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[Photograph 2012.201.B0316.0456]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "MCALESTER, JUNE 9-- A $10 debt brought violent death Monday to diminutive Joe "Blackie " Driver, 50-year old state penitentiary inmate who had lived recklessly most of his adult life. Driver, serving a seven-year sentence for burglary from Oklahoma county, was beaten and stabbed by another convict. His body was found under a building near the prison canteen, less than 50 feet from the sergeant's office."
Date: November 25, 1948
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0170.0015]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Warden J. F. Dunn (above) and his two chief assistants, J. W. Phillips, deputy, and H. B. Crider, assistant deputy, have done a notable job in the last two years of enlarging the prison recreation program."
Date: 1940
Creator: Hart, Alphia O.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0357.0478]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A wartime shortage of good merchandise in an Oklahoma City woman's shop has created a new industry here employing 25 and giving promise for many more."
Date: May 17, 1949
Creator: Hill, Gilbert
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0846]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "L. J. Gordon, Edwardsville, Ill., was burned to death when his truck burst into flames after plunging over an embankment 10 miles north of McAlester on U.S. 69. Highway patrolman said Gordon attempted to pass a car when a front tire blew out, causing the truck to plunge down an eight foot embankment."
Date: April 7, 1947
Creator: Cowan, Howard
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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