Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a view of a few of the foot-deep piles of bluestem grass seed which were spread out for three-fourths of a mile in the Douglas bomber plant to dry. This seed was stirred frequently to keep it from heating up and spoiling. OK-9783.
Date: October 24, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of the unloading of bluestem seed in the mile-long Douglas Aircraft plant in Tulsa. From eft to right: Clarence Day and D.B. Clagg, both in the truck, and W.L. Elliot on the ground. The seed is from Coweta, near Broken Arrow. OK-9754.
Date: October 9, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Native Grass Seed Storage at Douglas Aircraft Plant

Photograph of Joe Asher, driver, Clarence Day, D. B. Clagg, and W. L. Elliot storing a truckload of native grass seed from Coweta at the Douglas Aircraft plant in Tulsa. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Joe Asher, driver, Clarence Day, D. B. Clagg, and W. L. Elliot. The back of the photograph proclaims, "The mile-long Douglas Aircraft plant at Tulsa was used for storage of Soil Conservation Service native grass seed. Here a truckload of seed from Coweta, near Broken Arrow, unloads. Left to right are Joe Asher, driver, from Ardmore, Okla., in the truck, left, Clarence Day, and right, D. B. Clagg, and on the ground, right, is W. L. Elliot. The latter three are from Claremore."
Date: October 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Native Grass Seed Storage at Douglas Aircraft Plant

Photograph of Joe Asher, driver, Clarence Day, D. B. Clagg, and W. L. Elliot storing a truckload of native grass seed from Coweta at the Douglas Aircraft plant in Tulsa. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Joe Asher, driver, 2. Clarence Day, 3. D. B. Clagg, 4. W. L. Elliot. The back of the photograph proclaims, “The mile-long Douglas Aircraft plant at Tulsa was used for storage of Soil Conservation Service native grass seed. Here a truckload of seed from Coweta, near Broken Arrow, unloads. Left to right are Joe Asher, driver, from Ardmore, Okla., in the truck, left, Clarence Day, and right, D. B. Clagg, and on the ground, right, is W. L. Elliot. The latter three are from Claremore.”
Date: October 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History