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- [Photograph 2012.201.B0231.0179]
- Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0248.0132]
- Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City outfielder Al Cross slides into thirdbase during a practice session at the Tribe's camp in Longview , Texas."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0340.0006]
- Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Les Kilgore, Amarillo, Tex. Service Station Operator, Formerly City, YMCA Swimming Instructor"
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0252.0348]
- Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City is Fred Hawkins' favorite town."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0245.0749]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The main speaker at the East Texas Jube-OIL-Lee, October 14-16 will be a colorful "rugged individualist," Erle P. Halliburton, an engineer, scientist and financier."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0237.0367]
- Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "HERE'S MY FIVE! -- Sal Gliatto (right), former Dallas Texas league pitcher from 1933 - 1942, offers his congratulation to fellow townsman J. b. Solomon after the latter was crowned king of the 1952 Times Classic Sunday at Brantley's alleys."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0236.0345]
- Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A former Oklahoma City family is going to Egypt as a part of the United States' Point Four program."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0242.0096]
- Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0104.0115]
- Caption: "The merger of Braniff International Airways and Mid-Continent Airlines became official as of 12:01 a.m. Saturday and the presidents of the two carriers were happy to finalize a deal that makes Braniff the sixth largest airline in the U. S. and the 12th largest in the world."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0357.0202]
- Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Ike Ellis Denton , Texas, Speedboat racer."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0299.0113]
- Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rev. Louis H. DeFreese, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Houston, will occupy the pulpit of First Lutheran, 1300 N Robinson. Mr. Defreese will take over the pastorate here May 1, replacing Rev. Fred H. Bloch, who moved to a Stillwater pastorate in January."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0298]
- Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0250.0175]
- Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "O. Sam Cummings, Dallas, 1950 winner of the John Newton Russell award for outstanding service to the institution of life insurance, arrived Thursday to speak at Friday's luncheon meeting of the Oklahoma City Association of Life Underwriters at the YWCA.."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0239.0423]
- Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Madison Cooper calls the 2,00 page novel he spent 11 years writing in secrecy just plain "UG"."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0107.0136]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Awards-Three Oklahoma City Jaycees admire the trophies the local group got at the national convention in Dallas."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B1428.0457]
- Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "George Zaharias, right, was an Oklahoma City visitor Friday."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B1412.0405]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
- [Photograph 2012.201.B1251.0564]
- Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Liew Smith, 83, a charter member (1899) in the Oklahoma City carpenters union, got a pleasant surprise when he found his old buddies hadn't forgotten him."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0277.0185]
- Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Jack Hamm, 35-year-old Waco, Tex., artist, who teaches commercial art ar Baylor University in Waco, is shown with some of his religious cartoons which he sends free to 331 newspapers in 42 states and several foreign countries ."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0941.0729]
- Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Methods of smoking and newspaper work have changed in the past 50 years, but A. W. Neville, editor of The Paris News who celebrated his 50th year with the paper Monday."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B1132.0327]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A HOUSTON, Texas, ear-nose-throat specialist thinks he has improved on nature to give sinus victims relief from infection."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0294B.0176]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Manger Al Hollingsworth, left, and shortstop Billy Costa."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B1110.0618]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Filchock has signed to coach Saskatchewan."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B1052.0320]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bob Phelan,Wichita Falls,is not alarmed because he is currently in 13th place in stock car championship points."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B1263.0613]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Charles Stitch, Buffalo's 15-year-old farm expert, was featured on a coast to coast radio hookup on National Farm and Home hour here Saturday."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0999.0443]
- Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Al Papai - Baseball - Houston Buffs"
- [Photograph 2012.201.B1243.0157]
- Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
- [Photograph 2012.201.B1275.0761]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It was off to baseball wars again for Tommy Tatum, Oklahoma City Indians second-year manager who, with president Jimmie Humphries, left for new spring training base at Longview, Texas, on Thursday."
- Farming Equipment and Methods
- Photograph of newly pitted rangeland just after a ¾ inch rain fell. The pits caught the rain and more ran off the area. The moisture penetrated into the soil in the pits 10 ½ inches deep, whereas in an adjoining area not pitted the soil was wet only 2 or 3 inches deep. TX-48-277.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of poison weed plots on the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. Members of the Texas Section, American Society of Range Management view the enclosures while on a field tour. Livestock were excluded from the area since October, 1951. Various locoweed control treatments have been tried. One outstanding result of the enclosures is in the recovery of cane bluestem grass. The area receives a little extra water from the adjacent highlands. Outside the plot the few cane bluestem plants found were closely grazed. Blue grama and buffalo grass predominated. Inside the enclosure, bluestem predominated in spots, with a great increase in vigor and the number of plants. TX-48-350.
- Fiber Cultivation
- Photograph of Soil Conservation District [SCD] Board chairman Olean (left) and Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician Albert T. Jordan (right) inspect a strand of cotton planted where guar was grown last year. Cotton planted as two rows in and one out. At left is cotton following cotton. Practically no cotton will be harvested around here this year because of drought. I 2 RR. TX-48, 201.
- Fiber Cultivation
- Photograph of Soil Conservation District [SCD] Board Chairman Olson (left) and Soil Conservation Service technician, Albert T. Jordan [right] standing in a field of cotton following cotton. Drought has ruined this cotton, planted 2 in and 2 out following. In the background in the 10-acre field of cotton planted 2 in and 1 out following soil-improving guar. I 2 RR. TX-48, 204.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of Big Bend National Park, showing a part of the Tornillo Flats, where pitting was done last winter in strips. Where the pits are, they caught 2.4 inches of rain and was absorbed into the ground. A thick cover of annuals resulted, mostly 6-week grama, with some seedlings of perennials that were seeded following pitting. The strips not pitted are badly crusted and almost no water penetrated the soil. The area is almost bare. TX-48-176.
- Soil Conservation Districts, Members and Goals
- Photograph of the Upper West Fork Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors discussing membership goals of the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts. From left to right: 1. Joe F. Wilhite, from Decatur, Texas. 2. Rollins Hill, from Antelope, Texas—Secretary. 3. H. G. Millican, Loving, Texas—Chair. 4. Cecil Bullard, Bridgeport, Texas. 5. Austin Wells, Vashti, Texas. TX-47-956-A.
- Soil Conservation Districts, Members and Goals
- Photograph of Photo of Upper West Fork Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors. From left to right: 1. Cecil Bullard, Bridgeport, Texas. 2. Rollins Hill, from Antelope, Texas—Secretary. 3. H. G. Millican, Loving, Texas—Chair. 4. Austin Wells, Vashti, Texas. 5. Joe F. Wilhite, from Decatur, Texas. TX-47-956-B.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of a part of Tornillo Flats, Big Bend National Park, where pitting was done last winter in strips [i.e., creating pits that can capture water and prevent runoff). Where the pits are, they caught the rain of 2.4 inches and it was absorbed. A thick cover of annuals, mostly 6-weeks grama resulted, with some seedlings of perennials that were seeded following pitting. The strips not pitted are badly crusted and almost no water penetrated the soil. The area is almost bare. TX-48, 178.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of John D. Faught, farm owner and Soil Conservation District [SCD] supervisor and J.L Coppedge, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician marvel at the way in which this King Ranch bluestem has grown and survived during 3 years of drought. The grass was planted in April, 1949, in 3-foot rows at the rate of 2 pounds per acre. Some barnyard fertilizer was used on the grass. TX-48-301.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of James carter, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician on the left and Ray Haun, operator on the right try to determine how a solid cover of Bermuda grass was obtained on this waterway during one of the most severe droughts in the history of Texas. The waterway was sodded on February 26, 1952, and was later planted to cotton. The cotton was plowed three times but was later mowed to cut down on moisture competition. The waterway is 100 feet wide and will accommodate the drainage from 100 acres of terraced land. Fields on the right and left will be terraced. TX-48-311
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of newly pitted rangeland just after a ¾ inch rain fall. The pits caught the rain and more ran off the area. Moisture penetrated into the soil in the pits10 ½ inches deep, whereas in an adjoining area not pitted, the soil was wet at only 2 to 3 inches deep. TX-48-277.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of a part of Tornillo Flats, Big Bend National Park, where pitting was done last winter in strips [i.e., creating pits that can capture water and prevent runoff). Where the pits are, they caught the rain of 2.4 inches and it was absorbed. A thick cover of annuals, mostly 6-weeks grama resulted, with some seedlings of perennials that were seeded following pitting. The strips not pitted are badly crusted and almost no water penetrated the soil. The area is almost bare. TX-48, 178.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of Madrid Clover and Johnsongrass as an excellent mixture for hay. The clover was planted on Johnsongrass land in March 1951, and was harvested for hay in that year. The clover was harvested for seed in 1992 and yielded around 300 pounds per acre where the photo was made. Soil Unit # 4, Class I. TX-48-123.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of Achenbach Brome grass seeded in three foot rows in October 1950 for seed production and grazing. The grass was side dressed in April, 1952, with 400 pounds per acre of 0-20-0 and 200 pounds of 32-0-0 fertilizers. Tanner Smith, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], appears in the photo. TX-48-114.
- Tanner Smith
- Photograph of Tanner Smith (SCS technician), WUC, McKinney, TX, inspecting a field of Suiter Fescue.
- Four Six Inch Siphons Watering Conservation Irrigation System
- Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man inspecting and watching a six-inch siphon starting to run, watering conservation irrigation system. The back of the photograph proclaims, “6 inch siphon starting to run, watering conservation irrigation system.”
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0279.0263]
- Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A shapely attractive 19-year-old University of Texas senior from Houston was queen of Texas league Tuesday, after winning out over seven other candidates."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0401.0188]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A patient considers a pain in the back a mysterious sort of thing because "it's behind you and you can't see it," a Fort Worth, Texas, orthopedist said Thursday."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0279.0262]
- Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Miss Clara Mitchner (Okla.. City), center, surrounded by other finalist in Texas league "Queen of Basketball" contest."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0279.0261]
- Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "In the finals held here Monday night prior to the opener of the Houston-Oklahoma City series Miss Margaret Hargrove of Houston was selected as the Texas league's baseball beauty queen."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0901.0328]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0901.0324]
- Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "L. D. "DUTCH" MEYER"