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Martin's Combine Maize

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-812. Harvesting Martin's Combine Maize on the J. A. Henry farm near Altus. This field received two irrigations totaling 10 inches of water. The portion of the field being cut produced 2,500 pounds of combined grain per acre, or a cash return of about $80 per acre."
Date: September 2, 1947
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Martin's Combine Maize

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-811. Harvesting Martin's Combine Maize on the J. A. Henry farm near Altus. This field received two irrigations totaling 10 inches of water. The portion of the field being cut produced 2,500 pounds combined grain per acre, or a cash return of about $80 per acre."
Date: September 2, 1947
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

J. A. Henry Farm

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-809. View of maize field on J. A. Henry farm near Altus showing on left maize that had not been irrigated due to uneven distribution of water, and on right maize that had received two irrigations."
Date: September 2, 1947
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Martin's Combine Maize

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-813. Field of Martin's Combine Maize on the J. A. Henry farm near Altus. Mr. Henry, who operates the farm himself, appears in the picture. This field received 10 inches of water in two irrigations and the yield was over 2,500 pounds per acre."
Date: September 2, 1947
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Discharging Maize from Hopper

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-808. Discharging maize from hopper of combine into truck on J. A. Henry farm near Altus. This maize is a low growing variety especially adaptable to harvesting by combine. It was irrigated two times with a total of 10 inches of water. Yield estimated at better than 2,500 pounds per acre of grain."
Date: September 2, 1947
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

J. A. Henry Farm

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-807. Close-up view of farm irrigation ditch on J. A. Henry farm, showing "sun" cracks caused by drying of wet ditch bank following an irrigation. These cracks allow water to escape through the bank during the succeeding irrigation unless they are repaired, and are common on the project during hot dry weather."
Date: September 2, 1947
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Oklahoma City

Description: Photograph of the view looking northeast at the corner of Harvey Avenue and Grand Avenue in Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: September 2, 1947
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0968.0598]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Although ordinances say you can't do it, dumpers have proceeded to make a fair sized downtown trash pile within two minutes' drive of Main and Broadway."
Date: September 2, 1947
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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