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[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0322]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sgt. Elmer Morriss, Oklahoma war hero, is shown here with his mother, Mrs. E. L. Morriss of Ringling, left; his wife, Velma Lee, and his father, E. L. Morriss, on a recent visit they made in McCloskey General Hospital in Temple, Texas."
Date: October 3, 1945
Creator: U.S. Signal Corps
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1164.0172]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "At left, R. G. "Boss" Shannon, gray and grizzled with beard, tells his part in the sensational Urschel case 14 years ago."
Date: August 3, 1947
Creator: Johnson, Bill
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1164.0111]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Armon Shannon and his wife Oleta have six children now, of whom five are shown in this photo. They are Bobby,9, left; Peggy Lou, 10, Priscilla, 7; Ronnie, 4, and Wylie 13. Armon and wife are in he background."
Date: August 3, 1947
Creator: Johnson, Bill
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of strip crops and cover crops on contour for wind and water erosion control. Rye cover crop was seeded immediately after peanuts were dug. Crotalaria in 4 rows, peanuts in 8 rows. Mr. Whit Sides says that the crotalaria prevents soil from blowing after the peanut harvest while also fixing nitrogen and humus to the soil. Where peanuts have already been harvested this year, Mr. Sides says he made from 2 to 3 bushels more per acre from the old crotalaria strips than he did on land wher… more
Date: December 3, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of strip crops and cover crops on contour for wind and water erosion control. Rye cover crop was seeded immediately after peanuts were dug. Crotalaria in 4 rows, peanuts in 8 rows. Mr. Whit Sides says that the crotalaria prevents soil from blowing after the peanut harvest while also fixing nitrogen and humus to the soil. Where peanuts have already been harvested this year, Mr. Sides says he made from 2 to 3 bushels more per acre from the old crotalaria strips than he did on land wher… more
Date: December 3, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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