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Erosion Wind

Description: Photograph of SCS technician G.C. Gardner walks across a field which had been left clean after a peanut crop and which was hallowed out by subsequent dust storms. Note the rocks and subsoil which has been bared by wind.
Date: April 3, 1950
Creator: Putman, Jack
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Treatment Due to Dust Storm

Description: Photograph of water supply during the dust storm in March 1950, had to be treated extra in order to get the sand out of the two settling basins. Water to supply the city comes from the Washita River, which was low due to drought. Settling basins are open to dust.
Date: April 3, 1950
Creator: Putman, Jack
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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