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St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" Lamberson wye

Description: A photograph print showing the St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" track switch. "With this type of switch, there are no breaks in the main-line rails. The Frisco used this one, and another like it, a "split-proof swich", at the Lamberson wye in a remote area north of Talihina, OK., where helper engines were turned at the top of Winding Stair Mtn. Can you figure how it worked? It did! Line abandoned."
Date: September 3, 1939
Creator: George, Preston
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1134.0558]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "BEFORE TAKING OVER AS COMMISSIONER of public safety, Jim Lookabaugh, left, member of the Oklahoma City school board and former A&M college football coach, talks over state highway patrol problems with Maj. Jack Rollins, center, patrol chief, and out-going commissioner Lawrence F. Bellatti at a meeting Monday in Stillwater."
Date: January 3, 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0454]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "of a trip to Europe, Frank Chitwood, of Poteau who is working here this summer thanks Susan Myers, 8, of El Reno, the nearest thing to a little Dutch girl who could be found in Oklahoma."
Date: July 3, 1957
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1325.0329]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Flower for legislator is presented to Ralph Vandiver, representative from LeFlore county, by Edyth Draper, Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce."
Date: January 3, 1961
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of Soil and Water Conservation Department [SWCD] equipement used in planting land to Sericea meadow. Soil and Conservation Service technicians aided the land owner to see the need for permanent cover on this soil. OK-1382-4.
Date: July 3, 1961
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Robert S. Kerr near Coaldale

Description: Photograph of strip dump as being developed into a very good wildlife area. The locust on the spoil pile and the fish in the pit area. Senator Kerr is rapidly carrying out the plan he and SCS technicians determined best for his soil. OK-1382-8.
Date: July 3, 1961
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Strip Dump Development

Description: Photograph of a strip dump that is being developed into a very good wildlife area. The locust on the spoil pile and fish in the pit area. The Senator, Robert S. Kerr, is rapidly carrying out the plan he and SCS technicians determined best for his soil.
Date: July 3, 1961
Creator: Ball, Lemuel F., Jr.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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