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Aerial Shot of a Badly Gullied Area

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of a badly gullied area on which erosion control has been attempted through terracing. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Badly gullied area on which erosion control has been attempted through terracing. This area will have diversion ditches around head and all gullies sloped and re-terraced. Progress pictures to be taken."
Date: November 17, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Corn Planting

Description: Photograph of farmer cultivating young corn wich was planted up and down the slope. Note gullies running parallet to farming lines.
Date: May 7, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Fertilized Versus Unfertilized Corn

Description: Photograph of two men standing behind two signs marked "Fertilized" and "Unfertilized" that are behind two piles of corn. The fertilized pile is larger than the unfertilized pile. The corn was grown at the A. J. Montgomery farm at Okemah, Oklahoma. The photo was part of the 1932 annual report.
Date: 1932
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) Railyard Buildings Weleetka

Description: A photograph print of Fort Smith & Western (FSW) railyard buidings at Weleetka, OK, engine house, sand house, car repair sheds, etc., as it looked when the road ceased operations. Engine house in center and car repair shed on right, with a wrecked tank car and "Big Hook" in front of the engine house and pile driver and tender of loco No. 13 in front of repair shed. There was no turntable; engines were turned on a wye. Main track in lower right of photo. Engines had been moved to Ft. Smith, AR.
Date: January 22, 1939
Creator: George, Preston
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) Track at Weleetka

Description: A photograph print of Fort Smith & Western (FSW) main line tracks looking west with Weleetka, OK, in the distance; stock pens located on the main line. Cattle shute on right. Cars left here for loading had to be protected by train order. Weleetka in the distance. Good example of FS&W dirt track.
Date: January 22, 1939
Creator: George, Preston
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Fort Smith & Western (FSW) Weleetka Passenger Station

Description: A photograph print of the Fort Smith & Western (FSW) Passenger Station at Weleetka, OK (division point), which was being rebuilt at the time the road ceased operations. View looking west toward yards. Main track in forground. Boxcar at left is on the Frisco interchange track. Brick walkway in right forground leads to the Frisco depot.
Date: January 22, 1939
Creator: George, Preston
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Ft. Smith & Western (FSW) Flatcar

Description: A photograph print showing a Ft. Smith & Western (FSW) flatcar carrying motive power for FSW ditcher. Boiler is from engine No. 1, cylinder and drivers from former engine No. 42 (0-4-4T), fuel tender unsourced, Paden, OK.
Date: November 28, 1937
Creator: George, Preston
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Gully Planting

Description: Photograph of gully planting of black locust trees in abandonded land which are not three years old. A few sprouts from the mother trees are visible and these will soon cover the gully banks. Muskogee Project, Boley Camp.
Date: April 15, 1938
Creator: Slack, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0096.0295]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The Farmers and Merchants bank, scene of the desperate gun battle which resulted when the trio of bandits attempted to add another to the list of Oklahoma's robbed banks."
Date: 1932
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0096.0308]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The main street of Boley, all-Negro community, where D. J. Turner, pioneer Negro Bank president, was killed in the "little war" in which George Birdwell, pal of Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, and Charles "Pete" Glass, Negro, were slain and C. C. Paterson, third member of the bandit trio was critically wounded."
Date: November 29, 1932
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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