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[Photograph 2012.201.B1110.0420]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lynwood "Schoolboy" Rowe, the former Detroit Tiger Pitching great who is now hurling for Shreveport, shows how he grips his famous knuckleball pitch."
Date: July 22, 1950
Creator: Pyer, Ronald
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0424B.0488]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "S. O. McPherson, New Orleans, Thursday temporarily took over the officers of the alcohol and tobacco tax unit for Oklahoma as agent in charge."
Date: July 2, 1953
Creator: Green, Richard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0288.0385]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Predicting Tuesday that he will be subpoenaed a second time to testify in a New Orleans investigation of President Kennedy's assassination was James Fredrick Hicks."
Date: July 23, 1968
Creator: Hill, Ron
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dredging and Sediment Removal from Lakes, Rivers, Harbors and Other Bodies of Water

Description: Photograph of a suction dredge in the background that is clearing channel to permit ships to dock. The sand spewing out the end of the pipeline represents soil from the Mississippi watershed farms. At this spot dredging will go on for 12 days from a 100-foot line to deep water. Dredging 500 to 550 cubic yards an hour continuously. 500 cubic yards is equal to a farm of 178.5 acres with topsoil 6 inches deep for the 12-day dredging period. Sediment here is 9 feet deep. The water must be kept at a… more
Date: July 28, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Two UNIDENTIFIED Men Standing in Lateral Constructed in the Spring of 1946 and Seeded to Kobe Lespedeza on the D. N. and W. L. Koll Farm

Description: Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men standing in lateral constructed in the spring of 1946 and seeded to Kobe Lespedeza on the D. N. and W. L. Koll farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Lateral constructed in spring of 1946. Seeded to Kobe Lespedeza. Maintained by mowing 3 to 5 times per year."
Date: July 1952
Creator: Richardson, D. L.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

An UNIDENTIFIED Man Standing in the Channel of Main Drainage Ditch #1 at Station 1 & 25 After Removal of Stumps and Completion of Dragline Operations

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man standing in the channel of Main Drainage Ditch #1 at Station 1 & 25 after removal of stumps and completion of dragline operations. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Channel of Main Drainage Ditch #1 at Station 1 & 25 after removal of stumps and completion of dragline operations. Outlet is Bayou Chenin-A-Haut. Ditch drains almost 175 acres of cultivated land, and about 10 acres of woodland pasture. Approximately 40 acres, which has been out of cultivation f… more
Date: July 22, 1944
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Idle Land and Crop Loss Caused By Inadequate Drainage

Description: Photograph of Mr. Knotts looking over a large area of corn drowned out, caused by ineffective drainage system. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Idle land and crop loss, Inadequate Drainage. Mr. Knoots [sic] looking over a large area of corn drowned out, caused by ineffective drainage system. Water from recent heavy rains remains on the land too long. Note: Idle land on left side of photo that was not planted due to excessive moisture resulting from improper drainage."
Date: July 6, 1946
Creator: Willis, T. H.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

R.T. Douglas on his Post Flooded Field

Description: Photograph of R. T. Douglas and his field. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Pig weeds grow on fertile land where I planted corn twice this year,” says R. T. Douglas. “My fist planting washed out and the second planting had just started growing when this field was flooded a second time, I’ve got about 75 acres on which there will be a total crop loss this year. If my new drainage system had been completed in time I expect I’d have made 40 bushels of corner per acre here from the first plan… more
Date: July 15, 1943
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Alternate View of Two UNIDENTIFIED Men Standing in Lateral Constructed in the Spring of 1946 and Seeded to Kobe Lespedeza on the D. N. and W. L. Koll Farm

Description: Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men standing in lateral constructed in the spring of 1946 and seeded to Kobe Lespedeza on the D. N. and W. L. Koll farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Lateral constructed in spring of 1946. Seeded to Kobe Lespedeza. Maintained by mowing 3 to 5 times per year."
Date: July 1952
Creator: Richardson, D. L.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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