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[Photograph 2012.201.B0250.0215]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Stillwater, April 25- farm. boys differ a great deal from the rural lads of a half century ago . Walter Cummins, 19-year old Freedom youth, is a shinning example of what changes have been made in America's farm youth."
Date: April 26, 1951
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0249.0221]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "School children throughout Oklahoma are going to have an opportunity to participate in the Crusade for Freedom by signing special Youth Scrolls and making contributions to the campaign."
Date: September 16, 1951
Creator: Orris, John Adam
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0249.0213]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Tinker air force belles are getting ready to help ding the Freedom Bell by taking part in the base's Crusade for Freedom campaign September 17 and 18."
Date: September 15, 1951
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0249.0220]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Crusade for Freedom campaign starts in Oklahoma Monday, and a colorful motorcade will open a two-week tour of the van, which will show in every section of the state, will feature launching of balloons like those now being used to carry thousands of messages of truth and hope from the American sector of Germany to persons behind the Iron Curtain."
Date: September 16, 1951
Creator: Orris, John Adam
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0250.0213]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Raymond C. Firestone, left, Akron. Ohio, vice- president of the Firestone tire and Rubber Co., is pictured above after his election to the position of chairman of the sponsoring committee of the Future Farmers of America Foundation."
Date: February 15, 1951
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0249.0222]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Abbott Washburn, New York, Executive Vice-Chairman of Crusade for Freedom, left, about to release one of the plastic balloons with the aid of an unidentified spectator."
Date: August 30, 1951
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0249.0223]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Another plastic balloon takes the air on its long trip behind the Iron Curtain where the morning of Aug. 14, last, it settled to earth in the vicinity of Prague where prisoner peoples of Czecho-slovakia presumably found its messages of freedom and hope for their ultimately liberation from the communist rulers."
Date: August 30, 1951
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0249.0218]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "One of the 700 coin cans, distributed by city firemen throughout the city in the Crusade for Freedom, was assembled Friday by Barbara Floyd, 533 SW 23, typist in the Crusade headquarter office."
Date: September 16, 1951
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0250.0214]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The fifth colonelcy granted by Gov. Murray has been awarded to Walter Cummins, 20, Freedom, national president of the Future Farmers of America."
Date: February 25, 1951
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0250.0212]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Walter Cummins of Freedom, Okla., president of the Future Farmers of America, sat between Robert S. Kerr (left) and Oscar R. Ewing, federal security administrator, at a breakfast in Washington held in connection with a current FFA meeting."
Date: January 31, 1951
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3789]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Rocky Dean is inhearting his Dad's jacket, only this is one of his size. And this is the family of DeWayne Hodgson, star farmer, left to right, his wife, Lillian DeWayne, Rocky Dean, Alfred Hodgson, DeWayne's father, and Mrs. Hodgson, DeWayne's mother."
Date: 1951
Creator: Hill, Gilbert
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3787]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A smiling, slender-faced boy from the bleak and rugged plains of northwest Oklahoma, DeWayne Hodgson, 21, of Freedom , Tuesday night was named here as the "Star Farmer" of America. The title means he's the outstanding boy, with the best record and the best chance of succeeding in his chosen profession of farming, in the entire membership of 350,000 Future Farmers of America. And to give him a boost on his way, the title c… more
Date: 1951
Creator: Hill, Gilbert
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.3788]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Here's wealth in western Oklahoma, a fine herd of Herefords, a waterhole created by damming up a usually dry draw, and plenty of grass. And that's DeWayne Hodgson, Ameroca's star farmer, looking it all over because it's his."
Date: 1951
Creator: Hill, Gilbert
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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