryor banker W. A. Graham's home located on the street that is to be dedicated to him on his 100th birthday Friday, is neat and unpretentious - but comfortable."
Date: 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0503.0080]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Virtually obscured by two shrubs the monument on the grave of W. A. Graham sits at the base of a hill at the beautiful Pryor cemetery east of town."
Date: November 7, 1958
Creator: Albright, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0913.0436]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0985.0643]

Teenage boy poses with sheep.
Date: 1952
Creator: Hill, Gilbert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0985.0644]

Teenage boy feeds pigs.
Date: 1952
Creator: Hill, Gilbert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0985.0647]

Young boy feeds chickens.
Date: 1952
Creator: Hill, Gilbert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0985.0648]

Young teenage boy inspects milk apparatus and cows.
Date: 1952
Creator: Hill, Gilbert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0985.0649]

Herd of cows in front of barn and silo.
Date: 1952
Creator: Hill, Gilbert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0985.0650]

Girls' home at Whitaker Home for Orphans.
Date: February 19, 1952
Creator: Hill, Gilbert
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History