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[Photograph 2012.201.B0152.0407]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Towering above the pin-sized man in a rowboat (foreground) is the sub-structure that will carry the rails of the Frisco railroad across the Washita arm of the Red River reservoir when the huge dam is finished in 1944."
Date: July 23, 1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

G. G. Gross Combining Rye and Vetch for Seed

Description: Photograph of District Supervisor G. G. Goss using a tractor to combine rye and vetch for seed. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Combining rye and vetch for seed. This land has been in cultivation for 41 years. (G. G. Gross on tractor). Per Acre Yield: Unfertilized: 214# Abruzzi Rye Seed, 66# vetch, Fertilized: 224# Abruzzi rye seed, (120# superphosphate), 620# vetch seed, Cost of fertilizer, $1.65 per acre. Green Tonnage: Unfertilized: 3,079# rye, 103# vetch, Fertilized: 3,511# rye, 8,49… more
Date: July 23, 1945
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1428.0466]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Big George Zaharias, husband of cancer victim Babe Didrikson Zaharias, became her No. 1 fan in January, 1938, when they met while playing in the Los Angeles open."
Date: June 23, 1946
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1098.0229]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Thinking caps are dusted off at Camp Barkeley when the 45th Infantry Division's radio section stages its weekly "Mental Maneuvers" over KRBC in Abilene."
Date: March 23, 1943
Creator: United States. Army.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of a panoramic view of a 640 acre tract. A land utilization [L.U.] project where 206 acres were seeded in June 1948 to Martin Milo for stubble in which to seed side oats grama grass in the spring of 1949. Once cultivated, this land suffered moderate wind erosion during the wind-blown dust bowl years of the 1930s. TX-44, 635.
Date: August 23, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

W. M. Nixon and R. H. Vahrenkamp Looking at Cover of Chopped-Up Litter Left on Surface of Soil in Citrus Orchard by Stalk Cutter

Description: Photograph of W. M. Nixon and R. H. Vahrenkamp looking at cover of chopped-up litter left on surface of soil in citrus orchard by stalk cutter. Photograph does not identify the left to right positions of Nixon or Vahrenkamp. The back of the photograph proclaims, “W. M. Nixon and R. H. Vahrenkamp looking at cover of chopped-up litter left on surface of soil in citrus orchard by stalk cutter. Litter protects surface from erosion, increases rainfall penetration and reduces surface evaporation and … more
Date: October 23, 1947
Creator: Brown, Grover
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Winter Cover Crop and John Deere Tractor

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man standing in a winter cover crop next to a John Deere tractor with a planter attached. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Winter cover crop (vetch, etc.) planter attached to the front of the tractor with cultivator attached. The planter is shop made from an old grain drill and broadcasts the seed in front of cultivator that covers the seed. One way to plant cover crop at the same time cotton or sorghum are given their last cultivation."
Date: September 23, 1947
Creator: Hartman, M. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1293.0297]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Capt. Jack L. treadwell, patient at Brooke Convalescent hospital, is presented with the Legion of Merit by Brig. Gen. George C. Beach, commanding general at Fort Sam Houston."
Date: January 23, 1946
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0276.0116]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The queen of the 1947 Time Classic, defending champion Vera Huskey, wears a crown, a big smile, and holds up her left hand--the queen holding a kingpin."
Date: February 23, 1947
Creator: East, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0924.0374]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Jack of All Trades --- Rotund Rabbit Musick is shown here tinkering with the electrical system on his beautiful new Kurtis-Kraft Offenhauser with which he has high hopes of victory in the added distance 30-lap June Championship Classic at the Fairgrounds Speedway Tuesday night."
Date: August 23, 1948
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Rhodes Grass Pasture Planted. Planted in 36 inch rows in 1939. This area has been mowed for hay twice this year, has been lightly grazed and is now almost ready for the third cutting. A complete cover has been attained. Absence of weeds is a result of mowing and proper management of the pasture. TX-40, 534.
Date: October 23, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Pride of Texas Orchards Home Made Weed Mower Close-Up View

Description: Photograph of a homemade weed mower used to mow weeds in citrus orchards. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Home-made weed mower used to mow weeds in citrus orchards. Whirling blades with mower knives cuts weeds at height of about 4 inches from ground. Power to drive blades comes from the wheels – 3 disc blades, 30 inches wide. Cuts strip about 7.5 wide, pulled with Ford tractor. No cultivation practiced in these orchards in last year."
Date: October 23, 1947
Creator: Brown, Grover
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Planting Seeds

Description: Photograph of James Doneghy combining seed from 20 acre field of weeping lovegrass planted April 17, 1945, in 42" rows. Yielded 40 seed per acre on July 31, 1945.
Date: May 23, 1946
Creator: Rhode, C. G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Pride of Texas Orchards Home Made Weed Mower

Description: Photograph of a homemade weed mower used to mow weeds in citrus orchards. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Home made [sic] weed mower used to mow weeds in citrus orchards. Whirling blades with mower knives on edges cuts weeds at height of about 4" from ground. Power takeoff from tractor – 5 disc blades, about 30" diameter, cuts strip about 12.5 feet wide. No other cultivation practiced in these orchards for last year."
Date: October 23, 1947
Creator: Brown, Grover
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

An UNIDENTIFED Man on a Tractor Pulling a Stalk Cutter Used in Citrus Orchard for Chopping Sown Cover of Weeds and Grasses

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man on a tractor pulling a stalk cutter used in citrus orchard for chopping sown cover of weeds and grasses. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Stalk cutter used in citrus orchard for chopping sown cover of weeds and grasses. No cultivation is used. Cutter leaves thick cover of dead residue that protects the surface from erosion, increases infiltration of rainfall and reduces surface temperature and evaporation. Shield over part of cutter protects tree branches … more
Date: October 23, 1947
Creator: Brown, Grover
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Rye and Vetch Seed Combining in Peach-Pecan Orchard

Description: Photograph of Avery Dillard, tractor driver, and W. O. Rachels, on combine, combining rye and vetch seed in peach-pecan orchard. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. W. O. Rachels, 2. Avery Dillard. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Combining rye and vetch seed in peach-pecan orchard (Avery Dillard, tractor driver, and W. O. Rachels, on combine). Mr. Alexander had a total of 112 acres of vetch, 60 acres of which was in orchard. Fourteen acres were saved for seed. Vet… more
Date: July 23, 1945
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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