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[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0765]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Multi-vehicle pileup such as this one in which four trucks were involved near Marietta have taken the lives of six persons in the first two days of July on Oklahoma's interstate highways."
Date: July 1, 1971
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cut Stream Bank on Highway 77

Description: Photograph of a cut stream bank on highway 77, created in January 1958, with no attempt made to control erosion. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Stream bank cut on Highway 77, 3 to 1 slope. Bank cut with no attempt made to control erosion. Cut made in Jan. 1958. Erosion of bank has started with an estimated 6" of rainfall to date. With normal rainfall erosion will be much greater. Soil Unit 9."
Date: July 1, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Stream Bank With No Erosion Control

Description: Photograph of a stream bank cut on Highway 77, 3 to 1 slope. Bank cut with no attempt made to control erosion. Cut made in Jan. 1958. Erosion of bank has started with an estimated 6" of rainfall to date. With normal rainfall erosion will be much greater. Soil Unit 9.
Date: July 1, 1959
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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