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[Photograph 2012.201.B0349.0218]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Last summer's visitors to Lake Altus-Lugert began to see the remnants of the old town of Lugert, a ghost town tha should be under water, as lake levels dropped to an all-time record low."
Date: August 13, 1995
Creator: Argo, Jim
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0349.0225]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The storm cellar and coal house for the old Lugert school stand dry and exposed in the bed of Lake Altus, which was heavily drained last summer to irrigate drought-stricken farmland."
Date: January 4, 1981
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0349.0231]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Recent rains have greened up southwestern Oklahoma somewhat, but Lake Altus is still a long way from returning to the reservoir ir once was."
Date: April 1, 1981
Creator: Argo, Jim
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Lake Altus

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of the Lake Altus Dam, Greer County, OK, for the W. C. Austin Irrigation Project. Photo by USDI Bureau of Reclamation, c.1930-1950.
Date: 1930~/1950~
Creator: USDI Bureau of Reclamation
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Lake Altus

Description: Photograph of the W. C. Austin Irrigation Project at the Dam on Lake Altus, Greer County, OK. Processed by Spex, Tulsa, OK, July 13, 1948.
Date: July 13, 1948
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0349.0216]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Although much of the Quartz Mountain Lodge was destroyed by fire last year, tourists continue to use the lodge's existing rooms and cabins and visit other recreation spots at Lake Altus-Lugert."
Date: April 28, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0349.0217]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An old bridge that is supposed to be covered by water stands high and dry on the north side of Lake Altus, which has been drained steadily to irrigate southwestern Oklahoma cotton fields since the drought began."
Date: August 18, 1980
Creator: Beuhner, Jeff
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0349.0224]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Evidence of flooding in southwestern Oklahoma remains at the Lake Altus Dam where fishermen are taking advantage of the high water."
Date: June 10, 1977
Creator: Long, Paul
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0349.0221]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Drought-depleted Lake Altus in southwestern Oklahoma has been replenished by recent dose of overdue moisture and has now filled to within two feet of the top of the spillway."
Date: May 17, 1977
Creator: Long, Paul
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Administration Buildings

Description: Caption says, "A-42 Altus Project. Photograph showing the administration section of the rock quarry. The sheet iron building at the left is the new compressor house, the building beyond the new ambulance is the store room and the building to the right is the headquarters building with a new bulletin board to the right of the entrance."
Date: January 16, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
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Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Assorted Rock Sizes

Description: Caption says, "A-123 Stockyard with rows of assorted sizes of rocks to be squared for use in the construction of the new Altus Dam."
Date: July 6, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
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Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

WPA Laborers at Rock Quarry

Description: Caption says, "A-390 Rock quarry. WPA laborers trimming face stone in stoneyard below rock quarry. Left is bull set breaking rock along chalk line. Right is hand set trimming edges of rock."
Date: October 11, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
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Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

New Masonry Dam Face

Description: Caption says, "A-392 Rock quarry. End view of model section of face on New Masonry Dam. Model constructed in stoneyard below rock quarry."
Date: October 11, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
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Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie
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