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[2012.201.B0051.0208]

Description: A crumpled and wrecked airplane lies upside down in the middle of a field with wheels in the air. Harry Hentschel was killed in the accident. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Harry Hentschel killed by airplane crash."
Date: July 5, 1935
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0311.0473]

Description: Photograph is of a man in a military flight suit sitting at a desk signing paperwork. Caption: "First Lt. Arthur L. Dozier of the 11th Air Refueling Squadron at Altus Air Force Base recently took the reins of responsibility as an aircraft commander of a KC-135 Stratotanker."
Date: May 30, 1966
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0422.0253]

Description: Photograph is of two boys wearing plaid shirts each leading a calf by a leash. There is a man standing near the boys and calves holding the leash to one of the calves while the boy is shaving the hair of the calf. Caption: "Big league help is given brothers Keith and Don McCombs of Warren in Jackson county. They are headed for the Oklahoma 4-H and FFA Livestock Show in Oklahoma City, March 11-15 with their steers. The helper is former Jackson county 4-H member Eddie Fisher, star pitcher for the… more
Date: March 3, 1966
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Aerial Shot of Dempsey Bros. Farm Windbreaks

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of windbreaks on the Dempsey Bros. farm and the surrounding area in the Southeastern corner of the Greer County Soil Conservation District. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Dempsey Bros. farm on extremely sandy soil in the Southeastern corner of the Greer County Soil Conservation District, Northeast of Blair, Okla. The first plantings were made in 1935 and the pattern gradually enlarged during the ensuing years. Cropland, vineyards, and the farm buildings all … more
Date: September 27, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Aerial View of Stinking Creek

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Stinking Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Aerial view of Stinking Creek. The alluvial soils are Port clay loam and the principal uplands are Tillman-Hollister soils. Much of the land is in irrigated cotton."
Date: September 1958
Creator: Bailey, O. F.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Altus Chamber of Commerce

Description: Photograph depicts the exterior of the Chamber of Commerce Building in Altus which was located at 210 North Hudson.
Date: July 15, 1947
Creator: Hovey, D. A.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Altus Frozen Food Locker

Description: Photograph depicts the Altus Frozen Food Locker in Altus Oklahoma. It was located at 119 E. Commerce.
Date: July 15, 1947
Creator: Hovey, D. A.
Location: 34.638992 -99.333165
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Altus Times-Democrat Building

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-709. The City of Altus. The Altus Times Democrat Newspaper Headquarters."
Date: July 15, 1947
Creator: Hovey, D. A.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

BASEMENT BOX 67.0447

Description: Photograph taken during daylight of the charred wreckage of a burned building and gas pumps. Caption: "Jackson County Landmark established in 1890 - the Martha Mercantile Store - was destroyed by fire Wednesday after the building apparently was struck by a bolt of lighting. The longtime general merchandise store, which had added a gas station for modern times, was owned by Mrs. C. H. Doughty. She estimated loss at $25,000."
Date: May 15, 1969
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Birdie Coker's Farm

Description: Photograph of a scene on Birdie Coker's farm.
Date: July 17, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Fruit and Vegetable Cultivation

Description: Photograph of conservation crop rotation. Austrian winter peas. 150 acres seeded in November 1956 for soil improvement. Good nitrogen fixation when photo was taken. An excellent growth, field has been in wheat for several years and with a wheat crop to planted in 1957. Seeding rate is about 20 pounds per acre. Seed inoculated. No fertilizer applied. Ray Murell, Work Unit Conservationists [WUC] in the picture. OK-456-1.
Date: April 16, 1957
Creator: Cooper, Boyd
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of "Chunk" Reid spot-seeding and pitting native grasses. Note the excellent job of grass management.
Date: May 1, 1968
Creator: Mathiews, Jerry W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of crop rotation. Mung beans planted in rows 40 inches on May 11, 1955. Variety jumbo. Expected yield is 600 pounds. Wheat to follow the Mung beans. Last year, the wheat averaged 37 bushels per acre. OK-143-11.
Date: September 2, 1955
Creator: Murrell, Ray C.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of irrigated Arizina combine grain sorghum growing on Reinach soil of very fine, sandy loam 0 to 1% slopes. This crop following alfalfa has had two 3-inch applications of water. Mr. Hughes estimates 4000 pounds of grain per acre.
Date: August 28, 1956
Creator: Bradley, Oran
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Midland Bermudagrass being planted in the Spring of 1951. Second year growth is excellent. Farmer was offered $2200.00 for 3/4 of an acre. Soil Unit is 8-BR.
Date: May 18, 1955
Creator: Murray, Hubert J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of "Chunk" Reid spot-seeding and pitting native grasses.
Date: May 1, 1968
Creator: Mathiews, Jerry
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Irrigation-Fertilization

Description: Photograph of a tanker metering 8-12-0 liquid fertilizer into irrigation water channel. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Irrigation-fertilization." Metering fertilizer into irrigation water in order to cut down on time and labor needed to do two jobs. The fertilizer is in liquid for and is gaged to the amount of water being used. The fertilizer is added to the water far enough ahead of where it will go on the land to insure complete mixing. The flow of water and fertilizer are regulated t… more
Date: July 18, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Irrigation Pumping Installation on Sand Pit

Description: Photograph of an irrigation pumping installation on sand pit, which its' water is used for cotton irrigation. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Irrigation. Pumping installation on sand pit. Water used for irrigation of cotton. Quantity that can be pumped is unlimited."
Date: August 6, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of very extensive Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control growing into and competing with grass, Clint Walcott farm.
Date: October 1965
Creator: Murrell, Ray
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

The "Little Skojer" Ditcher

Description: Photograph of Mr. J.W. Rhoades operates the hydraulic controls and lifts the nose of the "Little Skojer" ditcher. Mr. Rhoades designed and built this original ditcher with parts from old farm equipment, an old electric refrigerator and washing machine and surplus war materials.
Date: May 15, 1947
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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