[Photograph 2012.201.B0418.0016]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "O. J. Finley Jr., McAlester- Pastor of Trinity Baptist Church"
Date: November 11, 1952
Creator: Cobb, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0418.0015]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Baptists certainly are interested in it. We all Want an enlarged program. The convention will have to decide whether acceptance of community funds would be in violation of the principle of separation of church and state."
Date: November 11, 1952
Creator: Cobb, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0235.0611]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Two McAlester area clergymen find parish duties take up much of their time, bur they still serve-- without pay-- as chaplains at the naval ammunition depot south of here."
Date: June 11, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0104.0635]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The body of Robert A. Brecheen is taken from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester shortly after his execution early Friday."
Date: August 11, 1995
Creator: McDaniel, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0104.0632]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Ambulance bringing Brecheen back for execution."
Date: August 11, 1995
Creator: McDaniel, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0333.0041]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Convicts sit quietly before bombshell is tossed."
Date: January 11, 1953
Creator: Peterson, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0248.0338]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: November 11, 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0248.0342]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rep. Frank Harbin"
Date: January 11, 1979
Creator: Argo, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0316B.0084]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Whatever it is that makes people do the things they do at rodeos made Mike Johnson ride a bucking bronc while seated in a tub during the recent rodeo at the Oklahoma State Prison in McAlester."
Date: September 11, 1983
Creator: Howell, Paul S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0248.0336]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: November 11, 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0345.0080]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Exercises are an important part of spring training, the object of which is to get in shape for the long haul from April until September."
Date: March 11, 1950
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0386.0433]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A 13-year-old at McAlester's youth shelter gets help at the piano from house parent Verna Lee Ezekiel, left, and counselor Sandi Adams."
Date: November 11, 1983
Creator: Gamallo, Manny
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0386.0408]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: December 11, 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0386.0402]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Firefighter John Raybon, the driver and operator of McAlester's new 100-foot ladder truck, wedges his hand between the top of the truck and its garage bay door to show a snug fit."
Date: November 11, 1983
Creator: Gamallo, Manny
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0279.0293]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: July 11, 1933
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0370.0093]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Warden Robert Rains, right, shows legislators through prison."
Date: December 11, 1962
Creator: Garner, Frank
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0374.0081]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Fruitless appeal to the parole board ended, Otto Loel is led back to his death row cell Thursday at at state prison."
Date: January 11, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0423B.0165]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Albert H. McHaffe, right, a convict in McAlester state penitentiary, added excitement to a legislative hearing in the DeWolf case Monday when he said Victor Everhart, Tulsa Police character, told him he (Everhart) killed Tulsa policeman Jerry St. Clair."
Date: January 11, 1953
Creator: Peterson, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0935.0846]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Rep. George P. Nigh, McAlester, is state chairman of the "I Speak for Democracy" high school oratorical contest which will be staged in McAlester."
Date: December 11, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0950.0145]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The state supreme court Tuesday reprimanded State Sen. Kirksey Nix, McAlester, but refused to suspend him as a lawyer for one year because of his criticism of the criminal court of appeals."
Date: January 11, 1953
Creator: Peterson, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1211.0150]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: August 11, 1977
Creator: Tullous, Don
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1227.0210]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Dee Sanders, former Pitt. Co. sheriff"
Date: March 11, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1160.0923]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: February 11, 1931
Creator: Oklahoma Publishing Company
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1093.0298]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Producer-actor-director Cliff Robertson chats with Mrs. Ben McDonald, a prison secretary, during a lull in shooting "J.W. Coop" at McAlester, Oklahoma's State Prison."
Date: July 11, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History