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Dedication at Dam

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-788. Project Dedication. The platform and crowd at the dedication with the W. C. Austin Dam towering above. Assistant Commissioner Wesley R. Nelson speaking."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Finch, F. S.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Discussing the Dedication

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-789. Project Dedication. View of showing J. A. Krug (left), Mrs. W. C. Austin (center), and Gov. Roy J. Turner (right), discussing the dedication."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Finch, F. S.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Inspecting Crops

Description: Photograph depicts three dignitaries on an inspection tour of the Altus -Lugert Irrigation District. Inspecting maize on the J. A. Henry farm (cotton in foregroud) are President of the Altus-Lugert Irrigation District Joe B. Zinn, Governor of Oklahoma Roy J. Turner, and United States Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug.
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Finch, F. S.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Mrs. Austin Receiving Flowers

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-792. Project Dedication. Mrs. W. C. Austin receiving bouquet of red roses from Harold Pease, President of the Altus Chamber of Commerce; Robert Harbison, Altus attorney who presided at the Dedication Ceremony, stands at Mrs. Austin's left."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Finch, F. S.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Project Dedication

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-794. Project Dedication. Close-up view of the bronze plaque on the granite rock memorial which carries a base relief of Judge Austin and a tribute to his memory, with the Stars and Stripes throwing a shadow on the rock."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Finch, F. S.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Secretary of the Interior

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-782. Project Dedication. Greeting Secretary of the Interior at the Altus Airport by Rep. Preston Peden, from the Seventh District of Oklahoma. From (left to right), back to camera, Don McBride, Executive Secretary of the National Reclamation Association; Secretary J. A. Krug, Robert Harbison, Altus Attorney; Rep. Preston Peden, and Harrington Wimberly, Vice Chairman of the Federal Power Commission and the Publisher of the Altus Times-Democrat."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Finch, F. S.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Secretary of the Interior Inspecting Irrigation

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-786. Project Dedication. Looking across irrigation ditch at the J. A. Henry farm on the inspection tour. From left to right: Joe B. Zinn, President of the Lugert-Altus Irrigation District; Secretary J. A. Krug, Gov. Roy J. Turner of Oklahoma."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Finch, F. S.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-785. Project Dedication. Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug and Harrington Wimberly- Vice Chairman of the Federal Power Commission and Publisher of the Altus Times-Democrat; Secretary Krug being introduced at the Press Luncheon in the New Orient Hotel."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Finch, F. S.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Secretary of the Interior Speaking at Dedication

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-791. Project Dedication. Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug speaking at the dedication of the W. C. Austin Dam. To the right of the Secretary in the front row, left to right are: Gov. Roy J. Turner, Don McBride, and Robert Harbison, who also spoke on the program."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Finch, F. S.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

W. C. Austin Memorial

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-793. Project Dedication. View showing six members of Jackson County's younger generation, looking at the W. C. Austin Memorial in place on the Dam overlooking Altus Lake. The bronze plaque on the granite rock memorial carries a bas relief of Judge Austin and a tribute to his memory."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: Finch, F. S.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Altus Dam

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-814. View of Altus Dam and adjacent areas during the dedication ceremonies for the W. C. Austin Project. Photograph was taken from top of near-by mountain with wide-angle lens."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

View of Altus Dam

Description: Caption says, "5-AL-817. View of Altus Dam and adjacent areas during the dedication ceremonies for the W. C. Austin Project. Photograph was taken from top of near-by mountain with wide-angle lens."
Date: September 5, 1947
Creator: George, P. W.
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Woman speaking with a Man

Description: Photo depicts United States Secretary of the Interior registering at the Altus Chamber of Commerce table in the New Orient Hotel upson his arrival in Altus for the dedication ceremonies. Bob Harbison and Sam Aboussie are in the background.
Date: September 5, 1947
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie
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