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Union Pacific (UP) 4010

Description: A photograph postcard showing the Union Pacific (UP) 4010, 4-8-8-4, with westward extra, traveling down Echo Canyon near Devil's Slide, UT, 100 cars, 50 mph.
Date: September 29, 1951
Creator: Kindig, Richard H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Girl

Description: Photograph of an unknown toddler girl. Photographer possibly James R Carter.
Date: September 29, 1959
Creator: Carter, James R.
Partner: Chisholm Trail Museum and Horizon Hill

Shocks of Grain

Description: Caption says, "5-Al-1091. Crops. Shocks of grain sorghum raised under irrigation on the Herman Watts farm north of Martha."
Date: September 29, 1948
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge Buffalo

Description: Photograph of three buffalo standing in a field located in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The back of the photograph proclaims, “A part of the Buffalo herd in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge, Lawton, Okla. This is the second largest herd of buffalo on the continent. The buffalo was the department store of the plains Indian, supplying them with practically all their needs. When the millions of buffalo that roamed the prairies were exterminated there were a few small herds saved and … more
Date: September 29, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

LU Project Little Bluestem Seed Cleaner

Description: Photograph of Troy Garner, LU Project daily laborer, cleaning little bluestem seeds using a squirrel –cage type seed cleaner designed & built by Tom Elder, Soil Conservation Service technician. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Squirrel-cage type seed cleaner being used to clean little bluestem seed Troy Garner, LU daily laborer, operating machine. Cleaner, designed & built by Soil Conservation service technician Tom Elder, will handle 1000 lbs. per hour.”
Date: September 29, 1948
Creator: Elder, Tom
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Buffalo

Description: Photograph of two buffalo standing on a native grass range at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The back of the photograph proclaims, “A part of the buffalo herd in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge, Lawton, Okla. This is the second largest herd of buffalo on the continent. The buffalo was the department store on the plains Indian, supplying them with practically all their needs. When the millions of buffalo that roamed the prairies were exterminated there were a few small herds saved a… more
Date: September 29, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Livestock (and Grasses)

Description: Photograph of stream bank improvement after shaping and sprigging were completed. Cattle have been grazing most of the summer after sprigging early in the spring. Yahola [?] very fine sandy loam (9) soil. The before picture is OK-1278-11 (classed under "Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention"). OK-1468-12.
Date: September 29, 1961
Creator: Fortney, Fred
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Waste Management

Description: Photograph of Nickey Lambeth, District Conservationist, examing litter along a rural road in LeFlore County. OK-3603-16.
Date: September 29, 1969
Creator: Smith, James E.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge Buffalo

Description: Photograph of a small buffalo herd grazing and resting on a field located in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The back of the photograph proclaims, “A part of the buffalo herd in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge, Lawton, Okla. This is the second largest herd of buffalo on the continent. The buffalo was the department store of the plains Indian, supplying them with practically all their needs. When the millions of buffalo that roamed the prairies were exterminated there were a few smal… more
Date: September 29, 1949
Creator: Postlethwaite, Hermann
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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