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Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of Don Fulton, Soil Conservation Service [SCS], Work Unit Conservationist of Ozona, Texas, shows the depth of the pits on rangeland. The pits were made with two discs on a one-way disc plow with about 3 inches cut off on one side of the discs. It was pulled with a jeep. The pits are about 3 inches deep and 4 to 5 feet long. TX-48-433.
Date: March 11, 1953
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0724]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma's 45th infantry division band, which has heartened troops in Europe and the far east, makes music here among the live oaks of Texas. Directed by Chief Warrant Officer Milburn E. Carey, Enid, the band heralds the arrival of an artillery convoy of the Oklahoma national guard at Fort Hood. The whine of truck tires on hot paving is mixing with strains of Sousa's "U.S. Field Artillery."
Date: August 11, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1560]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of river flowing andsnaking through from the lower bottol left to the upper middle right, some dry river bed along the turns, farmland with a barn in the top left, and more.)"
Date: September 11, 1953
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1556]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of a guy on the middle left looking at and pointing at the river, he is on the bank between to trees, and more. Backside typing: "Water arrived in a foaming hurry at D. I. Johnston point, about 4 1/2 miles upstream in the North Canadian river from the Overholser dam. This pix taken 8:45 a.m. Friday, as S. Karl Beam, water department again (?), pointed proudly to the water.")"
Date: September 11, 1953
Creator: Green, Richard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7536]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Army engineer authorities here promised Friday to examine red tape which last weekend cost Oklahoma City and unestimated amount of Canton reservoir water. Apparently surprised to hear of unfavorable publicity attending the delay, Col. A. D. Starbird, asssistantchief of civil works for flood control said he would confer immediatley with subordinates. He denied to say wether Col. Stanley Reiff, district engineer in … more
Date: September 11, 1953
Creator: Green, Richard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7535]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Ten minutes made a big difference in the appeance of the North Canadian river between 9:40 and 9:50 a.m. Friday at the catwalk at NW 39."
Date: September 11, 1953
Creator: Green, Richard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1555]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo of three guys across the bottom left foreground to the middle right, they are looking at the small amount of water flowing, still dry areas of the river bed, and more. Backside typing: "Water inched over the cracked soil of the North Canadian river floor at this point, about 3 miles upstream from Lake Overholser Friday morning. Waiting fishermen speculated on the 'big ones' the river flow will yield."… more
Date: September 11, 1953
Creator: Green, Richard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7516]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(aerial photo of a portion of the lake, river snaking through from top left to bottom right, boat docks at bottom middle, roads, and more)"
Date: September 11, 1953
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.7501]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Water was pouring into Lake Overholser Friday from the North Canadian river, fed by a steady flow through the gates of Canton dam where army engineers are releasing 6 1/1 billion gallons to boost Oklahoma City's municipal supply. Frank S. Taylor, city water superintendent, said the level of Lake Overholser will be raised about three feet, then the canal gates above the NW 39 bridge will be opened and the remainder of th… more
Date: September 11, 1953
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.9443]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Grading outlines the curve of Oklahoma City's new U.S. 66 bypass that swings south from the urban bypass at Belle Isle lake *water in the foreground) to join NW 39. Workers have been putting down drainage lines and more grading will raise the level of the road near the lake. this bypass section is the second major project in the Oklahoma City urban express program. First was the north bypass, shown across the lower part … more
Date: September 11, 1953
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1554]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Photo a half(?) full flowing river, two guys standing on the rocks along the right bank looking at the river, more guys at the top of the bank and along a bridge on the upper right looking at the river, and more. Backside typing: "Anxious fishermen and just-plain-onlookers were on hand to greet the first Canton water north of the NW 39 bridge at 9:45 a.m. Friday when it arrived.)"
Date: September 11, 1953
Creator: Green, Richard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1559]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of the river flowing from the middle far left to bottom far right, a flooded(?) area from the middle center to the middle left, a road and bridge across the middle, farmlands, and more.)"
Date: September 11, 1953
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.1558]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Aerial photo of the half(?) full river snaking through from the top right to the middle right, some dry river bedd along the large turns at the at the middle left, farmlands at the bottom left and across the top, and more.)"
Date: September 11, 1953
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0965.0421]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A screen that fell several stories from a downtown building Wednesday, landing on a pedestrian's head, is held by traffic officer Casey jones."
Date: November 11, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1428.0030]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It takes the whole family to keep a temperamental modified stock-car moving at top speed and helping driver Lee Young of Noble put a new fan on his car is his attractive wife, Barbara."
Date: August 11, 1953
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.b1406.0178]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Malcolm C. White was re-elected president of the Visiting Nurses association at the annual board of directors meeting in the VNA offices at the Municipal Auditorium, officials announced Tuesday."
Date: November 11, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1436.0205]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Remember, several years back the predicament of Yukon's Grady the cow? A 900-pound Hereford owned by H. F. Massoni of Liberal, Kan., found herself in a similar jam this week."
Date: February 11, 1953
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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