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Alkali Spots in Field

Description: Photograph of Henry Kedding standing on an alkali spot after 2 tons of gypsum was applied to field in 1956. Directly behind Kedding, are several buildings and structures, which include houses, barns, and silos. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Alkali spot after 2 tons of Gypsum was applied in 1956. Before planting, area on left of drain untreated. Right of terrace treated in 1957 – 2 tons per acre. Henry Kedding in photo.“
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Maxwell, A. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Basement Box 51.0178]

Description: Caption: "DUNCAN-Two Duncan women who believe in U.S. astronauts praying in space have received support from not only thousands of U. S. citizens, but also from President Nixon. Mrs. J. C. Haney and Mrs. Roy E. Finucane, Duncan housewives, have received some 11,000 signatures on their petitions from Oklahoma residents and residents of other states, plus men fighting in Vietnam." Two women sit on floor and look through papers.
Date: March 4, 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0040]

Description: A daylight photograph of a residence on South Walker Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, destroyed by a natural gas explosion. Caption: "Residents at 1301 S. Walker were routed from their beds shortly before 2 a. m. Monday by a gas explosion that blew out the north end of the two-story house and caused a fire in which a 16-year-old boy was burned."
Date: March 4, 1952
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0047]

Description: A daylight photograph showing the burning wreckage of oil-filled tank cars after a railroad derailment and explosion at Shattuck, Ellis County, Oklahoma. Caption: "Wreckage was piled high in Shattuck early Tuesday morning after six oil-filled tank cars exploded."
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0048]

Description: A daylight photograph showing the aftermath of an explosion involving oil-filled railroad tank cars at Shattuck in Ellis County, Oklahoma. The image shows damaged telephone poles and a destroyed building near the local grain elevator. Caption: "Wreckage was piled high in Shattuck early Tuesday morning after six oil-filled tank cars exploded."
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0049]

Description: Photograph is of twisted metal with train cars wrecked, smashed, and still smoking in the background. A small group of people are surveying the damage near the pile of wrecked train cars. Caption: "Wreckage was piled high in Shattuck early Tuesday morning after six oil-filled tank cars exploded."
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0050]

Description: A daylight photograph showing damage at the Shattuck Grain Company elevator in Shattuck, Ellis County, Oklahoma. The damage was caused by explosions after a train derailment involving oil-filled tank cars. Caption: "The wreck occurred near the elevator of the Shattuck Grain Co. shown in one photograph."
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0051]

Description: Photograph is of the oval cylinder metal hauling container for gasoline in the front yard of a small wooden structure home. the tank is black and still smoking from a fire. Caption: "a holiday in Shattuck early Tuesday morning when a Santa Fe Freight train hauling propane and gasoline derailed and exploded."
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0055]

Description: A daylight photograph showing the burning, twisted wreckage of oil-filled railroad tank cars after a derailment and explosion at Shattuck, Ellis County, Oklahoma. No caption.
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0056]

Description: Photograph is of a wooden building where part of the roof has collapsed. Heavy dark smoke is rising behind the structure. Two men are on a electrical poll near where the smoke is rising.
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0057]

Description: A daylight photograph showing smoking, twisted debris after oil-filled railroad tank cars derailed and exploded near the grain elevator in Shattuck, Ellis County, Oklahoma.
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0058]

Description: A daylight photograph of a railroad tank car wrapped in debris caused by the derailment and explosion of oil-filled tank cars at Shattuck in Ellis County, Oklahoma. No caption.
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[BASEMENT BOX 67.0059]

Description: A daylight photograph showing the aftermath of a freight train derailment at Shattuck in Ellis County, Oklahoma. The wreck caused several gas filled tank cars to explode, resulting in damage to the community. Caption: "A broken coupling device on a 142-car freight train was blamed late Tuesday for a spectacular derailment which piled up 31 gas filled tank cars and touched off a series of explosions that rattled this Ellis County community with six damaging shock waves."
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Comparison of Treated and Untreated Soil With Gypsum

Description: Photograph of Henry Kedding standing in a field both treated and untreated with gypsum. The area has significant Alkali spots deposits from applied gypsum. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Comparison of treated and untreated soil with gypsum. Area in foreground treated with 2 tons of Gypsum per acre in 1956. Area in background untreated."
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Maxwell, A. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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