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[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0194]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "JUMBLED WRECKAGE of 21 freight cars, part of a 135 car Rock Island train, littered the tracks near Haywood in Pittsburg County after they derailed Wednesday."
Date: September 10, 1964
Creator: Oklahoma
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0320B.0193]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lee Johnson, prison sociologist, chats with a prisoner awaiting interview with a visiting psychiatrist."
Date: November 10, 1961
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0319.0565]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Her horse appears to be wondering what it's all about as Sharon Eddington, Hartshorne rodeo queen, stops by the local tag agency during a ride downtown."
Date: July 10, 1972
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0104.0634]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Death penalty opponents Michelle Gambino and Robert Peebles of Tulsa react Thursday to word that condemned killer Robert Brecheen had taken an apparent drug overdose."
Date: August 10, 1995
Creator: McDaniel, David
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0111.0506]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Defense lawyers Ainslie Terrault, left, and Robert Brown confer prior to opening of murder trial .."
Date: May 10, 1971
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0120.0257]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Arm motions, used to learn Bible stories, are an integral part of the Christian Fellowship program."
Date: July 10, 1982
Creator: Burnett, Roberta
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0343.0056]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Jim Knight, McAlester"
Date: November 10, 1969
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

First Presbyterian Church

Description: Photograph of the First Presbyterian Church, McAlester, OK. Printed by Curteich, Chicago, IL, May 10, 1951.
Date: May 10, 1951
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1428.0085]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Sharon Young, whose husband Al, is serving a one-year sentence for second degree burglary, began last month in her efforts to organize a regular schedule of visits to the penitentiary for women who cannot afford the expense of the trip on their own."
Date: March 10, 1972
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1404.0373]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Phyllis Wheat, 18, senior at Quinton High School named Miss McAlester."
Date: May 10, 1973
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0366B.0622]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Joney Joe Lusty, Ben Wiley Jones and Bobby Joe Williams (all on death row for murder, 1976)"
Date: September 10, 1976
Creator: Klock, Roger
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0366B.0620]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "With lights glaring and microphones stuck in their faces, Jones, Williams and fellow killer Joney Joe Lusty held court Friday with newsmen who peppered them with questions about a life of waiting at Big Mac. Jones called the death sentence "barbaric."
Date: September 10, 1976
Creator: Klock, Roger
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0366B.0618]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Inmates Joney Joe Lusty, left, Ben Wiley Jones Jr., center, and Bobby Joe Williams respond to questions from the press following a 1976 U. S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned their death sentences. In all, 36 inmates were affected by the ruling."
Date: September 10, 1976
Creator: Klock, Roger
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0355.0076]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Robert A. Layden, Candidate Dist. Judge, Dist. 18"
Date: June 10, 1974
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1211.0151]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "(Building located on north side of street just east of U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building) ."
Date: November 10, 1977
Creator: Hoke, Doug
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1227.0097]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "William Samet, serving a life term in the Oklahoma penitentiary at McAlester, devoted eight years to learning to paint with his left hand."
Date: December 10, 1948
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1013.0499]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Barring any stays, Charles Troy Coleman Sr., will be escorted to this cell to stay until he is executed."
Date: July 10, 1987
Creator: Southerland, Paul B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1013.0469]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "This is the car used by fleeing prisoners after bloody battle."
Date: August 10, 1947
Creator: Turner, John H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1013.0568]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This is the women's building at McAlester after it was built in 1926"
Date: December 10, 1978
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1013.0464]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A closeup of the impassable bridge, scene of the bloody gunfights that ended the break from the prison. The single X marks the spot where a convict bullet put an end to the life of tab Ford, former deputy sheriff of Pittsburg and former prison guard and volunteer posseman. The double X's mark the spot where two convicts lying in ditch were killed by William E. Alexander, Pittsburg county deputy sheriff."
Date: August 10, 1941
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1032.0339]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bill Prichard of Pete's Place in Krebs poses proudly by restaurant sign."
Date: August 10, 1981
Creator: Southerland, Paul B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1032.0338]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bill Prichard, of Pete's Place Italian Restaurant in Krebs, probably the best known citizen of this tired burg, has lots of influential friends in Oklahoma."
Date: August 10, 1981
Creator: Southerland, Paul B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1013.0501]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The gurney upon which Charles Troy Coleman Sr. is scheduled to be put to death can be seen from the room whee witnesses will view the death row inmate's execution."
Date: July 10, 1987
Creator: Southerland, Paul B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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