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[Photograph 2012.201.B0356.0006]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "T. L. Lemmons is servicing a car at the station where he started a general store in a tar paper shack 21 years ago. He has, in recent years, accepted the name Slapout for the village he originally hoped would be called Nye. (Located on U. S. 270 in Panhandle)"
Date: May 10, 1953
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1283.0513]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Miss Maude Thomas was Oklahoma's first newspaperwoman and she is living here today in the same city where she bought the newspaper, the Beaver Herald, in 1902."
Date: March 1, 1953
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Soil Conditions

Description: Photograph of SCS Technician A. T. Elder shows part of long taproot of this 3 year old alfalfa. Moisture was found in soil at depth of 2 inches. Elder dug down 17 inches to get plant out and moisture was still present. Area has had less than 2 inches of rain since November 1952.
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Effectiveness of Conservation Tillage

Description: Photograph of SCS Technician A.T. Elder noting effectiveness of conservation tillage methods (using residue and leaving surface cloddy) in controlling wind erosion and getting good stand fo wheat. Wheat now needs rain for sustained growth, locality having enfured long, severe drought.
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Inspecting Field Condition

Description: Photograph of SCS Technician A.T. Elder looks at part of quarter-section wheat field where surface is smooth and crusty. Fields like this blow easily and won't absorb water that's available. This "ashy" or powerdy condition results from failure to use crop residues in surface of soil and from old-fashioned tillage methods (continious one-waying or disking) that leaves surface ashy instead of cloddy.
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Ted Lehman and A. T. Elder Showing Alfalfa and its' Root System on Blow Land

Description: Photograph of Ted Lehman, SCS Technician, left, digs up alfalfa plant so that A. T. Elder, SCS Technician, can show long taproot. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Ted Lehman, SCS Technician, 2. A. T. Elder SCS Technician. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This 3-year old alfalfa sends roots far down to open up the soil for maximum water intake, break up compaction. No wind erosion here. Farmers of area are turning to alfalfa as profitable crop on blow lands. SCS … more
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cloddy Terraced, Contoured Field

Description: Photograph of Ted Lehman and A. T. Elder, SCS Technicians, examining a cloddy field. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Ted Lehman and A. T. Elder. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This terraced, contoured field, having no residue to manage because of drought, has been chiseled once 8 or 9 inches deep to make surface cloddy as show here by SCS Technicians Ted Lehman (left) and A. T. Elder. There has been no blowing and even hard rain would not seal surface when soil … more
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Crusty Powdery Soil Surface

Description: Photograph of SCS TechnicianA.T. Elder scratches surface with knife to show how crusty and powdery it is. Whole wheat crop in this quarter section was lost to wind erosion and even expense of emergency tillage was lost because such tillage is of no avail when land is in such condition.
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

A. T. Elder and Ted Lehman, SCS Technicians, Looking Over This Good Field of Wheat While Behind Them, the Wheat Crop has Taken a Beating From Wind Erosion

Description: Photograph of A. T. Elder, left, and Ted Lehman, SCS Technicians, looking over this good field of wheat while behind them, the wheat crop has taken a beating from wind erosion. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. A. T. Elder, 2. Ted Lehman. The back of the photograph proclaims, "SCS Technicians A. T. Elder (left) and Ted Lehman looking over this good field of wheat while behind them wheat crop has taken a beating from wind erosion. Effective tillage: leaves wheat stubble… more
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cloddy Terraced, Contoured Field

Description: Photograph of Ted Lehman and A. T. Elder, SCS Technicians, examining a cloddy field. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Ted Lehman and A. T. Elder. The back of the photograph proclaims, “This terraced, contoured field, having no residue to manage because of drought, has been chiseled once 8 or 9 inches deep to make surface cloddy as show here by SCS Technicians Ted Lehman (left) and A. T. Elder. There has been no blowing and even hard rain would not seal surface when soil … more
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Long Alfalfa Taproot

Description: Photograph of A. T. Elder, SCS Technician, shows part of long taproot of the three-year-old alfalfa. The back of the photograph proclaims, “SCS Technician A. T. Elder shows part of long taproot of this 3-year-old alfalfa. Moisture was found in soil at depth of 2 inches. Elder dug down 17 inches to get plant out and moisture was still present. Area has hand less than 2 inches of rain since November 1952. II RR 6-0. (See Okla-10-713.)"
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cloddy Soil

Description: Photograph of Ted Lehman and A. T. Elder, SCS Technicians, showing cloddy condition of soil. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Ted Lehman, 2. A. T. Elder. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Close-up to show cloddy condition of soil. SCS Technicians Ted Lehman (left) and A. T. Elder holds clods."
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

J. R. Bilbro Pasture Management

Description: Photograph of Ted Lehman, SCS Technician, showing field residue. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "SCS Technician Ted Lehman shows residue in this close-up. II RR 2-I. See Okla-10-715 for tillage methods, other data."
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cloddy Terraced, Contoured Field

Description: Photograph of Ted Lehman and A. T. Elder, SCS Technicians, examining a cloddy field. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: Ted Lehman and A. T. Elder. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This terraced, contoured field, having no residue to manage because of drought, has been chiseled once 8 or 9 inches deep to make surface cloddy as show here by SCS Technicians Ted Lehman (left) and A. T. Elder. There has been no blowing and even hard rain would not seal surface when soil … more
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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