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[Photograph 2012.201.B0314B.0282]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Convicted murderer Edwin Edgar Jones is one of seven convicts who escaped from the state prison here Saturday night."
Date: June 21, 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1013.0468]

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
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1013.0498]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Seven escapees from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester cut through this section of fence at the prison to make their getaway late Saturday officials said. The hole quickly repaired by prison workers."
Date: June 21, 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1013.0465]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Looking into the clothing walkway from the electric chair walkway."
Date: June 21, 1975
Creator: Carter, J. Pat
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1013.0467]

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
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History