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14-acre Alfalfa Crop Ready for a Second Cutting on the Choska Drainage District

Photograph of a 14-acre alfalfa crop ready for a second cutting on the Choska Drainage District. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Ready for second cutting as this 14–acre crop of alfalfa yielded two tons first cutting. Formerly too wet to be productive, field produced five tons of alfalfa in 1950 per acre. Drainage ditch on the right is just out of camera range. 18-acre field on other side of ditch that never produced anything before drainage yielded fifty bushels of corn in 1950. Other acres are also benefiting by drainage."
Date: July 12, 1951
Creator: Fox, Lester
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

15" Outlet Pipe Flowing Under Head as Shown on Debris Guard

Photograph of a "15" outlet pipe flowing under head as shown on debris guard."
Date: May 13, 1950
Creator: Terbush
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

20 Year Service Award to Mr. McCraw

Photograph of Mr. Tidwell presenting a 20 year service award to Mr. McCraw.
Date: August 22, 1969
Creator: Kilpatrick, Lynn
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

25 Year Service Award to Mr. Lobrecht

Photograph of Mr. Tidwell presenting Mr. Lobrecht with a 25 year Service Award.
Date: August 22, 1969
Creator: Kilpatrick, Lynn
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

30-Acres of Class VII Land Seeded By Airplane With No Seedbed Preparation on Earl Morris’ Farm

Photograph of part of 30-acres of Class VII land seeded by airplane with no seedbed preparation on Earl Morris' farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "30 acres seeded by airplane. No seedbed preparation. Class VII land. Terraces hadn't held it. Been out of cultivation one year. Seeded to weeping lovegrass in 1948 – no stand. Too rough to put tractor on."
Date: March 1949
Creator: Archer, S. G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

30 Acres of Corn Destroyed via Flood on Finn Creek Farm

Photograph of a stripped cornfield on Finn Creek farm after flooded destroyed nearly 30 acres of corn. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Nearly 30 acres of corn lost to flood on Finn Creek. Yield of corn not washed out by flood cut down."
Date: July 19, 1950
Creator: Putman, Jack
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

30 Year Service Award to Mr. Leonard

Photograph of Mr. Tidwell presenting Mr. Leonard with a 30 year service award.
Date: August 22, 1967
Creator: Kilpatrick, Lynn
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

30 Year Service Award to Mr. Milton

Photograph of Mr. Tidwell presenting Willis Milton with a 30 year Service Award.
Date: August 22, 1969
Creator: Kilpatrick, Lynn
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

30 Year Service Award to Mr. Stidham

Photograph of Mr. Tidwell presenting Mr. Stidham with a 30 year service award.
Date: August 22, 1967
Creator: Kilpatrick, Lynn
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

40 Acre Improved Irrigated Pasture

Photograph of general view of 40 acre improved irrigated pasture. Cattle and several buildings are barely visible in the distant background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "General view of 40 acre improved irrigated pasture. Planted Sept. 1950 grazing started March 30, 1951."
Date: April 19, 1951
Creator: Fenner, Olen L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

I-44 Skelly By-Pass, Highway 75 Okmulgee Bee-Line, and the City of Tulsa

Photograph of an example of the vast land needed to construct modern highways to serve metropolitan areas like Tulsa. The foreground shows the I-44 Skelly By-Pass and Highway 75 Okmulgee Bee-Line, while the city of Tulsa is in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Intersection of I-44 (Skelly By-Pass) and Highway 75 (Okmulgee Bee-Line). Tulsa in background. Shows the vast areas of land needed to construct modern highways to serve large metropolitan areas.”
Date: February 18, 1970
Creator: Thomas, James W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

50 B Complex

Photograph of the 50 B Comples-mixed clay and loams range site. Excellent condition, moderate utilization. Claypen on left, loamy on right.
Date: July 14, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

60-year-old Cottonwood Tree Grove Used As A Unsuccessful Windbreak

Photograph of John Logan, Farm Forester, standing in a 60-year-old cottonwood tree grove used as a windbreak. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Row of 60 year old cottonwood trees planted by John Rhus. Present state of trees without understory is causing a more detrimental wind action than if no trees were present by funneling of the wind along the ground surface. Underplanting is needed. John Logan, Farm Forester is the man in the picture."
Date: September 27, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

.71-Mile Single Field Drain

Photograph of a .71-mile single field drain built in 1957 that drains 60 acres of cropland. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Single field drain built 1957. Drains 60 acres of cropland. It is .71 mile long. Shows good shaping and spoil spreading with farm equipment."
Date: May 14, 1958
Creator: Mackey, Carl E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

1949 Aerial Shot a Flooded Washita River and the Damage Caused by Floodwaters

Photograph of an aerial shot a flooded Washita River and the damage caused by floodwaters to a bridge and the surrounding area in 1949. Note the condition of the bridge and road on the bottom of the photograph as large chunks of this bridge was washed away. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Damages - Washita Main Stem 1949 Flood."
Date: 1949~/1950-05
Creator: Ginter Photo Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

1954 Ionine Creek Flood Damage

Photograph of the aftermath of the Ionine Creek flood dated October 11, 1954. The waters eroded the banks of the creek and spilled into the neighboring field. A few buildings in the background might have escaped the waters.
Date: October 11, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

1955 Beaver Creek Flood

Photograph of an aerial shot of a flooded Beaver Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Beaver Creek Flood, May 18-19, 1955."
Date: 1955-05-18/1955-05-19
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

1955 Ionine Creek Flood Damage

Photograph of a dried up Ionine Creek after a flood damaged the surrounding area. The photograph was taken from a wooden bridge above creek.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Chickasha Daily
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

1955 Ionine Creek Flood Damage

Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men standing on a wooden bridge above a flooded Ionine Creek.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

1957 Grass Planting

Photograph of a 1957 native grass planting-Bluestem and bluestem mixture. Excellent well prepared seedbed-planted in April. Good start up showing. Close-up shot by 3rd highline pole north of east turn in road. Soil Bank Program
Date: May 15, 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

1957 Soil Bank Grass Planting

Photograph of 1957 Soil Bank grass planting of native bluestem mixture on slick spot in a field of mixed prairie upland. A check will be makd to see if bluestem grasses will survive on this spot.
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

5000th GP Contract in Okla

Photograph of the Board of Directors of Beaver county reviewing the 5000th Great Plains Contract of Oklahoma. Left to right; Charles Custer, Member, Glen Myers, Member, Raymond Watson, Vice-Chairman, John T. Riley, Jr., DC, SCS, J.S. Shaffer, Chairman, Jimmie Cole, Secretary-Treasurer.
Date: June 11, 1971
Creator: Searcy, William R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

O. A. Bingman Rejuvenated Pasture/Muskogee Project/Morris Camp #1

Photograph of a “Badly overgrazed pasture which is being rejuvenated by use of contour furrows. Original furrows were on intervals so this year more were constructed with 2-bottom tractor plow and planted to Bermuda.”
Date: April 16, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

O. A. Bingman Rejuvenated Pasture/Muskogee Project/Morris Camp #2

Photograph of a “Badly overgrazed pasture which is being rejuvenated by use of contour furrows. Original furrows were on intervals so this year more were constructed with 2-bottom tractor plow and planted to Bermuda.”
Date: April 16, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History