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Fiber Cultivation

Description: Photograph of roots of a cotton plant being turned by a plow pan [i.e., a subsurface horizon or soil layer having a high bulk density and a lower total porosity than the soil directly above or below it as a result of pressure applied by normal tillage operations]. OK-125-6.
Date: July 27, 1955
Creator: Bailey, Oran F.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Soil Testing

Description: Photograph of running indiltration test after leveling for border irrigation. Farm planning Soil unit 4h-RP-A-1, present indiltration rate as measured by the infiltrometer - .2 inches per hour.
Date: July 26, 1955
Creator: Bailey, Oran F.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of the south end of a waterway, just staked,, looking north. Designed on non-erosive grade for drainage of 1600 acres for 3700 feet spilling into the South Canadian River. It protects several acres of bottom alfalfa land. Photo OK-184-12 shows the waterway after construction started. OK-184-10.
Date: November 2, 1955
Creator: Bates, Leland A.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0274.0151]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "From the ridge in front of the lodge, the visitor looks down on the familiar tepee dance area of the Kiowa and Kiowa-Apache Indian."
Date: June 30, 1955
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0913.0497]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "First to stake a claim to a midway plot in Soonerama Land for the Southwest American Exposition at the state fairgrounds in April, 1956."
Date: November 17, 1955
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1257.0024]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Guilty Pleas were entered here Friday by three men who admitted robbing the First State Bank of Cement a week ago Friday of $3,410."
Date: November 11, 1955
Creator: Peterson, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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