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300 Bean Pods

Description: Caption says, "A-302 Soy Beans. Showing production of seed. 300 bean pods, two beans per pod. Seed beans averaged 9/16 inch in length. Good variety for production of soy bean seed but of very little value for green manure or hay. Refer to photographs Nos. A-309 and A-294."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

[2012.201.B0051.0208]

Description: A crumpled and wrecked airplane lies upside down in the middle of a field with wheels in the air. Harry Hentschel was killed in the accident. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Harry Hentschel killed by airplane crash."
Date: July 5, 1935
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0311.0473]

Description: Photograph is of a man in a military flight suit sitting at a desk signing paperwork. Caption: "First Lt. Arthur L. Dozier of the 11th Air Refueling Squadron at Altus Air Force Base recently took the reins of responsibility as an aircraft commander of a KC-135 Stratotanker."
Date: May 30, 1966
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0422.0253]

Description: Photograph is of two boys wearing plaid shirts each leading a calf by a leash. There is a man standing near the boys and calves holding the leash to one of the calves while the boy is shaving the hair of the calf. Caption: "Big league help is given brothers Keith and Don McCombs of Warren in Jackson county. They are headed for the Oklahoma 4-H and FFA Livestock Show in Oklahoma City, March 11-15 with their steers. The helper is former Jackson county 4-H member Eddie Fisher, star pitcher for the… more
Date: March 3, 1966
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.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Aerial Shot of Dempsey Bros. Farm Windbreaks

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of windbreaks on the Dempsey Bros. farm and the surrounding area in the Southeastern corner of the Greer County Soil Conservation District. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Dempsey Bros. farm on extremely sandy soil in the Southeastern corner of the Greer County Soil Conservation District, Northeast of Blair, Okla. The first plantings were made in 1935 and the pattern gradually enlarged during the ensuing years. Cropland, vineyards, and the farm buildings all … more
Date: September 27, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Aerial View of Blair

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-677. View looking north toward Bird Mountain, in left background city of Blair. Left center Altus Canal on right, about six miles from the bifurcation."
Date: July 7, 1947
Creator: Hovey, D. A.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Aerial View of Blair

Description: Caption says, "676. View of Blair, Oklahoma, looking northwest on northern portion of project. Portion of Altus Canal in right foreground. Drain "C" under construction center picture."
Date: July 7, 1947
Creator: Hovey, D. A.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Aerial View of Lake Altus and Dam

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-669. Altus Dam. Showing main canal outlet in center of picture. Relocation for Highway No. 44 and AT & SF Railroad on reservoir rim in background. Lugert Dike at left of photograph."
Date: July 7, 1947
Creator: Hovey, D. A.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Aerial View of Lake Altus and Dam

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-671. Aerial oblique view showing Highway No. 44 and AT & SF Railroad at North Fork crossing below confluence of Elm Fork with main canal. Siphon and Bench Flume crossing of North Fork in foreground with demonstration farm in upper right middle background."
Date: July 7, 1947
Creator: Hovey, D. A.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Aerial View of Main Canal

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-675. Aerial oblique view showing terminus of main canal in center background and bifurcation West Canal leading to right of the project lands and Altus Canal continuing on straight back. Blair Lateral next to AT & SF Railroad."
Date: July 7, 1947
Creator: Hovey, D. A.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Aerial View of State Highway

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-673. A T & S F Railroad and State Highway No. 44. Canal crossing center bottom with demonstration farm in center of picture. Entrance to Quartz Mountain Park in background."
Date: July 7, 1947
Creator: Hovey, D. A.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Aerial View of Stinking Creek

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Stinking Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Aerial view of Stinking Creek. The alluvial soils are Port clay loam and the principal uplands are Tillman-Hollister soils. Much of the land is in irrigated cotton."
Date: September 1958
Creator: Bailey, O. F.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

African Millet

Description: Caption says, "A-306 Grain Sorghum, silage crop. African Millet variety. Average height, 6 feet. Chinch bug and drought resistant. Test shows greater drought resistance but less response to irrigation than Atlas Sargo (Photograph No. A-304). Produced 170 pounds per 50 linear feet, one row."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie
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