[Photograph 2012.201.B1412.0248]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Pvt. Willie Williams, right of Gary, Ind., breaks the tape in shattering the official world record for the 100-meter run for the second time within 72 hours with a brilliant sprint of 10.1 seconds in Berlin Sunday."
Date: August 6, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1412.0247]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Pvt. Willie J. Williams, 24-year-old former University of Illinois sprinter, Friday battered the world's record for the 100-meter dash at an Internetional Military track meet in Hitler-built Olympic stadium."
Date: August 4, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History