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Rock Excavation

Description: Caption says, "A-382 Railroad and Highway Relocation. Rock excavation in cut on Santa Fe Railroad Relocation. Station 75 to 77."
Date: October 9, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Caterpillar Tractor

Description: Caption says, "A-384 Dikes, North. Caterpillar tractor with bulldozer attachment pulling rolling tamper on backfilling operations in cutoff trench. North Dike, Station 3+50."
Date: October 9, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Rock Excavation

Description: Caption says, "A-383 Railroad and Highway Relocation. Rock excavation in cut on Santa Fe Railroad Relocation. Stations 75 to 77."
Date: October 9, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Concrete Culvert

Description: Caption says, "A-507 Telephoto of reinforced 5' x 4' concrete culvert, at Station 45-45, on Santa Fe Railroad relocation. Upstream end."
Date: December 9, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Drained Cutoff Trench

Description: Caption says, "Altus Project - Altus, Oklahoma. Dikes, Lugert - No. A-150 Looking north in cutoff trench showing wet area completely drained, also additional excavation south of wet area."
Date: July 9, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Wagon Drilling Crew

Description: Caption says, "Altus Project - Altus, Oklahoma. Rock Quarry - No. A-152 Wagon drilling crew at work on rock face of mountain above quarry bench. Pipe frame supporting drill was designed by Mr. Knutson, Powder-man."
Date: July 9, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Riprapping Operations

Description: Caption says, " Altus Project - Altus, Oklahoma. Railroad and Highway Relocation - No. A-153 Riprapping operations on relocation of Highway No. 44 west of quarry road, about Station 91."
Date: July 9, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Location: None
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Men at Airport

Description: Photograph depicts some VIPs upon their arrival at the Altus Airport. From left to right: Governor of Oklahoma Roy J. Turner; former Governor Robert S. Kerr (later a U. S. Senator from Oklahoma); United States Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug; Altus Attorney Robert Harbison, and Executive Secretary of the National Reclamation Association Don McBride.
Date: September 9, 1947
Creator: Finch, F. S.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

[Photograph 2012.201.B0500.0030]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "At least 50 students in the Altus area will receive scholarships to the Altus Junior college next autumn thanks to the business and civic leaders of the Jackson county seat."
Date: June 9, 1949
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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