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[Photograph 2012.201.B0366.0360]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Drilling an oil well through the concrete sidewalk in front of Oklahoma City's Municipal Auditorium added a realistic touch to the Oil Progress Day luncheon Thursday."
Date: November 4, 1948
Creator: Melton, Johnny
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5965]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "This was the scene Thursday morning as firemen battled flames that destroyed the Golden Dawn night club, 2330 NW 1, formely Chief Jim's and took the life of Alice Boykin, 50, right, divorced wife of J.G. Boykin and owner and operator of the taveren."
Date: November 4, 1948
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of terraced waterway seeded and sodded to Bermuda grass in April 1947. The field on the right empties terraces here and field on the left will do as when it is terraced in the near future. Water finally empties into Spring Creek. Dense stand of grass now carries water safely. Note remains of old gullies gouged out by run off before waterway and terraces were built. Soil Conservation Services technician Hillard Hoffman inspects the grass. TX-44, 813.
Date: November 4, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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