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Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Class I land untreated, closely drilled to oats. Large closely stacked shocks of grain indicate profitable yield. Due to long slope, the field will be terraced for water conservation. Less than 1% slope. Olustee, silty, clay loam. OK-8180.
Date: July 17, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Tamping Roller

Description: Caption says, "Altus Project - Altus, Oklahoma. Dikes, Lugert - No. A-139 Tamping roller compacting embankment."
Date: July 3, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Dragline

Description: Caption says, "Altus Project - Altus, Oklahoma. Dikes, Lugert - No. A-145 Dragline sloping bank of cut-off trench."
Date: July 7, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Pinto Beans Plot

Description: Caption says, "A-295 Pinto beans, a general view of plot. City of Altus one mile in background. Due to large amount of rain fall, irrigation was not necessary. Produced 80 pounds of dried beans per 1/4 acre (320 pounds per acre). Refer to Photograph No. A-296."
Date: July 2, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Cucumbers

Description: Caption says, "A-299 Cucumber, long green variety. No production record. End of second week of picking, irrigated plot was producing 3 to 1 over non-irrigated plot."
Date: July 2, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Frame of Oil House

Description: Caption says, "A-107 Electric welders assembling frame for oil house. The frame is constructed of two inch pipe, electric arc welded at all joints. Frame is bolted to the concrete foundation."
Date: July 3, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Soy Bean Plot

Description: Caption says, "A-294 Soy bean plot of twenty varieties, one row each. All varieties planted same day under same conditions. Showing ability to obtain stand. Irrigated. Refer to photographs Nos. A-301, A-302, and A-309."
Date: July 2, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Irish Potatoes

Description: Caption says, "A-298 Irish Potatoes - Showing production under one vine of Irish White Cobblers, Who-Who variety. Production, 25 bushels per 1/4 acre. Irrigation unnecessary."
Date: July 2, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Laborers on Large Boulders

Description: Caption says, "A-122 Large rocks loosened from side of the mountain by heavy blasts of dynamite being out into sections for use in the construction in the new masonry dam on the Altus Project."
Date: July 6, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Test Embankment

Description: Caption says, "Altus Project - Altus, Oklahoma. Dikes, Lugert - No. A-140 Test embankment No. 1, Borrow Area No. 1 material. Density Test Hole. Density sand taken and moisture sample taken from side of hole. Station 27+00."
Date: July 3, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie
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