[Photograph 2012.201.B0374.0364]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bernard C. Long thought he was just being a nice guy in 1969 when agreed to let the Army hold up his pay for a few weeks because of a temporary shortage of pay vouchers at his military post."
Date: November 14, 1972
Creator: Tullous, Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0386.0426]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Long ignored, Old Town in McAlester is shedding its role as the area's stepchild and moving toward becoming something of a tourist attraction."
Date: August 16, 1978
Creator: Thompson, Michal
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0397.0169]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: April 4, 1975
Creator: Giudice, Gary
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0386.0390]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Garment plant at McAlester prison"
Date: March 12, 1976
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0386.0382]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ceiling holes in women's quarters that provide an easy escape route, and an unsanitary cell are part of the jail's existing conditions."
Date: February 5, 1971
Creator: Aker, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0386.0385]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Pitt. Co. jail, women's quarters"
Date: February 5, 1971
Creator: Aker, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0386.0381]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Hard core prisoners must face spending time in the main cellblock, which actually reflects recent repair work."
Date: February 5, 1971
Creator: Aker, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0931.0069]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Highway patrol Trooper Gerald Parsons, left. escorts recaptured prison convict Robert Nelson to a patrol car after Nelson's captureTuesday."
Date: June 22, 1976
Creator: Carter, Pat J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0366B.0622]

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
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0366B.0620]

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
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0366B.0618]

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
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0355.0076]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Robert A. Layden, Candidate Dist. Judge, Dist. 18"
Date: June 10, 1974
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0376.0049]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Because of trusty status, they are no longer pasty-faced, yet they still live within the lengthening shadows of prison confinement as "forgotten men."
Date: December 30, 1971
Creator: Tullous, Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0940.0086]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: October 28, 1977
Creator: Vahlberg, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1211.0143]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The author of a bill to permit advertising of eyeglasses in Oklahoma conceded Wednesday that his bill is dead for this session."
Date: July 9, 1974
Creator: Carter, J. Pat
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1251.0573]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Louise Smith McAlister cheerleader, doesn't seem too happy."
Date: October 30, 1970
Creator: Aker, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1263.0163]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The girls are (from top) Beth Shields of Tulsa, Lana Stokes of McAlester, and Anita Hales of Bartlesville."
Date: May 28, 1974
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1257.0412]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Miss Spinks plays flute and piccolo in the band, is president of the French Club and is a member of the Pep Club."
Date: 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1211.0106]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: July 31, 1973
Creator: Mooney, Hank
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1211.0151]

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
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1160.0929]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Two nimble-footed shoppers brave sidewalk reconstruction in downtown Seminole."
Date: October 8, 1979
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1255.0204]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Wallace Soleman is the Hartshorne " rockhound."
Date: January 26, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1144.0836]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Eddie Sanders, 14, warms up on his guitar before one of the music sessions during the second annual Sanders Family Bluegrass Festival this weekend near McAlester."
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0321.0207]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: September 23, 1974
Creator: Ehteridge, Robert
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History