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Byrd Mountain

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1331. View of heavy compacted earth lining in Main Canal at point of Byrd Mountain, looking downstream from approximately Station 171. Compacted earth is about 4.5 feet thick, with no gravel blanketing. Rock has been dumped along bank to use in ripraping to counteract erosion of bank by wave action."
Date: December 19, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Main Canal Test Section

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1322. Main Canal Test Section. Close-up view of soil-cement lining 6 inches thick, 12 per cent cement by volume, left bank."
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Main Canal Test Section

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1327. Main Canal Test Section. Close-up view of soil-cement lining 4 inches think, 12 per cent cement by volume, right bank at Station 37-25."
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Main Canal Test Section

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1329. Main Canal Test Section. Close-up view of soil-cement lining 4 inches thick, 12 per cent cement by volume, right bank at Station 36-75."
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Main Canal Test Section

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1323. Main Canal Test Section. Close-up view of soil-cement lining 6 inches thick, 12 per cent cement by volume, right bank."
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Main Canal Test Section

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1325. Main Canal Test Section. Close-up view of soil-cement lining 6 inches thick, 10 per cent cement by volume, right bank."
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Main Canal Test Section

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1328. Main Canal Test Section. Close-up view of soil-cement lining 4 inches think, 12 per cent cement by volume, left bank at Station 36-75."
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Main Canal Test Section

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1321. Main Canal Test Section. General view of right bank of test section."
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Main Canal Test Section

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1319. Main Canal Test Section. General view of plastic soil-cement section."
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Main Canal Test Section

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1318. Main Canal Test Section. General view of test section looking at left canal bank."
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Main Canal Test Section

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1320. Main Canal Test Section. Left bank of canal showing 10 per cent and 12 per cent by volume, soil-cement mixtures 6 inches thick."
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Main Canal Test Section

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1324, Main Canal Test Section. Close-up view of soil-cement lining 6 inches thick, 10 per cent cement by volume, left bank."
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Main Canal Test Section

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1326. Main Canal Test Section. Close-up view of soil-cement lining 4 inches thick, 12 per cent cement by volume, left bank at Station 37-25."
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Main Canal Test Section

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1330. Main Canal Test Section. View of compacted earth lined section above Station 34-00, 6-inch compacted earth with gravel blanketing."
Date: December 18, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Castor Beans

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1311. Crops. Field of U. S. No. 74 castor beans being harvested after frost by mechanical harvester."
Date: November 29, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Castor Beans

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1310. Crops. Field of U. S. No. 74 castor beans being harvested after frost by mechanical harvester."
Date: November 29, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Castor Beans

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1312. Crops. Castor bean hulling plant of Baker Castor Bean Company at Altus, Oklahoma. Beans are unloaded from truck at right by suction pipe, run through huller, and hulled beans are weighed in bin-type scales in foreground."
Date: November 29, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Harvesting Spinach

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1313. Crops. Workers harvesting irrigated spinach on Frank Hafner farm. Spinach is cut by hand and placed in baskets to be hauled to processing plant, where it is sorted and iced, then shipped by rail and by truck to markets."
Date: November 29, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Castor Beans

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1308. Crops. View of field of U. S. No. 74 castor beans, a variety best adapted to irrigated farms. The lower spikes have already been harvested by hand."
Date: October 25, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Conner Castor Beans

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1307. Crops. View of field of Conner castor beans, a variety best adapted to non-irrigated farms. The lower spikes have already been harvested by hand."
Date: October 25, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Field of Spinach

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1309. Crops. Irrigation of a field spinach. About 500 acres of this crop was planted on the project this year."
Date: October 25, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Distribution System

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1303. Distribution System. View of cattail growth in bottom of Ozark Canal, taken looking upstream from farm bridge at mile 6.1. Water cannot be checked up to full capacity elevation in this section of canal."
Date: October 6, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Altus Reservoir

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1304. Altus Reservoir. View eastward from Lugert Dike showing effects of dike drains after nine months of operation. Former pond in left foreground is now dry and cattail growth is dead."
Date: October 3, 1950
Creator: Callan, J. A.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Engine of Pontiac

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-1301. View of engine block of Pontiac sedan, License No. 1-29666 showing crack in third cylinder."
Date: September 20, 1950
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie
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