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[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0651]

Description: Caption: "Altus cotton which went into the first bale of the season to arrive at an Altus gin Friday is gathered by farmer Warren 'Corky' Bryce and his four-row stripper in his 30-acre patch west of Altus."
Date: September 24, 1976
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0681]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "In home stretch is Oklahoma's cotton crop as bolls are maturing rapidly with harvest less than a month away in some areas."
Date: September 8, 1977
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0682]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A crop duster makes a low pass over a Jackson County cotton field as aerial spraying continues at a feverish pace to protect what is expected to be the best state crop in recent years."
Date: September 12, 1977
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0242.0561]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "With 15,000 to 20,000 migrant workers in southwestern Oklahoma fields, gins throughout this area were becoming swamped Thursday with cotton."
Date: September 29, 1961
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0223.0652]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "J. Rives Childs, left, United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia, spent a busy day in Altus touring the Lugert-Altus irrigation district and securing first-hand information from the farmers to report to the Arabian government when he returns."
Date: September 24, 1949
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0979]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "In southwestern Oklahoma were termed good Thursday by rainmaker " Cherokee Bill " after he completed a ceremony at Altus to bring rain to the area."
Date: September 7, 1971
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1073.0462]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The weed-choked headquarters of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad line in Altus could be abandoned and left to Mother Nature's whims if railroad proposals to cancel the Oklahoma line are approved."
Date: September 2, 1979
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.b1406.0172]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Eldorado FFA chapter members have nominated Linda White, 17, to compete in the State FFA Sweetheart contest during the State Fair of Oklahoma."
Date: September 23, 1965
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.b1402.0439]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An impressive change of command ceremony is set for 10 a.m. Friday here when the 443rd Military Airlift Wing at Altus Air Force Base gets a new commander."
Date: September 18, 1970
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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