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[Photograph 2012.201.B0291B.0244]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The youths who gave Hinton soils a new deal, shown in the group picture, left to right, back row: Austin Sisson, Dean Merrill and Charles Sisson; middle row, Carl Dahlenburg, Carl Hagan, Frank Fossett, George Smart, Herman Renner, Harold Reece, Wayne Jaques and Howard Taylor; and, front row, Clude G. Sherman, vocational agriculture instructor; Harold Gathers, Waymon Garrett, Clifford Cites, Louie Weaver, George Gathers and … more
Date: 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0545]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Oklahoma`s holiday traffic toll stood at six following the death of a California man Saturday morning in a two-car collision five miles west of Bridgeport on US 66. Other holiday accident victims to Saturday night include two persons drowned in the state and another killed in a hunting accident. More than 50 had been injured by fireworks, traffic or other mishaps. Four Oklahomans were dead as a result of holida… more
Date: January 4, 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0913.0497]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "First to stake a claim to a midway plot in Soonerama Land for the Southwest American Exposition at the state fairgrounds in April, 1956."
Date: November 17, 1955
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1070.0024]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Joulian Queton will have to put off her vacation until next year. The attractive Kiowa princess will be too busy in August to "get away from it all."
Date: August 2, 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1237.0402]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "100-year-old John Lum Seow, who reaches the century mark Friday, will celebrate his birthday as mayor for a day in Carnegie. The Chinese-born centurian has received congratulatory letters from President Eisenhower and Gov. Gary."
Date: 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1257.0024]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Guilty Pleas were entered here Friday by three men who admitted robbing the First State Bank of Cement a week ago Friday of $3,410."
Date: November 11, 1955
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of the south end of a waterway, just staked,, looking north. Designed on non-erosive grade for drainage of 1600 acres for 3700 feet spilling into the South Canadian River. It protects several acres of bottom alfalfa land. Photo OK-184-12 shows the waterway after construction started. OK-184-10.
Date: November 2, 1955
Creator: Bates, Leland A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1314.0605]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ramrod of Indian City, USA, Inc., is Charles Goodwin, Anadarko insurance man, center, at earth-turning ceremonies marking the start of construction of the tourist attraction."
Date: February 8, 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0420.0054]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "After investigating the luscious-looking cake used as centerpiece on the refreshment table in the Rotary "House of Friendship" at Lawton, these Rotary Anns found cardboard instead of pastry under the mounds of icing."
Date: 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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