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Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereosco...

No. 482. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Florence military prison series--"Dance at the dead-line" / J.E. Taylo...

Prisoners dancing. No. 34. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

Florence military prison series--"Washing up" / J.E. Taylor.

Prisoners of war being washed in large tubs. 13490 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 56. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

Florence military prison series--"Lt. Barrett firing into the crowd" /...

Lt. Barrett firing into crowd of prisoners. Public domain photograph of military parade, army ceremony, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Florence military prison series--"Bringing the log into camp" / J.E. T...

Prisoner on his knees and elbows bringing a log into camp. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897. No. 33.

Florence military prison series--"Counting us off" / J.E. Taylor.

Prisoners being counted by guards as they walk across bridge. 13458 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

Florence military prison series--"Drawing rations" / J.E. Taylor.

Line of prisoners getting rations from men at window of building. No. 33. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

Florence military prison series - "Fiddling for wood squad"

Prisoners of war carrying logs into camp, as another prisoner of war plays fiddle. 13466 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 32. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

Florence military prison series--"Leaving Florence" / J.E. Taylor.

Soldiers holding up torches in front of line of prisoners, who are standing in front of log buildings. 13484 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

Florence military prison series--"Persuading Dang" / J.E. Taylor.

Prisoner, surrounded by men and dogs, being lifted by rope. 13480 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 46. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

Florence military prison series--"Caught by the dogs" / J.E. Taylor.

Prisoner of war caught by dogs in swamp. 13481 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

Florence military prison series--"Rejected" / J.E. Taylor.

Prisoners(?) being rejected. 13463 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 29. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

Florence military prison series--"Discovering the beans" / J.E. Taylor...

Prison guard discovering beans hidden in log. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897. No. 20.

Florence military prison series--"Garvey and Iverson" / J.E. Taylor.

Garvey and Col. Iverson standing and prisoners of war lying on floor. 13478 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 44. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

Florence military prison series--"Drawing a shirt" / J.E. Taylor.

Prisoners getting meal-sack shirts. No. 23. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

Hobson's cell in Morro Castle, Santiago, 1898

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Hobson's cell in Morro Castle, Santiago, 1898

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Negative cracked lower right corner. "924" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021517. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Florence military prison series--"Dressing my wounds" / J.E. Taylor.

Soldier dressing a prisoner's wounds. 13483 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

"Providence Spring". 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Andersonville Military Prison Series. Photograph of painting by J.E. Taylor, 1896. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Florence military prison series--"On board the old transport" / J.E. T...

Large number of prisoners of war below deck of ship. 13489 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

Set of paintings of Christ's Passion, by Kosheleff, in Russian Hospice...

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Florence military prison series--"Coming into the Union lines" / J.E. ...

Prisoners getting off train, being greeted by Union soldiers. 13485 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

"Shot at the dead-line". 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Andersonville Military Prison Series. Photograph of painting by J.E. Taylor, 1896. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Costumes and characters, etc. Courtyard of the prison in Jerusalem

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"Wirz straightening the line". 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Andersonville Military Prison Series. Photograph of painting by J.E. Taylor, 1896. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Costumes and characters, etc. Entrance to the prison, Jerusalem / Amer...

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On the stroke of twelve the plausible American comedy drama : by Josep...

38627 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: I'm killing you for my wife and baby. Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." Direction of Whitaker & Lawrence. No. 385... More

Florence military prison series - "Our orchestra"

Photograph of drawing by James E. Taylor shows orchestra of three violins, one flute, one guitar, and sticks playing for an audience of prisoners and soldiers at prison camp in Florence, S.C.

Execution by the garrote in the yard of the city prison, Havana, Cuba

48721 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 9956. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Filipino prisoners of war at Pasig, Philippine Islands / Strohmeyer & ...

Photograph shows male prisoners squatting and standing in two lines. 52296 U.S. Copyright Office. Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, New York, London, Toronto - Canada, Ottawa - Kansas. Copyright by Underwood ... More

Filipino prisoners of war - Public domain portrait print

Group of prisoners of war, posed in courtyard. No. 160. Illus. from: The Philippines through a camera / George C. Dotter. Los Angeles, Ca. : [Kingsley-Barnes & Neuner Co.], 1899. (DS659.D72)

Cell from which Evangelica Cisneros escaped, Havana, Cuba

48724 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 9959. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

House of correction, Detroit, Mich

"26-C" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 014537. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Tombs Prison, N.Y. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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The Prison - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from jacket. Possibly in Missouri. "9530" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

St. Helena, entrance to military prison camp

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Tombs Prison, N.Y, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Thaw trial - crowd at Tombs [prison,] New York

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Crowd outside prison, penitentiary outbreak

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Ludgate prison, with a plan of the London workhouse Sir Paul Pindar's ...

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Set of religious paintings of Christ's passion, by Kosheleff, in Russi...

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Resigns as Director of Federal Prisons. Washington D.C. Sanford Bates,...

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a door. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Prison, Ekaterinburg - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Group of polygamists in the Utah Penitentiary

8 men standing in prison stripes. Photoprint copyrighted by John P. Soule. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Prisons...; Polygamy.

Penitentiary, Columbus, Ohio - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "2006" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017365. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Sing Sing Prison - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Prison Camp, Guben -- with Russian Church

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[House of Correction, Detroit, Mich.]

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St. Helena, prisoners quarters - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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Rheims -- Corner of Rue du Marc & Rue de la Prison

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House of correction, Detroit, Mich.

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Thaw trial - crowd at Tombs prison, New York

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Date based on the times of the two trials of... More

Penitentiary, Columbus, O[hio] - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

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Right, Mrs. Martine, suffragette in prison

A couple of women standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Siberian prisoners in Germany - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

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Prison Camp, Irkutsk - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

House of Correction, Detroit, Mich.

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033250. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin

Reproduction of first photograph of Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin of President William McKinley, in jail. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's weekly, McKinley extra, 1901 Sept. 9, cover. Copyrighted by Judge Company, 1901.

Imperial prison near the Summer Palace of the emperor, near Peking, Ch...

No. 3799. Public domain image of 19th century China, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

After the execution, Canton prison, China

Decapitated heads scattered on the ground. H3471 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.W. Kilburn. No. 14358.

Paying the death penalty for crime - garroting a criminal at Bilibid P...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Paying the death penalty for crime - garroting a criminal at Bilibid P...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Criminals and crime 1901; Executions Garrote; Photog. I.; Philippine I. Manila; G... More

Execution of Czolgosz, with panorama of Auburn Prison /

The film begins by showing railroad cars in the foreground with the overshadowing walls of a state prison in the background. The second camera position, from a higher elevation, pans slowly showing the yard int... More

[Dave Merrill, mug shot, in prison garb]

Photograph mounted on card from Pinkerton's National Detective Agency with name Dave Merrill written at top. Similar image has been identified as Harry Tracy. Transfer; Manuscript Division (Records of Pinkerto... More

The Bridge of Sighs--Venice, Italy, only a step from Palace to prison

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U.S. Military Prison, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay

Viewed from deck of boat. California. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Bridge of Sighs, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Bridge of Sighs, Pittsburgh, Pa

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29892. Allegheny county courthouse and jail on right and left side of bridge. Detroit publishing co. no. 016358. Gift; St... More

City Prison, New York City - New York City Architecture

Shows the Tombs, built in 1902, with Centre Street at right. Photoprint copyrighted by A. Loeffler, Tompkinsville, N.Y. No. 72. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geo... More

Criminals condemned to death in the prison at Mukden, Manchuria

H43200 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1904 by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

County court house and jail, Mobile, Ala

"G 7052" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071787. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

County court house and jail, Mobile, Ala.

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Let prison life be pleasant / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon of life in prison for "Respectable" prisoners who play golf, wear fitted prison uniforms, go yachting, have their valets perform their hard labor, attend lavish dinners com... More

The Tombs, New York - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Photo shows Manhattan Detention Center built 1902, with Centre Street at right.

The Bridge of Sighs, New York - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30343. The Tombs and Criminal Courts building on left and right side of bridge, respectively. "2759 G" on negative. Detro... More

The Tombs, New York - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows Manhattan Detention Center built 1902, with Centre Street at right. "2758 G" on negative. Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30342. Detroit Publishin... More

The Bridge of Sighs, New York - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Joseph faithful in prison - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Con...

G 14391 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Providence Litho. C... More

Old jail, Portsmouth, N.H - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

"3776" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019870. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The Tombs, New York City's famous prison, and the Bridge of Sighs, Fra...

H104485 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1907, by Standard Scenic Company. No. 2973.

Jackson State Prison, Jackson, Mich.

Postcard shows front elevation and main entrance to the Jackson State Prison in Jackson, Michigan, also known as Michigan State Prison. F58006 U.S. Copyright Office. Series 225.

The Jail, Lowell, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry plate nega...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The electric chair in Auburn State Prison

Photograph shows empty room with electric chair placed in center. From - Lew Collings, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, N.Y., Dec 26 1908.

The Jail, Lowell, Massachusetts - Public domain image. Dry plate negat...

"4226" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070433. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Suffragettes procession after release from prison

Maud Joachim, Vera Wentworth, Florence Haig and Miss Howe, English suffragettes released from Holloway jail, are drawn in an open carriage by their sister suffragettes during suffrage demonstration to Queen's Hall.

Greetings from Jackson, Mich. State's prison

Postcard shows exterior side elevation of the prison, surrounded by large green space with trees and paths. Also known as Jackson State Prison. F65820 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1907113.

Piscataqua River and naval prison, Portsmouth, N.H. i.e., Kittery, Mai...

Photo shows Seavy's Island with the U.S. Navy prison building in Kittery, Maine, across from Portsmouth, N.H. (Source: C. Seavy, 2018) "4271" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070501. Gift; State Historic... More

Piscataqua River and naval prison, Portsmouth, N.H. [sic]

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San Juan de Ulloa, military prison in Vera Cruz harbor

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"Among the flowers, State Industrial School, Kearney."

summary: Industrial School flower garden, Kearney, Nebraska. For additional photos, see RG 2608 Item Numbers 747, 748, 749, and750. original size: 8x5 1/2

[New York City Police Dept. activities: arraigning prisoner at Tenderl...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Photo by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Police; Crime; Shelf.

The Tombs and Law Courts, New York

133371 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright, 1908, by Stereo-Travel Co. No. 36.

Old debtors' prison at Williamsburg, Virginia

No. 16560. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Christmas tree at the District Jail, Washington, D.C. and some of the ...

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 3456. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Delegates to the Prison Congress

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[Palacio de Justicia del Ramo Penal, Mexico City]

Photo shows High Court Building in the vicinity of the Belem Prison, Mexico City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Chihuahua Prison - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Prison guard - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Photograph shows two uniformed and armed prison guards in Rangoon, Burma. In album: China, Singapore, Burmah, India, Aden, Suez, Egypt, Palestine, 1910-20(?). Copyright by Carpenter's World Travels. Forms part... More

Sing Sing - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows Sing Sing prison, Ossining, New York. (Source: related Bain negatives)