prisons, library of congress

Adieu Bastille - A drawing of a man with a lion on a leash

Print shows a member of the Third Estate playing a bagpipe, standing next to a tame lion, representing the monarchy, and manipulating marionettes, representing the clergy and the nobility, on a string tied to h... More

Adieu Bastille - A drawing of a man in a red coat and a lion

Print shows a man playing a bagpipe, behind him lies a lion on a chain which is draped over his right arm, his left foot rests on a gameboard, at the far end of which is a peg with string attached, the string r... More

L'homme au masque de fer - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows a prisoner in chains and wearing an iron mask sitting on a bench in a prison cell, and another man with a lantern and a tray of food entering the cell in the Bastille. Possibly purchased by George ... More

Bambridge on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons /...

Print shows several members of the House of Commons, including James Oglethorpe and Archibald Grant, gathered in a room at the Fleet Prison for an investigation of Thomas Bambridge, warden of the prison, for th... More

Plan of the New York state prison at Mount Pleasant

Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Das allegrösste Bilder ABC. G bei Winckelmann & Söhne in Berlin

Print shows the letter "G" formed by a harlequin with left arm extended, holding his hat, and standing before a table with three cups for a shell game on it, with examples "Grossmutter" showing an elderly woman... More

Gov. Seward's letter or the triumph of liberality and justice

A dramatic prison scene, intended to contrast the clemency of New York's Whig governor William H. Seward with the vindictiveness of the Democrat-controlled New York City prison administration. In the interior o... More

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

Andersonville Prison, Georgia. South end view of the stockade Showing ...

Photograph shows prisoners using latrines in the foreground, masses of huts made of sticks and blankets, and a stockade with sentry boxes in the distance (Source: Notes by Sergeant Warren L. Goss of Co. H, 2nd ... 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

Andersonville Prison, Georgia. South-east view, taken from the stockad...

Photograph shows prisoners using latrines in the foreground, a group involved in a court martial or trial of a prisoner on the left, a structure with four poles and a blanket roof used as a barber shop in the m... 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

Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Bird's eye view - gathering roots to bo...

Photograph shows prisoners using latrines in the foreground and masses of huts made of sticks and blankets; the cluster of huts in the foreground was referred to as "Mud Island" (Source: Notes by Sergeant Warre... More

Andersonville Prison, Georgia. View from the main gate Issuing rations...

Photograph shows prisoners gathered for rations distribution in front of Confederate sutlers building and stockade in the distance (Source: Notes by Sergeant Warren L. Goss of Co. H, 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Art... More

Military prisons at Charleston, South Carolina / sketched by Lieutenan...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no. 425 (1865 February 18), p. 108.

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

Relics of Andersonville Prison from the collection brought from there ...

Inscribed on back: Very Truly yours Dorence Atwater. Entered according to act of Congress by M.B. Brady & Co. in the year 1865 ... District of Columbia. Clara Barton Collection (Library of Congress).

[Grand Review of the Armies, Washington, D.C.; Jefferson Davis' cell a...

Full page includes four illustrations and an article describing Herold's role in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no. 441 (1865 June 10), p. 365. Herold's name erroneousl... More

Home views. No. 15, Rebel prison - 1865

Stereograph shows a bird's-eye or elevated view of Elmira prison camp in New York, with a long line of prisoners standing along the fence with rows of buildings in the background. No. 15. Printed on label: A ... More

A proper family re-union, Confederate States of America.

A biting cartoon showing Confederate president Jefferson Davis in league with both the devil and Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold. Arnold and Davis stir a cauldron of "Treason Toddy," a brew into whic... More

The heroes' memorial. A memorial to perpetuate the remembrance of the ...

Print shows an obelisk monument with Niagara Falls in the background. 31729 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed in pencil at top left: May 30, 1866. No. 590. Inscribed in pencil at bottom left: No. 31729. Copyrig... 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.

Philadelphia in the olden time / D.C.

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Philadelphia from across the Delaware River, with pedestrians, carriages, horse-teams, and horseback riders in the foreground, as well as a horse-powered paddleboat taxi or ferr... More

[Sketch by moonlight of Bridge of Sighs, Venice]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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).

"Sic 'em!" / J. Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows Charles Stewart Parnell, a prisoner in the "Kilmainham Kaboose", directing a pack of small dogs labeled "Healy, Kettle, Egan, O'Connor, Dillon, Davitt, Sexton, [and] Brennan" to attack the British L... More

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

Caricature, "Next!" / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows a view inside a "Prison Barber-Shop" with two men labeled "Budensiek" and "J.D. Fish", wearing prison stripes and "Close Crop" haircuts by the prison barber, who is holding a shaving mug labe... More

"Libby Prison," as it appeared August 23, 1863 A. Hoen & Co. Richmond,...

Print shows three men and a child standing in the foreground with tents labeled "C.S.A." immediately behind them and the Libby Prison building in the background. Q6144 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed on mount: ... More

Andersonville Prison, Camp Sumter, Ga., as it appeared August 1st 1864...

20466 U.S. Copyright Office. Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2012-2013.

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...

Public domain photograph of Mexico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Caricature, Next!! / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Print shows a prisoner labeled "McKane" sitting on a bench labeled "Reserved for Bosses who Steal Elections" at Sing Sing prison; McKane is holding a large pair of scissors, a measuring tape, fabric and thread,... More

Khabarovsk - sleeping room of detention prison

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Convict prison guards at gate of building - Khabarovsk

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Bridge of Sighs between Tombs Prison and Court Houses, N.Y

6146Bp2s-1 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 54. Public domain photograph of New York, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Triumph for the walking-delegate / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows a well-dressed union representative labeled "Walking Delegate" standing outside a prisoner's prison cell, holding a paper that states "Law to Prohibit Convict Labor in State Prisons"; a dejected pri... More

Hobson's cell in Morro Castle, Santiago, 1898

Picryl description: Public domain image of a castle, view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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 - "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.

Has she got him at last? / Keppler.

Print shows a large arm labeled "Justice" reaching down from above to grab Matthew S. Quay as he tries to make his way from the "Penitentiary" on the left to the "United States Senate" on the right. Illus. fro... More

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.

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.

National Parole Conference brings law and penal experts to Capital. Wa...

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

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

Superintendent's residence, house of correction, Detroit, Mich

"25-C" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 014538. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Superintendent's residence, house of correction, Detroit, Mich.

Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Bridge of Sighs, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

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

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.

The Sing Sing sanatorium / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows prisoners engaged in various recreations while incarcerated at Sing Sing for white collar crime. Caption: For the benefit of our grafting financiers whose health breaks down from exposure. I... 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.

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]

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Fill that cell!" / Art Young. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Illustration shows a throng of petty criminals in a prison pointing to a small cell labeled "For the Incorporated Law Breaker", insisting that white-collar crime goes unpunished.

The Tombs and Law Courts, New York

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

The in and the out of our penal system / Arthur Young.

Illustration shows criminals on the left entering a prison labeled "Penitentiary" with a statue of "Justice" and on the right leaving the prison after serving their sentences and given papers labeled "Freedom" ... More

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

El prisionero de San Juan de Ulúa

Broadside has a masthead illustration and a decorative border separating the text. The text consists of two songs: "The prisoner of San Juan of Ulúa" which conveys the longing of a prisoner who wants to be set ... More

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.

Baraki voennopli︠e︡nnykh avstrīĭt︠s︡ev u stant︠s︡īi Kannesemga [Kiappe...

Public domain photograph - prisoners of war, military forces during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

Prison yard, Jackson, Michigan - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Title on jacket: Jackson, Mich. State Prison. "B.E. 154" and "Set V" on label. Detroit Publishing Co. no. K 2200 A. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Sing Sing Prison, new electrocution chamber

Photograph shows empty room with electric chair placed in center. J209826 U.S. Copyright Office. Title on verso: New electrocution chamber Sing Sing Prison. Photo by T. Fred Robbins, Ossining, New York. Title... More

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.

Prison yard, Jackson, [Michigan]

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

Formation for evening exercises, Bilibid Prison

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

Band, Bilibid Prison - A black and white photo of a tennis court

Photograph shows prisoner band 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.