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[Photograph 2012.201.B1013.0468]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Taped bars on one the heavy grates cut by escaping penitentiary inmates at McAlester are inspected by prison official. The grate which blocked a utility tunnel, were cut by hacksaw blades and an acetylene torch."
Date: June 21, 1976
Creator: Carter, J. Pat
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1013.0495]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Escape team searchers comb northeast section of McAlester Monday, prior to the capture of two more of the seven inmates who broke out of the state penitentiary late Saturday."
Date: June 22, 1976
Creator: Carter, J. Pat
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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.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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