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[Photograph 2012.201.B1389.0404]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "George Walker of Geary, left, Oklahoma A&M 165 pound wrester, tries hip block on teammate Wayne Flesner, Stillwater as the pair prepares for entry in 1946 state Amateur Athletic Union tournament opening here Friday at the local YMCA."
Date: February 26, 1946
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

John Briscoe Ranch

Description: Photograph of the John Briscoe Ranch, part of the 70 acre old cultivated field retired and planted to little bluestem, buffalo, switch, Indian and blue-green grasses about the 1st of March 1945. Mixture was seeded at a rate of approximately 12 pounds per acre. This 10 acres was seeded for permannet pasture on clean cotton land. Yield is estimated to be 30 to 35 pounds combined material per acre. Briscoe retired 135 acres last year on this farm and 65 acres on another farm he owns. Next year he … more
Date: October 13, 1946
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of the W.K.Y. watershed. Aerial view of a gullied, natural draw to be controlled by diversion of runoff, sloping and sodding. Field in the lower left will be terraced with outlets onto native grass pasture. The pond is to be constructed near the lower end of the gullied draw. See OK-9112, -9113 and -9119). OK-9114.
Date: February 2, 1946
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a former gullied area in a natural drain running through a cultivated field. The gully has been plowed in, banks leveled and with the field terraced. Note the terrace fills (in the background) where terraces cross the drain. The old gully was approximately 4 feet deep and could not be crossed with tillage implements. The field will be contour cultivated and a conservation crop rotation will be followed. Clarence E. Bunch, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician, in the photo. C… more
Date: January 31, 1946
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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