Gypsum Applied Field and Non Gypsum Applied Field

Photograph of Bill Sharpe standing between two fields, which the right side received five tons per acre of applied gypsum, while the left side did not receive any gypsum. This field is near Will Rogers Air Port in Oklahoma City. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Gypsum Application. Bill Sharpe in photo. Portion of land to left of Bill did not have Gypsum applied. One on right had nearly 5 tons per acre. Before the application this portion of field would not grow anything. The portion where gypsum was not applied was not that bad."
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Banks, Herbert
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Austrian Pines in Widlife Area

Photograph of Lundy standing inside a wildlife area developed on a hillside slope. Austrian pines planted in 1950.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Blackjack Clearing

Photograph of Connelly standing at the edge of the Blackjacks that covered 90% of his farm when he started clearing in 1951.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Charley Connelly

Photograph of Charley Connelly standing next to his dairy herd.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Charley Connelly

Photograph of Charley Connelly standing next to his dairy herd.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dairy Herd

Photograph of a dairy herd.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dairy Herd

Photograph of Charley Connelly's dairy herd.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dairy Herd Grazing

Photograph of dairy herd grazing on portion of 52 acre bottom land Bermudagrass and legume pasture.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dairy Herd Grazing

Photograph of Charley Connelly's dairy herd in Lovegrass 2 years old, on land cleared in 1953, followed by heavy disc to cut underground roots.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dairy Herd Grazing

Photograph of dairy herd grazing on portion of 52 acre bottom land Bermudagrass and legume pasture.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dairy Herd Grazing

Photograph of Charley Connelly standing beside dairy herd. Weeping Lovegrass pasture 2 years old. Land cleared 3 years ago with bulldozer followed with 7500 lb. brush disc.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a cleat tractor and an off-set brush disk. Hap Ray, contractor, is disking the second time after trees, brush and crowns were removed and summer shaded crop. Disk weight approximately 7600 pounds and disk cut 8 to 10 inches. Area to be sprigged with Bermuda grass.next spring. OK-297-4.
Date: May 9, 1956
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of cleat tractor and offset brush disc. Hap Ray, contractor, is discing a second time after trees, brush and crowns were removed and a [planting a] summer shade crop. The disc weight is approximately 7600 pounds and the disc cut 8to 10 inches deep. The area to be sprigged to Bermuda grass the next spring. OK-297-5.
Date: May 9, 1956
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of Charley Connelly standing beside a diary herd. The Weeping Lovegrass pasture is 2 years old, per the date of the photo. The land itself was cleared 3 years prior with a bulldozer followed with a 7500 pound brush disc plow. OK-119-2.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a cleat tractor and off-set brush disk. Hap Ray, Contractor, disking second time after trees, brush, and crowns were removed and summer shade crop. Disk weight approximately 7,600 pounds and disk cut 8 to 10 inches. Area to be sprigged to bermuda next spring. OK-297-5.
Date: May 9, 1956
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a cleat tractor and an off-set brush disk. Hap Ray, contractor, is disking the second time after trees, brush and crowns were removed and summer shaded crop. Disk weight approximately 7600 pounds and disk cut 8 to 10 inches. Area to be sprigged with Bermuda grass.next spring. OK-5103.
Date: May 9, 1956
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fish Stocked Reservoir

Photograph of Tansel feeding fish in a newly stocked reservoir constructed July 1954. Bass weighing 1 1/2 lbs in 6 months. Three and four inch fingerlings planted with Blue Gills.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fisheries and Fish Management

Photograph of Frank Tansel feeding fish in a newly stocked reservoir constructed in July, 1954. The bass weighed 1 ¼ pounds in 6 months. Three and four inch fingerlings planted with Blue Gills. OK-120-6.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fisheries and Fish Management

Photograph of a conservation group studying farm ponds and fish management on a pond stocked in 1951. The pond is yielding bass and catfish weighing 4 to 5 pounds each. OK-120-2.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fisheries and Fish Management

Photograph of Frank Tansel casting for bass in a reservoir dug and stocked in 1954. Extra large fingerlings were planted and the bass weighed about 1 ¼ pounds in July, 1955. OK-120-7.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Frank Tansel Feeding Fish

Photograph of Frank Tansel feeding fish in a newly stocked reservoir constructed July 1954. Bass weighng 1 1/4 lbs in 6 months. Three and four inch fingerlings planted with Blue Gills.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of filed stripping [or strip cropping] peanuts and grain sorghum for wind erosion protection. Field located across the road south from State Center School, on Indian land. OK-120-3.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a dairy herd grazing on a portion of 52 acres of bottom land Bermuda grass and legume pasture. OK-119-9.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of land cleared in 1954, now occupied by a conditioning crop of cane to subdue sprouts during 1955. To be sodded to Bermuda grass in 1956. OK-119-5.
Date: July 25, 1955
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History