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Lincoln School

Description: Photograph of the UNIDENTIFIED Basketball Queen at the Lincoln School, Elk City, OK. Photo by Oscar Ronald Savage, c.1950-1953.
Date: 1950~/1953~
Creator: Savage, Oscar Ronald
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Hobart Camp Wheat Project

Description: Photograph of cutting and threshing wheat on the contour with a combine in a terraced field. The wheat was drilled in with a deep furrowed drill on the contour.
Date: July 15, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Erosion Control

Description: Photograph of a cotton field with rows running up and down the hill during a 4-inch rain. Note the relatively small amount of water in the rows. It is running down in the hill and emptying into the wash in the background. This wash is cutting directly across the filed and is over 100 feet wide and about 18 inches deep. This picture was taken the same time as picture number Okla. 5837. Contract the pictures for the value of contour farming. This farm is situated directly North across Highway No.… more
Date: July 15, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
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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.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of contour blanklisted furrows in the foreground which are not only protecting this field but are collecting soil blowing from the unprotected field in the background. The angle which the closest man is leaning into the wind indicates its velocity. OK-5466.
Date: March 19, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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