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[BASEMENT BOX 67.0077]

Description: Photograph is of a group of men in suits and coats surveying a brick structure that was destroyed by fire. There is brick rubble and metal strewn across the ground behind the men. Caption: "Twisted steel and fire-crumbled brick are all that remain of the First Baptist church of Cordell."
Date: January 14, 1940
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0423.0090]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The staff of Harry James, Oklahoma county agent, will be enlarged Monday with the addition of Claude Fite, Cordell, as assistant agent. Fite, a graduate of Oklahoma A&M college with a major in poultry husbandry, was a member of Oklahoma's 1941 national champion 4-h poultry judging team. In college, he took part in poultry judging contests in Baton Rouge, LA., and Memphis, TN, with the A&M team"
Date: August 1, 1949
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1119.0278]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "On May 1, the city of Cordell will receive a new chief executive, supported by former service friends. The new mayor is Troy N. "Pat" Rainbolt, a former Army engineer, 29, with 30 mos. service in the last war."
Date: April 6, 1947
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Drop Inlet Operating on Cloud Creek

Description: Photograph of a drop inlet on Cloud Creek watershed operating after a 4. 6 inch rain in 4 hours. This drop inlet is above Detention Reservoir No. 1. Very little of the one inch flood storage was used. A 48 inch pipe is through the dam and the 280 acre drainage area had good land treatment on it.
Date: May 18, 1949
Creator: Ginter Photo Co.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of Robert S. Kerr, former governor of Oklahoma (1943 - 1947) and currently president of the Oklahoma Water Development Association, speaks at Cloud Creek during the dedication of upstream flood control structures. OK-9617.
Date: July 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a view east across top of detention reservoir No. 1 on Cloud Creek. The 3 trucks at the pool of water are sprinkler equipped. Owned by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, the trucks were used to keep down dust on sandy roads during the dedication ceremonies on the upstream flood control structures. OK-9619.
Date: July 8, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a follow-up of a roadside drop-inlet flood control structure adjoining the Sid Lundy farm. The structure was built where formerly a dangerous wooden bridge spanned a gully on a school bus and mail route. County Commissioners furnished the pipe and the Soil Conservation District put in a fill through the Soil Conservation Service Flood Control program. The permanent basin is full of water. OK-9600-D.
Date: July 13, 1949
Creator: Archer, Sellars G
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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