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[2012.201.B0408.0231]

Description: Photograph is of a few children and adult men and women waling on a glass floor with an exhibit underneath looking at the exhibit at their feet. Caption: "This walk's a dizzy one for visitors at air force exhibit at the State Fair of Oklahoma."
Date: September 28, 1966
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a Soil and Water Conservation District [SWCD] operator is trying to get an early seedbed prepared to plant spinach. 5 tons per acre can be produced on the land if not for the lack of adequate drainage limiting it to 1 crop in 5 to 8 years. Seedbed preparation is costly. When the Cache 566 Project is completed this land will be drained with a good rotation followed. OK-1541-11.
Date: February 28, 1962
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Excellent Condition Range Near Ponca City

Description: Photograph of a range in excellent condition, which sits on a loamy site. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range. Excellent condition. Loamy site."
Date: September 28, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Fair Condition, Grassy Range Near Ponca City

Description: Photograph of a grassy range in fair condition. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range. Fair condition. Loamy site."
Date: September 28, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Fair Condition, Grassy Range Near Ponca City

Description: Photograph of a grassy range in fair condition. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range. Fair condition. Loamy site."
Date: September 28, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Fair to Good Condition Range Near Ponca City

Description: Photograph of a range in fair to good condition, which sits on a loamy prairie site. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range. Fair to good condition. Loamy prairie site."
Date: September 28, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Poor Condition, Lightly Grazed Range Near Ponca City

Description: Photograph of poor condition, lightly grazed range. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Poor condition. Lightly grazed. Loamy prairie."
Date: September 28, 1960
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of a wildlife area. Native grass and plum thickets. OK-1826-2.
Date: August 28, 1962
Creator: Coleman, Chester C.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Riprapped Road Ditch

Description: Photograph of Photograph of road ditch work being riprapped for erosion protection by six UNIDENTIFIED workers. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Road ditch work being rip-rapped for erosion protection. Water formerly cut through pasture, cutting out emergency spillway of detention reservoir No. 18, Criner Creek. REA moved poles; Jack Luttrell gave Highway Department easement to widen ditch and take water down road."
Date: February 28, 1961
Creator: Fortney, F. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of streambank improvement. On a tributary of Beef Creek. Entire area will be sprigged to Bermuda grass. Work done with a bulldozer. OK-1278-11.
Date: February 28, 1961
Creator: Fortney, Fred
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grazing Buffalo on Boulder Ridge

Description: Photograph of buffalo grazing on Boulder Ridge range site in excellent condition. The animals do not receive any feed. Photo taken about three miles west of headquarters, south of road, looking to the east.
Date: March 28, 1968
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Red Clay Flats Range on Treadway Soils

Description: Photograph of a landscape view of a Red Clay Flats range on Treadway soils. The vegetation on this range includes blue grama, tall dropseed, buffalograss, and mesquite. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Landscape view showing Treadway soils, Red Clay Flats range site in foreground. Vegetation invaded by mesquite. Dominant grasses blue grama, tall dropseed, buffalo grass. Background shows Breaks site of Vernon soil, broken phase.”
Date: January 28, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Description: Photograph of a landscape. Landscape: Lucien-Vernon complex soil type, Loamy Prairie--Excellent condition. Range site on either side of natural drain. Sandstone outcropping typical of this soil type--Class VI land. Little bluestem is the dominant vegetation. OK-1071-11.
Date: January 28, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Description: Photograph of a landscape view showing Lucien-Vernon complex soil type, Loamy Prairie range site on either side of natural drain. Vegetation: Little Bluestem dominant. Excellent condition range. OK-1071-10.
Date: January 28, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Treadway Soils

Description: Photograph of landscape view showing Threadway soils, Red Clay Flats range site in foreground. Vegetation invaded by mesquite. Dominant grasses bluestem, tall dropseed, buffalo grass. Background shows breaks site of Vernon soils, broken phase.
Date: January 28, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Buffalo Herd on Berryman Ranch

Description: Photograph of eleven buffalo kept on the Berryman Ranch. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Part of buffalo herd kept on Berryman Ranch in Ellis County."
Date: July 28, 1960
Creator: Gordon, Z. V.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Buffalo Herd on Berryman Ranch

Description: Photograph of thirteen buffalo kept on the Berryman Ranch. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Part of buffalo herd kept on Berryman Ranch. Pond in background is one of three in 700 acre pasture used for herd of 40 to 50 buffalo."
Date: July 28, 1960
Creator: Gordon, Z. V.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Buffalo on Berryman Ranch

Description: Photograph of part of the Buffalo herd kept on the Berryman Ranch. Pond in background is one of three in 700 acre pasture used for herd of 40 to 50 buffalo.
Date: July 28, 1960
Creator: Gordon, Z. V.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[2012.201.B0051.0169]

Description: An aircraft flies over a flipped plane. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "INSTANT NOSE JOB was performed by a wind gust Thursday on this Cessna 172 aircraft parked at Oklahoma City's Expressway Junction Airpark. Owned by Gerald Nelson, operator of a Guthrie Flying service, the craft had been flown in by Bruce McCoy, Guthrie student pilot, and was parked and unattended when a small, gusty whirlwind flipped it over. No other planes were damage… more
Date: March 28, 1969
Creator: Heaton, Dave
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Calvin C. Reeves Jr. Studying Eram Soil

Description: Photograph of "Calvin C. Reeves Jr., Student-Trainee Soil Scientist, studying Eram soil, and it's [sic] potential for rangeland."
Date: July 28, 1968
Creator: Lowe, George H.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Recreation

Description: Photograph of Mr. & Mrs Bill Passons, 2 miles N. of Trousdale Bratcher Farm. Mrs. Passons is Mr. Bratcher's sister. Recreation in the form of fishing on Sitte # 6, Salt Creek. OK-2755-3.
Date: March 28, 1967
Creator: Maples, Robert C.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of pipe discharge. View of alfalfa field below Site 26, Calvary watershed after flood storage had discharged through this field 8 days following an 8 inch rain above this site on the morning of August 19, 1961. This field and other fileds downstream have been protected from scour and siltation. OK-1438-12.
Date: August 28, 1961
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of the principal spillway, Site # 26, Cavalry Creek. View of the permanent pool area afte the water has drawn down from the flood after an 8 inch rain occurred above this site on August 19, 1961. OK-1438-11.
Date: August 28, 1961
Creator: Rowlett, Olen
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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