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300 Bean Pods

Description: Caption says, "A-302 Soy Beans. Showing production of seed. 300 bean pods, two beans per pod. Seed beans averaged 9/16 inch in length. Good variety for production of soy bean seed but of very little value for green manure or hay. Refer to photographs Nos. A-309 and A-294."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

African Millet

Description: Caption says, "A-306 Grain Sorghum, silage crop. African Millet variety. Average height, 6 feet. Chinch bug and drought resistant. Test shows greater drought resistance but less response to irrigation than Atlas Sargo (Photograph No. A-304). Produced 170 pounds per 50 linear feet, one row."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Arizona Hegira

Description: Caption says, "A-307 Grain Sorghum, Arizona Hegira (High Gear) grain crop, irrigated. Average height, 4-3/4 feet. Resistant to chinch bugs. Average length of head, 14 inches. Test showed variety very slow in maturing. Production record: 46 pounds of heads per 50 linear feet of row, irrigated; 19 pounds of heads per linear feet of row, non-irrigated."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Blasting in Rock Cut

Description: Caption says, "A-521 Blast in rock cut, vicinity of Station 64, Santa Fe Railroad relocation, from side of hill south of rock cut. 5000 pounds of powder were used to load 198 holes of an average depth of from 16 feet to 20 feet."
Date: December 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Borrow Area

Description: Caption says, "A-312 Borrow Area E-1 from Station 16 on East Dike, Section B."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Location: None
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Drilling in Rock Cut

Description: Caption says, "A-522 Drilling operations in rock cut, Santa Fe Railroad relocation, vicinity of Station 60."
Date: December 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Dwarf Yellow Millo

Description: Caption says, "A-305 Grain Sorghum, Dwarf Yellow Millo, grain crop, irrigated. Average height, 4 1/2 feet. Non-resistant to chinch bugs. Production record: 58 pounds of heads per 50 linear feet of row, irrigated; 13 pounds of heads per 50 linear feet, non-irrigated."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Grain Sorghum Crop

Description: Caption says, "A-304 Grain Sorghum silage crop. Atlas Sargo variety. Average height, 7 1/2 feet; weight, 180 pounds per 50 linear feet per one row. Irrigated."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Haul Road

Description: Caption says, "A-520 Haul road, vicinity Stations 66 to 77, Santa Fe Railroad relocation, from rock point north of Station 77 on Highway 44."
Date: December 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Kaferita

Description: Caption says, "A-300 Kaferita - Showing damage by English Sparrows and Blackbirds. Non-irrigated. Refer to photograph No. A-308 which shows same variety irrigated and no bird damage."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Kaferita

Description: Caption says, "A-308 Grain Sorghum, Kaferita (a hybrid between Kaffir Corn and Feterita), frain crop. Average height, 4-3/4 feet, chinch bug resistant, early maturing. Irrigated. Production record: 36 pounds per 50 linear feet of one row, irrigated; 20 pounds per 50 linear feet of one row, non-irrigated."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Picture of Progress

Description: Caption says, "A-314 Lugert Dike, downstream toe, 150 feet downstream from Station 41. Progress picture."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Location: None
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Picture of Progress

Description: Caption says, "A-311 Progress picture from Station 0+64 showing East Dike, Section B."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Location: None
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Picture of Progress

Description: Caption says, "A-313 Lugert Dike, showing upstream toe taken 50 feet upstream from upstream toe, Station 11. Progress picture."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Location: None
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Picture of Progress

Description: Caption says, "A-315 Lugert Dike, taken from rock point above dike, Station 44. Progress picture."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Location: None
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Red June Corn

Description: Caption says, "A-303 Red June Corn, photograph showing heavy growth under irrigated conditions. Average height, nine feet. Ears completely ruined by corn-ear worms. Produced 112 pounds of silage per 50 linear feet, one row. Non-irrigated. Refer to photograph No. A-310."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Red June Corn

Description: Caption says, "A-310 Red June Corn, non-irrigated, showing damage by drought. Average height, 5 feet. Production: 26 pounds per 50 linear feet of row. Refer to photograph No. A-303."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Shovel in Santa Fe Railroad Relocation

Description: Caption says, "A-519 N. W. Shovel #3 in rock cut, vicinity Station 78, on Santa Fe Railroad relocation, from south bank of cut."
Date: December 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Soy Beans

Description: Caption says, "A-301 Soy Beans. Picture showing production of foliage for hay or green manure. Very few seed produced. Average height, 4 1/2 feet. Refer to pictures Nos. A-309 and A-294."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Twenty Varieties of Soy Beans

Description: Caption says, "A-309 Soy Beans. Twenty varieties, one row each, at maturity. Refer to photographs Nos. A-294, A-301, and A-302. Irrigated."
Date: August 29, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Truck Dumping Stabilized Lining

Description: Caption says, "A-1068 Main Canal test section. Stabilized lining being dumped on the left slope."
Date: July 29, 1945
Creator: Bryne, W. S.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Bridge Coming Together

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-547. Specifications No. 1510. View taken looking west, showing west truss span of State Highway No. 9 bridge after being shifted laterally from piers onto temporary cribbing, preparatory to loading onto trailers for transportation to other end of bridge."
Date: March 29, 1947
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Bridge Coming Together

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-548. Specifications No. 1510. View taken looking east, showing west truss span of State Highway No. 9 bridge loaded onto two semi-trailer units, one at each end of span, and most of temporary cribbing removed."
Date: March 29, 1947
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Bridge on Truck Bed

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-543. Specifications No. 1510. After pulling truss span to the west onto detour road, the truck was uncoupled from the semi-trailer, supporting the west end of the bridge. This view shows truck turned around and going to the east end of span."
Date: March 29, 1947
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie
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