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[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0844]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "BATTERED BUILDING that once was the Country Club beer tavern, just east of Boise City, is shown above. An out of control truck and semi-trailer oil transport ran through the tavern Thursday night, killing one person and injuring five others, three of them critically."
Date: August 22, 1959
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

UNIDENTIFED man Seeding a Field in Land in Conservation Reserve of the Soil Bank

Description: Photograph of a UNIDENTFIED man drilling sideoats grama, blue grama, sand lovegrass, and switch grass into a failed sorghum field growing in conservation reserve of the soil bank. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Land in Conservation Reserve of the Soil Bank. ¼ section; 630 acres have been seeded. Drills owned by SCS district. Seven pounds of side oats [sic] and blue grama, one-pound sand love; ½ switch grass. Returning from cultivation for five years, sorghum did not make a crop so it wa… more
Date: January 17, 1957
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

B. C. Bush, State Aid Discusses With Farmers Howard Warren and Clifford Hitchings Grass Seeding on Conservation Reserve Acreage With Sudan Grass Cover Crop

Description: Photograph of B. C. Bush, State Aid, discuss grass seeding on conservation reserve acreage with Sudan grass cover crop, with farmers Howard Warren and Clifford Hitchings. The photograph does not identify the left to right positions of Bush, Warren, and Hitchings. The back of the photograph proclaims, "B. C. Bush, State Aid, discuss grass seeding on conservation reserve acreage with Sudan grass cover crop, with farmers Howard Warren and Clifford Hitchings. Drills are two 9 hole and two 8 hole 12… more
Date: January 7, 1957
Creator: Welch, A. P.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cover Crop Sorghum

Description: Photograph of snow in sorghum stubble on soil unit 70-A. Dalhart fine sandy loam. Stubble was left 15" high and not pastured.
Date: January 7, 1957
Creator: Murphy, Ralph
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Two UNIDENTFIED Men Standing Next to Four Grass Drills, Which Will Help Seed Grass on Conservation Reserve Acreage

Description: Photograph of two UNIDENTFIED men standing next to four grass drills, which will help seed grass on conservation reserve acreage. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Seeding Grass. Seeding grass on conservation reserve acreage. Four grass drills hooked in sequence covering a 34 Ft. swath."
Date: January 7, 1957
Creator: Murphy, Ralph S.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grain Sorghum Stubble

Description: Photograph of grain sorghum stubble on Dalhart fine sandy loam soil. Stubble 16 inches high. This should be good enough to control wind erosion.
Date: December 16, 1956
Creator: Murphy, R. S.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of bindweed. The control of bindweed with a 2-4-D herbicide (2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) showing nearly a perfect kill. Only a few sprigs of bindweed are showing. Sprayed with 2-4-D at the rate of ½ pound per acre once in 1954 and once in 1955. Dorsay Sparkman is in this picture. OK-341-1.
Date: July 11, 1956
Creator: Engelman, Jack E.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0147.0153]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "LUNCH MUNCHING doesn't slow the docket of Oklahoma's highway commission, holding its monthly meeting here Monday and Tuesday."
Date: June 4, 1956
Creator: Lucas, Jim
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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