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View in San Benito, TX

Description: Black-and-white image postcard of a sidewalk lined with small palm trees and the text "View in San Benito, Texas." The back of the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Mara Ferguson, Watonga, OK.
Date: August 9, 1916
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Failed and Eroding Irrigation Furrow

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED labor trying to hold water back on a UNIDENTIFED farm 1 ½ mile south of Harlingen with several failing and eroding irrigation furrows. Another UNIDENTIFED laborer is in the background, off to the left. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Shows lack of control of irrigation water. Waste of precious irrigation water. Note erosion in furrow being pointed out by individual in foreground. Note that extra effort by laborer to block and hold water unsuccessful.“
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Two UNIDENTIFIED Men Studying two Contrasting Orchards Separated Via a Fence Line

Description: Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men standing in two contrasting orchards separated via a fence line. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Front line contrast of two orchards in an area with a high water table. Orchard on the right has been abandoned because most of the trees have died. Orchard on the left is producing good crops. Orchard on right has been clean cultivated. Orchard on left has had cover plus other vegetation matter that was hauled in. This dead vegetation was left on the surfac… more
Date: September 28, 1947
Creator: Hartman, M. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

UNIDENTIFED Man Studying Redtop Cane Cut With a Silage Cutter and Hauled to the Edge of the Orchard

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man studying redtop cane cut with a silage cutter and hauled to the edge of the orchard. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Redtop cane that was cut with a silage cutter and hauled to the edge of the orchard. This vegetative residue will be added to the vegetation grown in the orchard to give a dead vegetative cover. This is for soil improvement and reducing evaporation."
Date: September 28, 1947
Creator: Hartman, M. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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