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W. M. Nixon and R. H. Vahrenkamp Looking at Cover of Chopped-Up Litter Left on Surface of Soil in Citrus Orchard by Stalk Cutter

Description: Photograph of W. M. Nixon and R. H. Vahrenkamp looking at cover of chopped-up litter left on surface of soil in citrus orchard by stalk cutter. Photograph does not identify the left to right positions of Nixon or Vahrenkamp. The back of the photograph proclaims, “W. M. Nixon and R. H. Vahrenkamp looking at cover of chopped-up litter left on surface of soil in citrus orchard by stalk cutter. Litter protects surface from erosion, increases rainfall penetration and reduces surface evaporation and … more
Date: October 23, 1947
Creator: Brown, Grover
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Pride of Texas Orchards Home Made Weed Mower Close-Up View

Description: Photograph of a homemade weed mower used to mow weeds in citrus orchards. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Home-made weed mower used to mow weeds in citrus orchards. Whirling blades with mower knives cuts weeds at height of about 4 inches from ground. Power to drive blades comes from the wheels – 3 disc blades, 30 inches wide. Cuts strip about 7.5 wide, pulled with Ford tractor. No cultivation practiced in these orchards in last year."
Date: October 23, 1947
Creator: Brown, Grover
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

An UNIDENTIFED Man on a Tractor Pulling a Stalk Cutter Used in Citrus Orchard for Chopping Sown Cover of Weeds and Grasses

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man on a tractor pulling a stalk cutter used in citrus orchard for chopping sown cover of weeds and grasses. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Stalk cutter used in citrus orchard for chopping sown cover of weeds and grasses. No cultivation is used. Cutter leaves thick cover of dead residue that protects the surface from erosion, increases infiltration of rainfall and reduces surface temperature and evaporation. Shield over part of cutter protects tree branches … more
Date: October 23, 1947
Creator: Brown, Grover
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Pride of Texas Orchards Home Made Weed Mower

Description: Photograph of a homemade weed mower used to mow weeds in citrus orchards. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Home made [sic] weed mower used to mow weeds in citrus orchards. Whirling blades with mower knives on edges cuts weeds at height of about 4" from ground. Power takeoff from tractor – 5 disc blades, about 30" diameter, cuts strip about 12.5 feet wide. No other cultivation practiced in these orchards for last year."
Date: October 23, 1947
Creator: Brown, Grover
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Blue Panicum on Mr. Kushn's Land

Description: Photograph of a section of Blue Panicum grass on Mr. (Arnold) Kushn's land. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Blue panicum. Mr. Kushn will cut it with a stalk cutter to let it make new growth. The field has had no irrigation water since March, 1944. At that time it was in tomatoes."
Date: February 18, 1946
Creator: Reid, Louis E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1400.0296]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Don Weddle, McAlester, has been so busy starting his own business that it took him two years to return to Oklahoma State Tech. Okmulgee, for his final semester of commercial art study."
Date: 1963
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1110.0396]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Children swarm around Maj. James N. Rowe's car to catch a glimpse of their hero before the parade being held in his honor by his home town of McAllen Texas starts."
Date: January 16, 1969
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1110.0397]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Children swarm around Maj. James N. Rowe's car to catch a glimpse of their hero before the parade being held in his honor by his home town of McAllen Texas starts."
Date: January 16, 1969
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0356.0050]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Abe Lemons, athletic director and head basketball coach, Pan American University, Edinburg, Texas."
Date: March 20, 1978
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.0497]

Description: Plane crash next to a church. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: October 23, 1970
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.0498]

Description: Damage from a plane crash in a church. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: October 23, 1970
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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