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Eddie Cowden, accused bank robber, and Three Law Officers

Description: Man standing in front (without a tie) is accused bank robber Eddie Cowden. Men standing behind are law enforcement officers, left to right: M. I. Lairmore, C.O. Davis, and Ike Wilkinson. The officers captured Cowden and two other men after a car chase and gun battle. The chase developed after a bank in Coweta, Oklahoma was robbed. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: August 8, 1930
Creator: Stithem, Paul
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

UNIDENTIFIED Man Standing in a Parallel Contour Strips on Uniform Slope/Wagoner Camp

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man standing in one of the parallel contour strips on uniform slope ten miles northwest of Wagoner. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Parallel contour strips on uniform slope. These strips are to be planted to native grass mixture. To be followed with later pictures."
Date: October 27, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Four UNIDENTIFIED Men Discussing The Benefits of Contour Farming and Crop Rotation/Muskogee District/Muskogee Project

Description: Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED men standing in a contoured field on the John Hancock Life Insurance Co. farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "SCS Personal explaining contour farming and crop rotation to a colored cooperator."
Date: July 19, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contrasting Bermudagrass Fields/Wagoner Camp

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man kneeling in between two contrasting Bermuda fields. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Bermuda pasture root planted in three foot rows eight or ten years ago by the farmer. The section on the right was plowed last spring but not mowed. The grass is heavier where plowing was done, although weeds are larger. The pasture is to be mowed next spring and progress pictures are to be made to show the grass growth."
Date: October 27, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Terraces & Contour Ridges on and Near the J. I. Morris Estate/Muskogee Project

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of the J. I. Morris Estate and the surrounding area taking from an altitude of 3000 feet showing treated land upon which Soil Conservation practices have been applied. The back of the photograph proclaims, “3000 feet alitiude [sic] in airplane. Views of large areas of treated land upon which Soil Conservation practices have been adopted."
Date: May 8, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0275.0340]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Hundreds of Oklahomans will gather here February 22 to dedicate a small granite marker commemorating the bicentennial celebration of the birth of George Washington, and the centennial of Washington Irving's visit to the Indian territory."
Date: 1933
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Better Grass From Plowing

Description: Photograph of a bermuda pasture root planted in three foot rows eight or ten years ago by the farmer. The section on the right was plowed last spring but not mowed. The grass is heavier where the plowing was done, although weeds are larger. The pasture is to be mowed next spring and progress pictures are to be made to show the grass growth.
Date: October 27, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Erosion Control

Description: Photograph of partial control of large gully which was rapidly destroying 175 acres of valuable land. It was necessary to build large structure to supplement controlling the gully with Bermuda grass. Note grass holding to an 85 degree slope on the sides of the gully.
Date: November 6, 1937
Creator: Slack, James N.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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