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Choctaw Indians

Description: Photograph of Choctaw women spinning & weaving at St. Matthews Choctaw Church, Broken Bow, OK, c.1940. L. To R.: UNIDENTIFIED, UNIDENTIFIED, Mrs. Fannie Mombi, Miss Lucille Wesley, and Mrs. Ida Anna. "The Woman With The Basket Has Been To Several Oklahoma State Fairs To Demonstrate Indian Basket Weaving. She Is A Good Basket Maker.”
Date: 1940~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Squatters Shack

Description: Photograph of a "squatters shack," 2 1/2 miles south and 1 east, Haworth, OK. These "two men cut about 20 cross-ties a day." This 40 acre "tract will revert to McCurtain County and will go on resale in May 1941." Photo by E.W. Jenkins, April 5, 1941.
Date: April 5, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Hill Hudgins Family

Description: Photograph of the Hill Hudgins family inside a squatter shack on land purchased by the U. S. Government. This family of eight lives in a one room shack with a kitchen adjoining. They have cleared 13 acres of forest land selling pine cross-ties and poles as a livelihood.
Date: April 15, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Conservation, Management and Utilization

Description: Photograph of a squatters' shack on 40 acres of land belonging to a firm of investment brokers. Tenants say they have cut 1000 pine poles from adjoining fields in the last two or three months. Two men cut about 20 cross-ties a day. High quality timber is thus being wastefully cut. With proper care this timber would provide high-grade, salable building material. This tract will revert to McCurtain County and will go on resale in May, 1941. OK-8140.
Date: April 15, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

US Government Land; Squatter families

Description: Photograph of a typical, run-down squatter's shack surrounded by overcut timberlands and eroded fields. Tenat works on Works Progress Administatration (WPA) projects for $2.32 a day. The monthly wage is approximately $15.00 a month. A garden of peas, sweet potatoes and other vegetables helps family eke out a meager existence. OK-8139.
Date: April 15, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

US Government Land; Squatter families

Description: Photograph of a typical, run-down squatter’s shack—surrounded by overcut timberland and eroded fields. The tenant works for the Works Progress Administration [WPA] earning $2.32 per day. The monthly wage is approximately $15. A garden of peas, sweet potatoes and other vegetables helps the family eke out a meager existence. OK-8139.
Date: April 15, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

US Government Land; Squatter families

Description: Photograph of a run-down squatters’ shack in the Land Utilization [L.U.] project area. The only visible source of income is the sale of small amounts of stovewood derived from adjoining overcut woodlands. OK-8138.
Date: April 15, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

US Government Land; Squatter families

Description: Photograph of an interior of a squatter family shack on land recently purchased by the US government. This family of 8 has cleared 13 acres of forest land selling pine cross-ties and poles as a livlihood. House is a one room affair with kitchen adjoining. OK-8127.
Date: April 15, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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