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[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.4130]

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Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A naked, 34-year-old man was removed from a homemade mental detention cell in a truck bed Saturday by sheriff's deputies. The man, Arthur Ferdinand Davenport, had been kept locked up or in chains for nearly 10 years by his parents after they had removed him from Central State hospital at Norman. "He is getting better treatment here than he ever got at Norman," his mother, Mrs. Otto D. Davenport, a registered nurse, insisted. "He was nearly dead and had a broken nose and was badly beaten when we went … continued below

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Peterson, Dick June 20, 1959.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection and was provided by the Oklahoma Historical Society to The Gateway to Oklahoma History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Description

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A naked, 34-year-old man was removed from a homemade mental detention cell in a truck bed Saturday by sheriff's deputies. The man, Arthur Ferdinand Davenport, had been kept locked up or in chains for nearly 10 years by his parents after they had removed him from Central State hospital at Norman. "He is getting better treatment here than he ever got at Norman," his mother, Mrs. Otto D. Davenport, a registered nurse, insisted. "He was nearly dead and had a broken nose and was badly beaten when we went down to get him. The elder Davenport, who said he is a real estate broker, declared the couple had decided to take care of Arthur themselves rather than keep him in a mental institution. Officers found the homemade "treatment" center in a vacant lot approximately a block north of 6500 SE 29. A house on a front lot shielded the truck from view of the road.......Arthur looked through the bars and responded cheerfully to a greeting from Sheriff Bob Turner Saturday as deputies entered the truck....."

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PublishDate: O-6-21-59

Credit: Daily Oklahoman

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  • Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, June 21, 1959

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Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection

The Oklahoma Publishing Company, the parent company of many prominent Oklahoma newspapers, amassed a significant collection of photographs that span more than a century. The wide variety of photographs accompanied stories in the newspapers.

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  • June 20, 1959

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Peterson, Dick. [Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.4130], photograph, June 20, 1959; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1699095/: accessed June 26, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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