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Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of contour blanklisted furrows that not only protect this field but also collects soil blown from the unprotected field in the background. The angle at which the center figure is leaning into the wind indicates its velocity. OK-5466.
Date: March 19, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of contour blanklisted furrows in the foreground which are not only protecting this field but are collecting soil blowing from the unprotected field in the background. The angle which the closest man is leaning into the wind indicates its velocity. OK-5466.
Date: March 19, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of pasture improvement. The area to the right, one year ago was exactly like that on the left. The shrub brush was removed, sprouts mowed three times during the summer and grazing prohibited. Note differences of grass growth. OK-5994.
Date: November 19, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grinding Lime

Description: Photograph of a rock crusher operated by the Idabel CCC camp grinding lime to be used as fertilizer on fields of Soil Conservation Service Cooperators. The limestone at this place contains a percentage of moisture which permits its being ground without dust.
Date: March 19, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Idabel CCC Camp Grinding Limestone/Ardmore Project/Idabel Camp

Description: Photograph of fifteen UNIDENTIFED Idabel CCC workers using a rock crusher to grind limestone for fertilizer. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Rock crusher operated by the Idabel CCC camp grinding lime to be used as fertilizer on fields of Soil Conservation Service cooperators. The limestone at this place contains a percentage of moisture which permits its being ground without dust."
Date: March 19, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Idabel CCC Camp Grinding Limestone/Ardmore Project/Idabel Camp

Description: Photograph of five UNIDENTIFED Idabel CCC workers using a rock crusher to grind limestone for fertilizer on fields of Soil Conservation Service cooperators. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Rock crusher operated by the Idabel CCC camp grinding lime to be used as fertilizer on fields of Soil Conservation Service cooperators. The limestone at this place contains a percentage of moisture which permits its being ground without dust."
Date: March 19, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Judge Alfred P. Murrah

Description: Photograph of Federal Judge Alfred P. Murrah reading to his two children, Ann , age 5, and Paul, age 3, at their home, 820 Northwest 29th Street, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: March 19, 1937
Creator: Hart, Alphia
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Newly Terraced Field

Description: Photograph of a newly terraced field from an altitude of about 700 feet. A natural drain with native vegetation is also shown with the terraces emptying into them.
Date: May 19, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Pasture Improvement

Description: Photograph of pasture improvement showing the area on the right, one year ago which was exactly like that on the left. The scrub brush was removed, aprouts sowed three times during the summer and grazing prohibited. NOTE: difference of grass growth.
Date: November 19, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0139.0109]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. C. F. Colcord and granddaughter, Cadijah Helmerich, who loves in Tulsa, are going after all the freckles and suntan they can find in Florida for two months."
Date: January 19, 1937
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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