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• 231. [Image] Eleanor J. Bolesta on a tractor on her farm near Merrill, Oregon

  	KP-1329-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II. Mrs. Eleanor J. Bolesta, the only woman winner of a farm in the recent drawing for homesteads, located near Merrill on the Klamath Project. Mrs. Bolesta, despite ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Eleanor J. Bolesta on a tractor on her farm near Merrill, Oregon Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation, Fluharty, J.E. Year: 1947, 2006, 2005 KP-1329-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II. Mrs. Eleanor J. Bolesta, the only woman winner of a farm in the recent drawing for homesteads, located near Merrill on the Klamath Project. Mrs. Bolesta, despite the fact that she does not look the part, can handle a tractor efficiently. She has lived on a farm most of her life and is quite familiar with all types of farm machinery; March 16, 1947; Photo by J. E. Fluharty Title: Eleanor J. Bolesta on a tractor on her farm near Merrill, Oregon Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation, Fluharty, J.E. Year: 1947, 2006, 2005 KP-1329-R2 - Klamath Project. Region II. Mrs. Eleanor J. Bolesta, the only woman winner of a farm in the recent drawing for homesteads, located near Merrill on the Klamath Project. Mrs. Bolesta, despite the fact that she does not look the part, can handle a tractor efficiently. She has lived on a farm most of her life and is quite familiar with all types of farm machinery; March 16, 1947; Photo by J. E. Fluharty Close

• 232. [Image] Land Settlement - Klamath Falls Armory - drawing of homesteads in Coppock Bay, California

  	KP-1649-R2 - Klamath Project. Land Settlement. Nelson Reed, Klamath businessman, chairman of the Examining Board which checked the qualifications of 4000 applicants for Coppock Bay homesteads, led off ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Land Settlement - Klamath Falls Armory - drawing of homesteads in Coppock Bay, California Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation, Glaha, B.D. Year: 1948, 2006, 2005 KP-1649-R2 - Klamath Project. Land Settlement. Nelson Reed, Klamath businessman, chairman of the Examining Board which checked the qualifications of 4000 applicants for Coppock Bay homesteads, led off the ceremonies at the public drawing and introduced various guests and speakers. To the left, radio announcers consult on how to handle the broadcast of the drawing; in the background, Al Harvey, Klamath Bureau employee, numbers lines on the blackboard so everyone in the Armory will be able to see who's been drawn. Back of Reed, Sam Wynn of Tulelake, a last year's winner and a member of the 1948 examining board, watches Ten Broeck Williamson, Settlement Chief from Sacramento, check over the master list of numbers and names, while U. J. Gendron, Assistant to the Regional Director, gazes at the camera. The fish bowl from which the capsuled numbers were drawn is at the far right of the picture; March 15, 1948; Photo by B. D. Glaha Title: Land Settlement - Klamath Falls Armory - drawing of homesteads in Coppock Bay, California Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation, Glaha, B.D. Year: 1948, 2006, 2005 KP-1649-R2 - Klamath Project. Land Settlement. Nelson Reed, Klamath businessman, chairman of the Examining Board which checked the qualifications of 4000 applicants for Coppock Bay homesteads, led off the ceremonies at the public drawing and introduced various guests and speakers. To the left, radio announcers consult on how to handle the broadcast of the drawing; in the background, Al Harvey, Klamath Bureau employee, numbers lines on the blackboard so everyone in the Armory will be able to see who's been drawn. Back of Reed, Sam Wynn of Tulelake, a last year's winner and a member of the 1948 examining board, watches Ten Broeck Williamson, Settlement Chief from Sacramento, check over the master list of numbers and names, while U. J. Gendron, Assistant to the Regional Director, gazes at the camera. The fish bowl from which the capsuled numbers were drawn is at the far right of the picture; March 15, 1948; Photo by B. D. Glaha Close

• 233. [Image] Land Settlement - Gordon Burris, representing the allied veterans' council for the Klamath Area, draws the first lucky number

  	KP-1651-R2 - Klamath Project. Land Settlement. Gordon Burris, representing the allied veterans' council for the Klamath area, reaches into the pickle jar to draw the first of 44 lucky numbers, from the ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Land Settlement - Gordon Burris, representing the allied veterans' council for the Klamath Area, draws the first lucky number Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation, Glaha, B.D. Year: 1948, 2006, 2005 KP-1651-R2 - Klamath Project. Land Settlement. Gordon Burris, representing the allied veterans' council for the Klamath area, reaches into the pickle jar to draw the first of 44 lucky numbers, from the 2758 well-mixed capsules within, at the public drawing for 44 Coppock Bay farms held in the Klamath Falls Armory on March 15, 1948. Nelson Reed, chairman of the Examining Board which checked the qualifications of 4000 applicants, has just finished cranking the churn around, while E. L. Stephens, Klamath Project Supervisor of Operations & Maintenance, waits with a gavel beside him to crack the capsule open to see what number comes up; March 15, 1948; Photo by B. D. Glaha Title: Land Settlement - Gordon Burris, representing the allied veterans' council for the Klamath Area, draws the first lucky number Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation, Glaha, B.D. Year: 1948, 2006, 2005 KP-1651-R2 - Klamath Project. Land Settlement. Gordon Burris, representing the allied veterans' council for the Klamath area, reaches into the pickle jar to draw the first of 44 lucky numbers, from the 2758 well-mixed capsules within, at the public drawing for 44 Coppock Bay farms held in the Klamath Falls Armory on March 15, 1948. Nelson Reed, chairman of the Examining Board which checked the qualifications of 4000 applicants, has just finished cranking the churn around, while E. L. Stephens, Klamath Project Supervisor of Operations & Maintenance, waits with a gavel beside him to crack the capsule open to see what number comes up; March 15, 1948; Photo by B. D. Glaha Close

• 234. [Image] A group of veterans interested in a possibility of securing leased lands on the Klamath Project

  	KP-1180-R2 - Klamath Project - Region II; Three veterans confer with Miss Dora Blaser, former WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), on the possibility of securing homesteads on the Klamath ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: A group of veterans interested in a possibility of securing leased lands on the Klamath Project Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation, Glaha, B.D. Year: 1946, 2006, 2005 KP-1180-R2 - Klamath Project - Region II; Three veterans confer with Miss Dora Blaser, former WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), on the possibility of securing homesteads on the Klamath Project. Left to right: Max Forbes, former Captain in a photographic Reconnaissance Group attached to the 2nd Air Force Training Command, a veteran of five years' service: John J. Cocoran, former major in the 340th Bombing Group, 12th Air Force, a veteran of six years, including service in the Mediterranean theater: Wesley W. Nell, former Coast Guardsman and a veteran of four years in the Pacific. Miss Blaser is employed in the Regional Director's office, and Nell has since accepted employment in the Bureau's Photographic Section; June 20, 1946; Photo by B. D. Glaha Title: A group of veterans interested in a possibility of securing leased lands on the Klamath Project Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation, Glaha, B.D. Year: 1946, 2006, 2005 KP-1180-R2 - Klamath Project - Region II; Three veterans confer with Miss Dora Blaser, former WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), on the possibility of securing homesteads on the Klamath Project. Left to right: Max Forbes, former Captain in a photographic Reconnaissance Group attached to the 2nd Air Force Training Command, a veteran of five years' service: John J. Cocoran, former major in the 340th Bombing Group, 12th Air Force, a veteran of six years, including service in the Mediterranean theater: Wesley W. Nell, former Coast Guardsman and a veteran of four years in the Pacific. Miss Blaser is employed in the Regional Director's office, and Nell has since accepted employment in the Bureau's Photographic Section; June 20, 1946; Photo by B. D. Glaha Close