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Harmon County Class II Land

Description: Photograph of "Class II land. Level ridge-type terraces constructed on gently sloping heavy textured soils to conserve moisture and soil." A barn or house is in the distant background.
Date: August 23, 1940
Creator: Bond, Ralph H.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Large Shovel Digging

Description: Large shovel digging away at granite rocks. Caption says, "A-21 Altus Project. The large shovel at work cutting the earth and rocks away from the foot of the mountains for the rock quarry. The type of engine used in the Northwest Drag line and dual crowd shovel. It has a caterpillar Diesel 100 horse power engine."
Date: October 23, 1940
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Shovel Moving Rock

Description: Large shovel in foreground moving granite rocks. Caption says, "A-22 Altus Project. Northwest Shovel moving rock and dirt from side of Rattlesnake Mountain. Slabs of rock will cut from the solid face of granite and hewn into square and rectangular blocks for masonry material in the construction of Altus Dam. Photograph taken from photo station #3 on west side of quarry. Wagon drilling outfit above cab of shovel."
Date: October 23, 1940
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

[Photograph 2012.201.B0275.0603]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Amparo Iturbi kept her concert engagement with the Ladies' Music club Monday night, arriving late in the afternoon and returning to New York Tuesday, even though the death of her mother several days before her appearance here had changed many of her plans."
Date: January 23, 1940
Creator: Cauthen, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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