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[Photograph 2012.201.B0247.0150]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The first Methodist church at Crescent, organized in 1890 as the outgrowth of a Thanksgiving day union service in 1889, will dedicate its new building Wednesday with the assistance of Dr. W. Angie Smith, bishop for Oklahoma and New Mexico."
Date: April 5, 1949
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0966.0590]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "When you start building a multi-million-dollar project like the Sears, Roebuck & Co. store, very little dirt is moved with a shovel."
Date: April 5, 1953
Creator: Killian, Thomas F.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Description: Photograph of the City Service Company compressor plant in Straight, Oklahoma. Built in the midst of a wheat-growing area in the Oklahoma Panhandle in 1944. The first year the compnay had a great deal of trouble from blowing dust. The Soil Conservation District helped them get a start of buffalo and other grasses to treat the problem. Now the entire 160 acres surrounding the plant is tied down with grass. OK-10, 338.
Date: April 5, 1950
Creator: Putnam, Jack
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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