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[Photograph 2012.201.B0982.0465]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Warden Jerome J. Waters (upper photo) was bound and held prisoner at knife point for 45 Minutes at McAlester prison Wednesday by two lifers who made an unsuccessful attempt to escape."
Date: November 19, 1951
Creator: Burns, Bill
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1048.0242]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Here is where tags are cut down to proper size,then perforated with holes."
Date: November 26, 1951
Creator: Johnson, Bill
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1062.0406]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "William "Billy" Prescott, prisoner from Muskogee County (found guilty of a murder there in 1933), saved from death row in 1935. (Still serving life term, in spite of claiming innocence.)"
Date: November 9, 1951
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History