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Aerial Shot of Two Farm Ponds and Terraces/Ardmore Project/Konawa Camp

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of two farm ponds, terraces, a road, and a few buildings. The back of the photograph proclaims, “This picture shows two farm ponds, constructed by the land owner and protected by rip-rapping. The rip-rapping and outlets were provided by the service. The upper pond is approximately 10 acre feet and was constructed for use as a silting basin, for the lower pond. The lower part of the picture shows terraces and outlet ditches. Terraces are level. The old terraces can b… more
Date: September 30, 1936
Creator: Slack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Aerial Shot of Erosion Control on Two Farms/Ardmore Project/Konawa Camp

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of erosion control on two farms. The back of the photograph proclaims, “This picture shows two farms on which erosion control is practiced to a large extent. There are two farm ponds shown here in which the water is supplied by excess drainage from the level terraces fields. Note the terrace channels filled with water from a heavy rain the night before.”
Date: September 30, 1936
Creator: Slack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Aerial Shot of Two Farm Ponds/Ardmore Project/Konawa Camp

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of two farm ponds and some white spots indicating alkaline conditions caused by erosion. A road spans the bottom corner of the photograph, while a farm is near the top left. The back of the photograph proclaims, “This picture shows two farm ponds which were built by the landowner and rip-rapped by the landowner. The upper pond is used as a silting basin for the lower pond. Immediately above the pond there are some white spots which are an indication of alkaline cond… more
Date: September 30, 1936
Creator: Slack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Mooreland, 1931

Description: Insurance map sheet showing an area of Mooreland in Woodward County, Oklahoma, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: April 1931
Creator: Oklahoma Inspection Bureau
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Flood Control

Description: Photograph of water flowing from masonry flum constructed in a waterway. Note the velocity of water in the flume. Outside of York, SC.
Date: October 16, 1936
Creator: Fawell, W. J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Hereford Cattle Grazing

Description: Photograph of grade Hereford grazing on rye and vetch class III 12 cross timbers soil. Mr. Keller has found it very profitable to buy cattle in the fall, winter on this type of pasture and sell on spring market.
Date: March 11, 1933
Creator: Fry, Chester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of Boley Camp cooperative garden planted using contour farming methods by CCC workers. Contour farming: planting and cultivating crops around a hill rather than up and down the hill so the rows create a dam effect that slows water run-off. OK-5645.
Date: May 6, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of strip cropping with Lespedeza, soy beans and corn. Unterraced field. This view is to be compared with OKLA 5310, which shows a nearby field which has the same soil and is about the same slope, but which is planted in straight rows up and down the slopes and the cotton is very poor, as, in this season of very slight rainfall, what did fall was kept on the contour-farmed field, but was lost on the other. OK-5311.
Date: July 19, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of water standing in lister furrows and terrace channel after a four-inch rain in a cotton field planted on the contour. OK-5839.
Date: July 15, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of contour rows of coton in an unterraced field. Notice the reverse curve in the rows. OK-5342.
Date: July 22, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of Elk City resevoir after a flood. It shows severe outting on backslope of dam. This dam overtopped its entire length before it broke. This picture gives an idea of the amount of water that was flowing over the dam before its break. This flood was caused by a six inch rain that fell in one night, three inches of which fell in 45 minutes. OK-5137.
Date: May 3, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of a specially-constructed grader made from an old road maintainer. It has no front wheels and hitches to the tractor for frontal support. The grader and tractor are equipped with lights and is now working three eight-hour shifts a day. The graderfixed up in this way is very efficient. OK-5167.
Date: May 4, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of three year-old locust trees in an abandoned badly gullied land. The farmer built the check dams in the gullies, bought the trees and planted them shortly before the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) moved into that area. The area is rapidly becoming stabilized. OK-6346.
Date: April 16, 1938
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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