prisons, jail

Ancient Roman forum surrounded by porticoes, with loggias, some of whi...

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The Well, from Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome) Public domain scan of Italian 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Sawhorse, from Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome) Public domain scan of Italian 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Pier with Chains, from Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome) Public domain scan of Italian 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Giovanni Battista Piranesi - The round tower.

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Prisoners Presented to the Emperor - Louis Joseph Masquelier

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th, 17th, 18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Joseph Mallord William Turner - Giovanni Battista Piranesi - "Dark Pri...

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th, 17th, 18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Hubert Robert - Visitors leaving a prison

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th, 17th, 18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

John Bluck - Fleet Prison, Thomas Rowlandson

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th, 17th, 18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description. Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19... More

Abel Bowen - House of Industry and House of Correction

House of Industry and House of Correction So. Boston. Built c. 1821-3, Bulfinch, architect(?) Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Litho. of prison yard and outline plan of ground, Pendleton's lithogra...

Litho. of prison yard and outline plan of ground. The first State prison buildings were completed in 1805 and occupied in December of that year when 32 convicts were received from Fort Independence on Castle Is... More

"School Room B" in state prison - Charleston, Boston Mass.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Unsigned primitive painting of Charlestown Prison Yard showing granite...

Unsigned primitive painting of Charlestown Prison Yard showing granite octagonal structure of 1850. Possibly painted by an inmate; certainly an example of folk art. For the first sixty years in the life of the ... More

Interior of guard room, Mass. State Prison - Charleston, Boston Mass.

Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts - Picryl description

Massachusetts State Prison and warden's house - Charleston, Boston Mas...

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East front elevation of prison - Charleston, Boston Mass.

East front elevation of prison. Shows Massachusetts State Prison building of 1826, and extension of 1850. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Walnut St. prison Phil. S.E. corner of 6th St

Drawing shows a street-level, perspective view of the Walnut Street Prison, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drawing is mounted on paper which is mounted on a large sheet of cream paper watermarked on the left side... More

Castle Thunder, Richmond, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

No. 892. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The old Capitol prison - A group of people standing in front of a buil...

No. 1019. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views in Washington, D.C. Hand written on verso: "from B815-1019 print". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia drawn from nature by F. Dielman ; lit...

Print shows a slightly elevated view of the exterior of the Libby Prison building, with the front of the building facing left, a woman with a child walking on the lower left, and a man riding in a horsedrawn wa... More

Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, Confederate States of America.

Photograph showing a group of people gathered outside Libby Prison, an old tobacco warehouse and former Confederate military prison, now held by the Union Army. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of... More

Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia sketched by W.C. Schwartzburg, Co. A,...

Print shows an exterior of Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, from across a street, with inmates behind barred windows and guards patrolling in front of the building. Publication date based on copyright state... More

State prison in 1877 - Charleston, Boston Mass.

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Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, April 1865 (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows the north side of Libby Prison, a Confederate military prison taken over by Union troops.

Castle Thunder Prison, Petersburg [i.e. Richmond], April, 1865 (Andrew...

Photograph shows a Union guard standing next to Castle Thunder, a Confederate military prison in Richmond, Virginia. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ;... More

Old Capitol Prison, Washington / negative by William R. Pywell, positi...

Photograph showing the prison located behind the Capitol building in which a number of Confederate prisoners were held. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington,... More

Lima. The penitentiary - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 2.

Rear of prison and prison yard - Charleston, Boston Mass.

Rear of prison and prison yard. Dated November 14, 1874. .. For over half a century Charlestown men could not converse with one another or experience the luxury of "yard time." Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Old state prison of 1805 - Charleston, Boston Mass.

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, steel industry, mill, factory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 05931. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[One side of the great wall] / Abdullah Frères.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet

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Prison at Cintra. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1933:0175). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Neglected Corner of Europe," Harper's magazine, 63:406 (Aug. 1881).

Waverly House and county jail, Thomasville, Georgia

In album: p. 71. Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The penitentiary, Guadalajara, William Henry Jackson photograph

Attribution to Jackson based on similarity of title to photo no. 8498 in Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). "8 x 10 = 3945, cut down" and "30169" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09071. Gift; St... More

New York Tombs, N.Y. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: Stereoscopic Gems. New York & Vicinity. Public domain image of 19th-century New York City architecture, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The penitentiary, Guadalajara - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

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Main building House of Industry

Main building of House of Correction, Deer Island, built 1849, Louis Dwight & Gridley Bryant Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Theophile Alexandre Steinlen - Pièta de Mazas

Pièta de Mazas by J. Lorrain. Published in Gils Blas Illustré, 1892, fifth page (reproduced). Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Condemned to die / F. Opper. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows David B. Hill labeled "Hill-ism", Richard Croker as the Tammany Tiger labeled "Croker-ism", and Roswell P. Flower, wearing a tall stove-pipe hat, labeled "Flower-ism", standing on the right on "Cond... More

Tombs Prison - New York. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

Convict Prison, Isle of Pines, Noumea, New Zealand / Burton Brothers S...

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Convict Prison, Isle of Pines, Nouméa, New Zealand / Burton Brothers S...

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Convict Prison, Isles of Pines, Noumea, New Zealand / Burton Brothers ...

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House of correction, Detroit, Mich

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

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.

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

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.

[House of Correction, Detroit, Mich.]

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

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

House of correction, Detroit, Mich.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

House of Correction, Detroit, Mich.

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

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

Joseph Pennell - Posada de la Hermandad, Toledo

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, 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.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic courthouse building, court, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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 - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

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.

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

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

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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The Tombs and Law Courts, New York

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

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

Mess hall, Clinton Prison, Dannemora, N. Y., seating capacity 1200

Photograph shows a mess hall filled with several rows of set tables; an attendant oversees men with large containers filling bowls.

State prison (exterior), Jackson, [Michigan]

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

State prison (exterior), Jackson, Michigan

"Private walk" on sign. "B.E. 153" and "Set V" on label. Detroit Publishing Co. no. K 2200 B. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Formation for evening exercises, Bilibid Prison

Photograph shows prisoners in formation in courtyard, Bilibid Prison, Manila, Philippines.

Suffrage Prisoners Leaving D.C. Prison

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of National Woman's Party members leaving a prison building. Warden Zinkham (left).

Cell blocks at Occoquan [Workhouse]

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of the exterior of cell blocks at Occoquan prison.

D.C. prison where suffrage pickets were confined.

Cell at Occoquan [Workhouse]. National Woman Party

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of a prison cell in Occoquan Workhouse seen through door with bars.

Taking suffrage prisoners from D.C. Court House to prison.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of arrested National Woman's Party members being loaded into a vehicle just inside garage entrance to brick building, overseen by police and onlookers.

Cell in D.C. jail. National Woman Party

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Image of the interior of a prison cell, with sink, toilet, and cot.

Van bringing suffrage prisoners to D.C. prison.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of people and cars outside large stone building.

Abandoned jail near D.C. Prison where pickets of Aug. 18 were confined...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Image of exterior of prison.

Tier in D.C. prison where suffragists were confined in 1917.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Image of interior of prison, with cells, tables and chairs.

Vida Milholland [in jail cell]. National Woman Party

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Vida Milholland behind bars in a jail cell (District Jail, Washington, D.C.). Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 6, no. 5 (Feb. 9,... More

Kate Heffelfinger after her release from Occoquan Prison, ca. 1917.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of a woman escorting Kate Heffelfinger, wrapped in blanket, outside near a car, after release from jail. Kate Heffelfinger, of Shamokin, Penn., was an art studen... More

Interior dining room D.C. prison

Picryl description: Public domain image of a public building, auditorium, hall, commons, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Murder of Edith Cavell - Drawing. Public domain image.

One of the war series. (Bellows) / Little material is available at present about the precise conditions of her execution. She was aroused at 2 a.m. with no time allowed for dressing. She appeared in her wrapper... More

Hospital at D.C. prison showing, on 3rd floor right, Alice Paul's wind...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Image of exterior of prison hospital. Photograph published in The Suffragist, 7, no. 1 (Feb. 1, 1919): 6.

Rosina Sacco; Dedham, Mass. - Sacco & Vanzetti collection

Sitting on stairs of Dedham Jail. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dedham Jail, Dedham, Mass. - Sacco & Vanzetti collection

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Unidentified group of people; Dedham. Mass. - Sacco & Vanzetti collect...

Standing on stairs of Dedham Jail. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dedham Jail, Dedham, Mass., ca. 1920-1927 - Sacco & Vanzetti collectio...

Jail where Sacco and Vanzetti spent seven years before they were executed. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dedham Jail, Dedham, Mass. - Sacco & Vanzetti collection

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph.

Scrapbook, page 72 - Sacco & Vanzetti collection

Left: a. Dedham Jail; Dedham, Mass., ca. 1920-1927. Duplicate of MS 2030 Box 66 F6 (38). Right: b. Dedham Jail; Dedham, Mass., ca. 1920-1927. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Dedham Jail, Dedham, Mass. - Sacco & Vanzetti collection

With awnings. Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts - Picryl description

Rosina Sacco and Elizabeth Glendower Evans Dedham, Mass. - Sacco & Van...

Sitting on stairs of Dedham Jail. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Police guarding the entrance to Charlestown State Prison. 22 August 19...

Police guard prision during murder's last hours. Boston..ready for any emergency, State and Boston Police, well armed, were stationed at all points around the jail ready for any outburst from sympathizers of th... More