Photograph of the Elks Club, McAlester, OK. Published by the Union News Co., St. Louis, MO, March 15, 1913.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "You can see the auto which fell into the shaft when the ground under it gave way."

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Rich Owen, Executioner at McAlester Penitentiary, Deceased: 2-26-48."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Entrance gate"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Martha Schneider-Perry-Mcalester prison head matron"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "McAlester ammunition depot called permanent Installation."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma performs housing miracle at McAlester."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Colonel Jerome Waters, new warden at Oklahoma state penitentiary in McAlester, looks down on the prisons yard shortly after taking over the job."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "H.M. Tomlinson may be carrying Carl DeWolf's life in that small case."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Sister Mary Sylvana, Sisters Adorers of the Most Precious Blood, St. Mary's McAlester."

Photograph of conservation crop rotation. Field of Class III and IV, 7-OH soil, planted with Bermuda sprigs in 1942 and 1943. Pastured continuously with no maintenance until the spring of 1955, at which time it was plowed and planted to Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation. Bermuda made good growth after Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation had matured. Land was plowed in the spring of 1956 and planted to corn with an application of 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer per acre at the time of planting corn. Corn was harvested in September and yielded 50 bushels per acre. The Bermuda was used for fall pasture followed by vetch and small grain. OK-371-8.

Photograph of conservation crop rotation. Field of Class III and IV, 7-OH soil, planted with Bermuda sprigs in 1942 and 1943. Pastured continuously with no maintenance until the spring of 1955, at which time it was plowed and planted to Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation. Bermuda made good growth after Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation had matured. Land was plowed in the spring of 1956 and planted to corn with an application of 200 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer per acre at the time of planting corn. Corn was harvested in September and yielded 50 bushels per acre. The Bermuda was used for fall pasture followed by vetch and small grain. OK-371-8.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "NIGHT BEFORE. . . AND MORNING AFTER emotions contrast vividly in pictures of Gene "Corky" Trotter, 27, city murder suspect (See story, Page 5) ."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Down the long steps to freedom."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Drumond is leaving after a 7-year stay to devote more time to the operation of his cafe at Eufaula"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Johnnie Lalli, McAlester, salesman for Gleason Romans, testified he turned over more the $2,500 of his commission to Savage between February 17 and April 15, this year."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lee C. Johnson, supervisor of the pre-release center as prisoner strolls by."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Willard Clift checks her confused cereus."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Frank Bradley of Muskogee relaxes in the trusty dorm."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Holding his hand on the switch he used to execute three men at the state penitentiary in McAlester is Mike Mayfield."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mike Mayfield.... While Execitioner"