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[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0980]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Attempted to break the drought in southwest Oklahoma and nearby Texas so far have produced more rainmakers than rain, farmers say, but a new man with a new method was on hand today near Altus."
Date: July 8, 1971
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0242.0614]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Cotton harvest in Jackson brings these workers to a field owned by Bill Kiker of Altus, who last week delivered the county's first bale of cotton from this year's crop."
Date: October 7, 1975
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0141]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tangled wreckage and demolished rails resulted when more that 20 box cars of a 110-car Frisco freight train jumped the tracks four miles east of Altus early Tuesday morning."
Date: December 26, 1972
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0106.0758]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The U. S. 283 bridge south of Altus is the only bridge in southwestern Oklahoma targeted for removal, out of 20 deficient structures cited in the statewide bridge replacement program."
Date: October 8, 1978
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0644]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Long lines of cotton wind around the lot of the Oklahoma Cotton Cooperative Compress company in Altus, where bales from 58 cotton gins are compressed tighter and shipped to Galveston, Tex., and to California ports."
Date: November 8, 1977
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0649]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Pick up ricks is the name of the 'game' in the southwestern area of the state where cotton farmers are gathering the remnants of a record-breaking crop."
Date: February 4, 1974
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0651]

Description: Caption: "Altus cotton which went into the first bale of the season to arrive at an Altus gin Friday is gathered by farmer Warren 'Corky' Bryce and his four-row stripper in his 30-acre patch west of Altus."
Date: September 24, 1976
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0681]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "In home stretch is Oklahoma's cotton crop as bolls are maturing rapidly with harvest less than a month away in some areas."
Date: September 8, 1977
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0152.0389]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Completion of Tom Steed Reservoir being built to supply municipal water to three thirsty southwestern Oklahoma cities, is being jeopardized by ever-increasing price rises in construction."
Date: 1975
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0647]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Harvest of the state's cotton crop is continuing in southwestern Oklahoma despite diesel fuel shortages reportedly plaguing the area."
Date: December 7, 1973
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0702]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Cotton harvesting continues to pick up momentum in southwest Oklahoma under the twin blessings of ideal weather and a good crop."
Date: October 16, 1972
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0657]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A giant bale of unprocessed cotton produced by new harvesting equipment in use in southwest Oklahoma this year sits outside an Altus gin."
Date: October 13, 1977
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0672]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Stacking cotton has been a familiar sight the past few weeks in southwestern Oklahoma as growers are harvesting a bumper crop."
Date: November 30, 1977
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0667]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Burned cotton is wet down by a warehouse worker to prevent flare-ups after a $75,000 fire at the Oklahoma Cotton Co-op Association Compress at Altus."
Date: November 26, 1977
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0669]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Cottonseed mountains are continuing to grow in Altus as this year's bumper cotton crop exceeds the available storage space and forces the open stockpiling of both cotton and cottonseed."
Date: December 20, 1973
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0682]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A crop duster makes a low pass over a Jackson County cotton field as aerial spraying continues at a feverish pace to protect what is expected to be the best state crop in recent years."
Date: September 12, 1977
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0144.0645]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Latest cotton harvest in the history of southwest Oklahoma continues this week, only about a month before farmers normally begin spring planting."
Date: 1973
Creator: Long, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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