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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (RI) 2708 & 2663
A photograph postcard (& negative) showing the Rock Island (RI) 2708 and 2663, 2-8-2's, on westbound freight, leaving Haileyville, OK, 44 cars, 25 mph. (climbing grade in coal mining area)
Date:
December 12, 1948
Creator:
George, Preston
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 920
A photograph postcard (& Negative) showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 920, 2-8-2, on 3rd No. 75, leaving McAlester, OK, 98 cars, 35 mph.
Date:
December 12, 1948
Creator:
George, Preston
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0111.0251]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date:
November 25, 1948
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0267.0409]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma performs housing miracle at McAlester."
Date:
August 15, 1948
Creator:
McLaughlin, Al
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0316.0456]
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.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0333.0044]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Escaped 7-12-48 from the Trusty Bldg., Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma."
Date:
1948
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0333.0053]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Kimes called the picture, "A Mass of Dark Lonely Hours."
Date:
July 6, 1948
Creator:
Pyer, Ronald
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0333.0055]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "George Kimes painted this picture in 1939, which he said, depicts the hopelessness of life in prison."
Date:
1948
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0386.0334]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A view of the Seamprufe building, built by McAlester Industries, Ins., an organization set up by the chamber of commerce and agriculture to obtain industries."
Date:
February 6, 1948
Creator:
Sossamon, D. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0401.0224]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Andy Lewis plays a lot of football for the Haileyville Warriors, but his 196 pounds makes him hard to stop as a boxer, too."
Date:
October 19, 1948
Creator:
East, Bob
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0401.0225]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "One of Haileyville's top scoring threats is fullback Andy Lewis, a 196-pounder."
Date:
October 19, 1948
Creator:
East, Bob
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0987.0976]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rich Owen, Executioner at McAlester Penitentiary, Deceased: 2-26-48."
Date:
1948
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1000.0043]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "This historic float of the U.S. marine corps was awarded first prize in the Navy day parade at McALESTER."
Date:
October 28, 1948
Creator:
Tapscott, George
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1064.0417]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "McAlester boxer Golden Gloves U.S. Army"
Date:
February 14, 1948
Creator:
Last, Bob
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1227.0097]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "William Samet, serving a life term in the Oklahoma penitentiary at McAlester, devoted eight years to learning to paint with his left hand."
Date:
December 10, 1948
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1237.0522]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date:
June 2, 1948
Creator:
Miller, Joe
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1237.0524]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "W. Mark Sexson, 76, founder of the International Order of Rainbow for Girls and widely known pioneer minister and veteran Masonic and Eastern Star lodge leader, died Sunday in a McAlester hospital following a long illness. He was born July 8, 1877, at Arnica Springs, Mo., and began ministry at age 14. He was married to Miss Edith Edwards, of Winsdor, Ill."
Date:
September 24, 1948
Creator:
Pyer, Ronald
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History