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Agricultural exhibitions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

1909 – Cleveland County wins first place in country exhibits at the Oklahoma State Fair., 1909

 Item — Box Photo C-67, item: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Norman and Lexington, Oklahoma. Includes street scenes, businesses, churches, schools, fairs, family and individual studio portraits.

Dates: 1909

A corn display at an early day Woodward County Fair., Undated

 Item — Box Photo W-3, item: 72
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of towns in Woodward County, Oklahoma including Woodward, Richmond, Curtis, Tangier, Mooreland, Haskew, Mutual and Enid. The collection also contains photographs of agriculture, businesses, cowboys, the range cattle industry, schools, and the United States Cavalry. Woodward County Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

a. Grand Avenue in Oklahoma City, 1898. b. Fair, October, 1898, in Oklahoma City., 1898

 Item — Box Photo M-23A , item: 37
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of street scenes, businesses, parades, government buildings, churches, athletic events, parks, depots, and interurban trains in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory and state. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: 1898

Altus Cotton Oil Mill exhibit.  Sacks of seed are piled on either side of the exhibit.  Two men are standing at a table – one appears to be explaining something to the other.  16 September 1941.  Photo by Frank C. Breitenstein., 1941 September 16

 Item — Box Photo C-22, item: 33
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and original prints of Lugert, Oklahoma and scenes of the W.C. Austin Reclamation and Irrigation Project, which includes the construction of Altus Lake and Dam.

Dates: 1941 September 16

Andrew Beattie Walker Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box Photo W-8
Identifier: WHC-P-1466
Scope and Contents

Black and white original prints of Fairview, Oklahoma Territory. Included are scenes of parades, businesses, and a fair. Andrew Beattie Walker Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1903-1910

Award given to Turner Ranch for the best two bulls in the Nation Hereford Show at the State Fair of Texas., Undated

 Item — Box Photo R-9A, item: 288
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of the University of Oklahoma, the Naval Air Station at Norman, Oklahoma, defense work at Tinker Field, including women workers, the British Air School at Miami, Oklahoma, during World War II, dust storms, Ponca and Cherokee Indians and scenes of the 101 Ranch. Grace Ernestine Ray Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

Boy posed with ribbon winning bull.  This picture was taken inside the fair barn.  16 September 1941.  Photo by Frank C. Breitenstein., 1941 September 16

 Item — Box Photo C-22, item: 37
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and original prints of Lugert, Oklahoma and scenes of the W.C. Austin Reclamation and Irrigation Project, which includes the construction of Altus Lake and Dam.

Dates: 1941 September 16

Butte County Fair, 1924., 1924

 Item — Box Photo P-34a, Item: 3129
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Black and white original prints, copy prints and glass plate negatives of the Apache, Comanche, Delaware, Temeculz, Kawaiisu, Creek, Umatilla, Chippewa, Paiute, Sioux, Oto, Choctaw, Pawnee, Osage, Ponca, Mohave, Kickapoo, Taos, Pueblo, Yuma, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Crow, Navajo, Kiowa, Tonkawa, Sac and Fox, Kalispel, Kutenai, Flathead, Spokan, Attu, Quileute, Seminole, Wasco, Modoc, Shasta, Yakima, Shoshoni, Kiowa-Apache, Skitswish, Cheyenne, Shawnee, Nez Perce, Arapaho, Caddo, Wichita, Yakima, Makah, and Blackfoot Indians. Also includes images of mining, the oil industry, the military, agriculture, the range cattle industry, education, and transportation in Oklahoma Territory, Oklahoma state, and Indian Territory. Scenes of the towns of McAlester, Edmond, Alva, Weatherford, Pawhuska, Clairemore, Ponca City, Purcell, Duncan, Noble, Lexington, Shawnee, Beaver. Plainview, Lavern, Henryetta, Atoka, Tahlequah, Guthrie, Tishomingo, and Eufaula are included. In addition the first year of...
Dates: 1924

Calves being shown at a fair.  This is an interior of the fair barn showing boys and girls either lining up for their calf to be judged or standing around watching.  16 September 1941.  Photo by Frank C. Breitenstein., 1941 September 16

 Item — Box Photo C-22, item: 36
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and original prints of Lugert, Oklahoma and scenes of the W.C. Austin Reclamation and Irrigation Project, which includes the construction of Altus Lake and Dam.

Dates: 1941 September 16

Canned goods display at a fair.  The ribbons that had been awarded have been attached to the jars or laid by them. There are also some clothing and bedding that have been made in the exhibit.  22 September 1945.  Photo by P.W. George., 1945 September 22

 Item — Box Photo C-22, item: 24
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and original prints of Lugert, Oklahoma and scenes of the W.C. Austin Reclamation and Irrigation Project, which includes the construction of Altus Lake and Dam.

Dates: 1945 September 22

Cattle being shown and judged for prizes at a fair.  The cows are being led about or are just standing still.  A great deal of the business area of Altus, Oklahoma shown.  12 May 1945.  Photo by P.W. George., 1945 May 12

 Item — Box Photo C-22, item: 38-48
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and original prints of Lugert, Oklahoma and scenes of the W.C. Austin Reclamation and Irrigation Project, which includes the construction of Altus Lake and Dam.

Dates: 1945 May 12

Colonel I.C. Renfro and his personal exhibit in the Oklahoma State Fair in 1909 of products grown in his experimental station in Sulphur. 3 copies., 1909

 Item — Box Photo L-5, item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of Isaac C. Renfro's vineyard and grape crop, the mineral water health resorts and fountains at Sulphur, Oklahoma, along with scenes of the towns of Sulphur, Indian Territory, Clinton, Oklahoma, and Weatherford, Oklahoma, including street scenes, businesses, and parades. Mary Louise Ligon Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1909

Comanche Indian War Dance. Comanche County Fair. Lawton, Oklahoma. Photo – Bates Studio., undated

 Item — Box Photo W-31, item: 728
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of sawmills, quarries, lime kilns, lumber yards, glass factories, smelters, oil wells and storage tanks, and ranches in Oklahoma. The collection includes photographs of numerous Oklahoma cities and towns; the University of Oklahoma; of railroads, automobiles, and airplanes; of Apache, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Sioux, and Wichita Indians; of limestone and gypsum deposits in Oklahoma; and of the Oklahoma salt plains. Quanah Parker, Wanda Parker, Hollow Horn Bear, Hunting Horse, Mad Wolf, Geronimo, Bear Claw, and Amy Toughfeathers are among the photographs of individuals in the collection.

Dates: undated

Comanche Indians at the Comanche County Fair. Lawton, Oklahoma. Bates Studio., undated

 Item — Box Photo W-31, item: 703
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of sawmills, quarries, lime kilns, lumber yards, glass factories, smelters, oil wells and storage tanks, and ranches in Oklahoma. The collection includes photographs of numerous Oklahoma cities and towns; the University of Oklahoma; of railroads, automobiles, and airplanes; of Apache, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Sioux, and Wichita Indians; of limestone and gypsum deposits in Oklahoma; and of the Oklahoma salt plains. Quanah Parker, Wanda Parker, Hollow Horn Bear, Hunting Horse, Mad Wolf, Geronimo, Bear Claw, and Amy Toughfeathers are among the photographs of individuals in the collection.

Dates: undated

Display at a fair of handmade curtains, rugs, and soap.  The curtains have been hung while the rugs are on the table.  16 September 1941.  Photo by F.C. Breitenstein., 1941 September 16

 Item — Box Photo C-22, item: 32
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and original prints of Lugert, Oklahoma and scenes of the W.C. Austin Reclamation and Irrigation Project, which includes the construction of Altus Lake and Dam.

Dates: 1941 September 16

Display of canned goods and homemade dresses.  The canned goods are exhibited on a table while the dresses hang behind it.  16 September 1941.  Photo by Frank C. Breitenstein., 1941 September 16

 Item — Box Photo C-22, item: 34
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and original prints of Lugert, Oklahoma and scenes of the W.C. Austin Reclamation and Irrigation Project, which includes the construction of Altus Lake and Dam.

Dates: 1941 September 16

Display of the Friendship 4H Club at a fair.  Canned goods, farm produce, and handmade goods are exhibited.  There is a young girl standing in front of the table.  16 September 1941.  Photo by Frank C. Breitenstein., 1941 September 16

 Item — Box Photo C-22, item: 29
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and original prints of Lugert, Oklahoma and scenes of the W.C. Austin Reclamation and Irrigation Project, which includes the construction of Altus Lake and Dam.

Dates: 1941 September 16

Display of the Southside 4H Club at a fair.  Farm produce is on exhibit on the table and handmade goods are hanging behind the exhibit table.  Two young girls are standing to the right of the exhibit; there is also a display of electric goods.  16 September 1941.  Photo by F.C. Breitenstein., 1941 September 16

 Item — Box Photo C-22, item: 30
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and original prints of Lugert, Oklahoma and scenes of the W.C. Austin Reclamation and Irrigation Project, which includes the construction of Altus Lake and Dam.

Dates: 1941 September 16

Enyard W. Gentry Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1664
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy prints of Porum, Indian Territory and Oklahoma, including photographs of businesses, railroads, school children, farming, ranching, mining and family portraits.

Dates: 1890-1945

Exhibit of fruits and vegetables, undated

 Item — Box Photo L-5, item: 23
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of Isaac C. Renfro's vineyard and grape crop, the mineral water health resorts and fountains at Sulphur, Oklahoma, along with scenes of the towns of Sulphur, Indian Territory, Clinton, Oklahoma, and Weatherford, Oklahoma, including street scenes, businesses, and parades. Mary Louise Ligon Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Fairgrounds., Undated

 Item — Box Photo O-56, item: 81
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white original and copy prints of Oklahoma labor unions and workers in trades such as bricklaying, carpentry, and transportation. The collection also includes photographs of union parade floats, labor strikes, and union social functions. Also notable are photographs of the Socialist Party encampment in Oklahoma around 1910. Unpublished finding aid available.

Dates: Undated

Farm produce exhibit at a fair.  Paper bags of grain, heads of grain, various garden products. 22 September 1945.  Photo by P.W. George, 1945 September 22

 Item — Box Photo C-22, item: 25
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and original prints of Lugert, Oklahoma and scenes of the W.C. Austin Reclamation and Irrigation Project, which includes the construction of Altus Lake and Dam.

Dates: 1945 September 22

Group of women in front of Sacred Heart Parish concession. “Meals served by Catholic ladies of Capitol Hill.” Oklahoma State Fair, October 1913. 2 copy prints, 5x7. 2 negative, 5x7., 1913 October

 Item — Box Photo S-23, Item: 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Catholic churches, schools and monastic orders in Oklahoma. Also includes Osage and Quapaw Indians and scenes of Guthrie, Boley, Langston, Fairfax, Ardmore, Antlers and Chickasha, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1913 October

Idaho Inter-Mountain State Fair, Boise, Idaho, 1910., 1910

 Item — Box Photo P-34a, Item: 3128
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Black and white original prints, copy prints and glass plate negatives of the Apache, Comanche, Delaware, Temeculz, Kawaiisu, Creek, Umatilla, Chippewa, Paiute, Sioux, Oto, Choctaw, Pawnee, Osage, Ponca, Mohave, Kickapoo, Taos, Pueblo, Yuma, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Crow, Navajo, Kiowa, Tonkawa, Sac and Fox, Kalispel, Kutenai, Flathead, Spokan, Attu, Quileute, Seminole, Wasco, Modoc, Shasta, Yakima, Shoshoni, Kiowa-Apache, Skitswish, Cheyenne, Shawnee, Nez Perce, Arapaho, Caddo, Wichita, Yakima, Makah, and Blackfoot Indians. Also includes images of mining, the oil industry, the military, agriculture, the range cattle industry, education, and transportation in Oklahoma Territory, Oklahoma state, and Indian Territory. Scenes of the towns of McAlester, Edmond, Alva, Weatherford, Pawhuska, Clairemore, Ponca City, Purcell, Duncan, Noble, Lexington, Shawnee, Beaver. Plainview, Lavern, Henryetta, Atoka, Tahlequah, Guthrie, Tishomingo, and Eufaula are included. In addition the first year of...
Dates: 1910

Indian tent and full dress costumes at the Comanche County Fair. Photo – Bates Studio Lawton, Oklahoma., undated

 Item — Box Photo W-31, item: 734
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of sawmills, quarries, lime kilns, lumber yards, glass factories, smelters, oil wells and storage tanks, and ranches in Oklahoma. The collection includes photographs of numerous Oklahoma cities and towns; the University of Oklahoma; of railroads, automobiles, and airplanes; of Apache, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Sioux, and Wichita Indians; of limestone and gypsum deposits in Oklahoma; and of the Oklahoma salt plains. Quanah Parker, Wanda Parker, Hollow Horn Bear, Hunting Horse, Mad Wolf, Geronimo, Bear Claw, and Amy Toughfeathers are among the photographs of individuals in the collection.

Dates: undated

James Collon Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1581
Scope and Contents

Black and white copy and original prints of Lugert, Oklahoma and scenes of the W.C. Austin Reclamation and Irrigation Project, which includes the construction of Altus Lake and Dam.

Dates: 1912-1945

Main Entrance, State Fair Grounds, Okla. City, 1910, 1910

 Item — Box Photo L-5, item: 63
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of Isaac C. Renfro's vineyard and grape crop, the mineral water health resorts and fountains at Sulphur, Oklahoma, along with scenes of the towns of Sulphur, Indian Territory, Clinton, Oklahoma, and Weatherford, Oklahoma, including street scenes, businesses, and parades. Mary Louise Ligon Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1910

Man standing beside two turkey coups at a fair.  The turkeys are in wire cages.  There is a sign in the back of one of them that reads “Coup donated by Central Pharmacy,” 16, September 1941.  Photo by Frank C. Breitenstein., 1941 September 16

 Item — Box Photo C-22, item: 28
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy and original prints of Lugert, Oklahoma and scenes of the W.C. Austin Reclamation and Irrigation Project, which includes the construction of Altus Lake and Dam.

Dates: 1941 September 16

Mary Louise Ligon Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1640
Scope and Contents

Black and white original prints of Isaac C. Renfro's vineyard and grape crop, the mineral water health resorts and fountains at Sulphur, Oklahoma, along with scenes of the towns of Sulphur, Indian Territory, Clinton, Oklahoma, and Weatherford, Oklahoma, including street scenes, businesses, and parades. Mary Louise Ligon Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1880-1920

Mineral resources exhibit at the Oklahoma State Fair., undated

 Item — Box Photo W-32, item: 852
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of sawmills, quarries, lime kilns, lumber yards, glass factories, smelters, oil wells and storage tanks, and ranches in Oklahoma. The collection includes photographs of numerous Oklahoma cities and towns; the University of Oklahoma; of railroads, automobiles, and airplanes; of Apache, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Sioux, and Wichita Indians; of limestone and gypsum deposits in Oklahoma; and of the Oklahoma salt plains. Quanah Parker, Wanda Parker, Hollow Horn Bear, Hunting Horse, Mad Wolf, Geronimo, Bear Claw, and Amy Toughfeathers are among the photographs of individuals in the collection.

Dates: undated