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[Photograph 2012.201.B0223.0223]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Booth hall, the new home of Chickasha Encampment No. 18, IOOF, will be completed by July 1 as a memorial to the late S. Booth, longtime member of the Chickasha lodge."
Date: May 24, 1950
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0077.0162]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Faye O'Dell, left, who was graduated Thursday from Central State college, Edmond, is shown trading in his cap and gown for a second lieutenant's commission in the marine corps reserve here."
Date: May 24, 1950
Creator: Johnson, Bill
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1387.0541]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Patrolman R.T. Wade stuck his finger through a bullet hole in his squad car's windshield Wednesday and pondered the quirk of fate that spared him in a brush with burglars a few hours earlier."
Date: May 24, 1950
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1142.0371]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The South Oklahoma City Rotary club has embarked in a safety project, and Capt. Clay A. Scheid, police director of traffic, is shown pointing at the results."
Date: May 24, 1950
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1194.0434]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Southeast secondary school-the second highschool to be built under city schools' 1945 and 1949 bond program-will be ready for occupancy when school opens next autumn."
Date: May 24, 1950
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Levees to Protect Bottomland

Description: Photograph of owner Walter Gray reports spending $35,000 on levees to protect his bottomland over a 20 year period. Large breaks in levees, along straightened creek, can be seen across field. Owner Gray said 450 acres were damaged seriously.
Date: May 24, 1950
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Finn Creek Flood

Description: Photograph of Self Estate May 10 and 11 waters from Finn Creek crossed this bottomland field, depositing sediment and washing out young corn. Dikes protecting cropland has broken, unable to carry water after intense downpour. Water took out half mile of fencing along roadway.
Date: May 24, 1950
Creator: Jenkins, Tarleton A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Broken Levee on Walter Gray's Land

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man (Walter Grey) surveying damage from a broken levee, which damaged 450 acres of bottomland and severely damaged 100 acres. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Owner Walter Gray reports spending $35,000 on levees to protect his bottomland over a 20-year period. Large breaks in levees, along straightened creek, can be seen across field. Owner Gray said 450 acres of bottomland were damaged by flood. Over 100 acres were damaged seriously."
Date: May 24, 1950
Creator: Jenkins, Tarleton A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

State Highway 24 Levee Break

Description: Photograph of broken levee, which protected a bottomland field, near State Highway 24, eight miles west of Wayne. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Break in levee built along State Highway 24 eight miles west of Wayne to protect bottomland field shown beyond."
Date: May 24, 1950
Creator: Jenkins, Tarleton A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0284.0536]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma College for Women students, Chickasha, were busy this week taking examinations and getting ready to go home, but the busiest faculty member was Miss Julia Lee Hawkins, dean of students, who was taking applications for rooms for the 1950-51 term starting in September."
Date: May 24, 1950
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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