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Very vicious, Spaniard, American, Turk

Very vicious, Spaniard, American, Turk

Photographs show front and right profile mug shots of four prisoners including a Spaniard, an American and a Turkish man, Philippines.

Secrets of the prison-house--a cell in the female department of the Washington jail / from a sketch made on the spot by our special artist, Mr. Lumley.

Secrets of the prison-house--a cell in the female department of the Wa...

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

Portrait photo of Charles J. Guiteau, Cabinet photograph

Portrait photo of Charles J. Guiteau, Cabinet photograph

Photograph shows portrait of Guiteau, assassin of President Garfield, taken in jail in Washington, D.C. 2169 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: "No. 2."

[Russia]. German & Austrian prisoners. [Russian men and women]. [Russian men, women, and children]. Station at Omsk

[Russia]. German & Austrian prisoners. [Russian men and women]. [Russi...

Titles from item and devised by Library staff. From disbound album of James Maxwell Pringle's business trip to Russia and Asia for First National City Bank of New York. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2010:041

Cell from which Evangelica Cisneros escaped, Havana, Cuba

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

Chief of the Yavapai Apaches at Date Creek - Ahoochy Kahmah Group of Apache tonto & Yavapai prisoners of United States at Camp Verdi - 3 men & 2 women.

Chief of the Yavapai Apaches at Date Creek - Ahoochy Kahmah Group of A...

Ahoochy Kahmah, Chief of the Yavapai Apaches, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, wearing uniform; group of prisoners. In album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizon... More

The casemate, Fortress Monroe, Jeff Davis in prison

The casemate, Fortress Monroe, Jeff Davis in prison

Two guards stand in Davis' cell, while the prisoner sits on his bed. Signed lower left of image: ARW. Title inscribed lower right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.275) Forms part of: Morgan collection... More

Libby Prison, Union prisoners at Richmond, Virginia from nature by Act. Major Otto Boetticher; lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, N.Y

Libby Prison, Union prisoners at Richmond, Virginia from nature by Act...

Print shows the interior of Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia with Union officers and soldiers sitting or standing in groups. Brigadier General August Willich (1810-1878), captured at the Battle of Stones River,... More

[African American prisoners at compound no. 1, Angola, Louisiana ( Leadbelly in foreground); Prisoner with guitar, at compound no. 1, Angola, Louisiana]

[African American prisoners at compound no. 1, Angola, Louisiana ( Lea...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Angola, Louisiana"; "N66-1"; "N67-1." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting fol... More

["Lightnin'" Washington, an African American prisoner, in the prison hospital at Darrington State Farm, Texas]

["Lightnin'" Washington, an African American prisoner, in the prison h...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Typed on back: "4. Lightning, prison hospital, Darrington State Farm, April, 1934. See A-8, 182 H." Forms part of: Lomax photogr... More

[Prisoners breaking up rocks at a prison camp or road construction site]

[Prisoners breaking up rocks at a prison camp or road construction sit...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the southern United States and the Bahamas.

The casemate, Fortress Monroe, Jeff Davis in prison

The casemate, Fortress Monroe, Jeff Davis in prison

Two guards stand in Davis' cell, while the prisoner sits on his bed. Signed lower left of image: ARW. Title inscribed lower right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.275) Forms part of: Morgan collection... More

The chain gang, Thomasville, Georgia

The chain gang, Thomasville, Georgia

Nine African American men posed, standing along fence. In album: p. 64.

["Lightnin'" Washington, an African American prisoner, in the prison hospital at Darrington State Farm, Texas]

["Lightnin'" Washington, an African American prisoner, in the prison h...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Typed on back: "4. Lightning, prison hospital, Darrington State Farm, April, 1934. See A-8, 182 H." Forms part of: Lomax photogr... More

The casemate, Fortress Monroe, Jeff Davis in prison

The casemate, Fortress Monroe, Jeff Davis in prison

Two guards stand in Davis' cell, while the prisoner sits on his bed. Signed lower left of image: ARW. Title inscribed lower right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.275) Forms part of: Morgan collection... More

Chief of the Yavapai Apaches at Date Creek - Ahoochy Kahmah Group of Apache tonto & Yavapai prisoners of United States at Camp Verdi - 3 men & 2 women.

Chief of the Yavapai Apaches at Date Creek - Ahoochy Kahmah Group of A...

Ahoochy Kahmah, Chief of the Yavapai Apaches, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, wearing uniform; group of prisoners. In album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizon... More

[Prisoners breaking up rocks at a prison camp or road construction site]

[Prisoners breaking up rocks at a prison camp or road construction sit...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "R." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the sout... More

The convicts' lock-step - Public domain book illustration

The convicts' lock-step - Public domain book illustration

Illustration shows a queue of prisoners. Illus. in: Darkness and daylight: or, Lights and shadows of New York life. A woman's narrative of mission and rescue work in tough places, with personal experiences amo... More

Portrait photo of Charles J. Guiteau, Cabinet photograph

Portrait photo of Charles J. Guiteau, Cabinet photograph

Photograph shows portrait of Guiteau, assassin of President Garfield, taken in jail in Washington, D.C. 2174 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: "No. 7."

[African American convicts working with axes and singing in woodyard, Reed Camp, South Carolina]

[African American convicts working with axes and singing in woodyard, ...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jean Baptiste Adolphe Lafosse - Napoléon a Sainte-Hélène Paul Delaroche

Jean Baptiste Adolphe Lafosse - Napoléon a Sainte-Hélène Paul Delar...

Print shows Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, full-length portrait, facing front, sitting on rocks on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. Signed on stone on lower l... More

Secrets of the prison-house--the black hole of Washington, D.C. / from sketches made on the spot by our special artist, Mr. A. Lumley.

Secrets of the prison-house--the black hole of Washington, D.C. / from...

Composite of views of the Washington, D.C. jail and people inside the jail. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Dec. 28, pp. 88-89.

[Two unidentified convicts, one of whom is playing the guitar and looks like Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter)]

[Two unidentified convicts, one of whom is playing the guitar and look...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "poss. Leadbelly"; Angola, Louisiana, July, 1934; "Huddie Leadbetter". Forms part of: Lomax collection of ph... More

[Prisoners breaking up rocks at a prison camp or road construction site]

[Prisoners breaking up rocks at a prison camp or road construction sit...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the southern United States and the Bahamas.

Union soldiers in Andersonville prison / The rebel leader, Jeff Davis, at Fortress Monroe / Th. Nast.

Union soldiers in Andersonville prison / The rebel leader, Jeff Davis,...

Published by King & Baird, Printers, Philadelphia. Signed in block: Th. Nast. Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress) Exhibited in: ... More

[Prison compound no. 1, Angola, Louisiana. Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter) in the foreground]

[Prison compound no. 1, Angola, Louisiana. Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Prison compund No 1. Angola, La. Leadbelly in foreground." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs d... More

[Prison compound no. 1, Angola, Louisiana. Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter) in the foreground]

[Prison compound no. 1, Angola, Louisiana. Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Prison compund No 1. Angola, La. Leadbelly in foreground." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs d... More

Officers of the Insurgent Army, prisoners in Postigo Prison, Manila, Philippine Islands

Officers of the Insurgent Army, prisoners in Postigo Prison, Manila, P...

Stereograph showing Filipino men behind bars in prison during the Philippine-American war, Manila, Philippines. H121231 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3524. Copyright, 1901, by H.C. White Co.

The American general Lee taken prisoner by lieutenant colonel Harcourt of the English army, in Morris Country, New Jersey, 1776 / Hamilton delin. ; Hawkins sculp.

The American general Lee taken prisoner by lieutenant colonel Harcourt...

Print shows Charles Lee at his capture by British troops. Engraved for Barnard's New complete & authentic history of England. Illus. in: The new, comprehensive and complete history of England : ... / By Edward... More

Arrest of Marshal Kane, at his house in Baltimore, at three o'clock A.M. on Thursday, June 27, by order of Major-General Banks on a charge of treason / from a sketch by our special artist accompanying General Banks' command.

Arrest of Marshal Kane, at his house in Baltimore, at three o'clock A....

Print shows Union troops taking Marshal Kane into custody outside his home in Baltimore, Maryland. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 12, no. 294 (1861 July 6), p. 113.

Prisoner in camp hospital, Darrington State Farm, Texas

Prisoner in camp hospital, Darrington State Farm, Texas

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portraits of musician Bill Tatnall of Frederica, Ga.; Luneda Commeaux of New Iberia, La.; Prisoners at Darrington State Farm working in the woodyard; A mountain woman in the hills near Austin, Tx.]

[Portraits of musician Bill Tatnall of Frederica, Ga.; Luneda Commeaux...

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

[Prisoners working outside Reed Camp, South Carolina; Portraits of Ernest and Paul, Jennings, Louisiana; Portrait of Sam Ballard, New Iberia, Louisiana; Views of a baptism near Mineola, Texas]

[Prisoners working outside Reed Camp, South Carolina; Portraits of Ern...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "N54: Ernest and Paul Jennings, La. July 1934, no other print of this"; "N57: Sam Ballard (Old Dad), New Ibe... More

[African American convicts working with axes and singing in woodyard, Reed Camp, South Carolina]

[African American convicts working with axes and singing in woodyard, ...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Secrets of the prison-house--the black hole of Washington, D.C. / from sketches made on the spot by our special artist, Mr. A. Lumley.

Secrets of the prison-house--the black hole of Washington, D.C. / from...

Composite of views of the Washington, D.C. jail and people inside the jail. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Dec. 28, pp. 88-89.

Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin

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.

Officers of the Insurgent Army, prisoners in Postigo Prison, Manila, Philippine Islands

Officers of the Insurgent Army, prisoners in Postigo Prison, Manila, P...

Stereograph showing Filipino men behind bars in prison during the Philippine-American war, Manila, Philippines. H121231 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3524. Copyright, 1901, by H.C. White Co.

Union soldiers in Andersonville prison / The rebel leader, Jeff Davis, at Fortress Monroe / Th. Nast.

Union soldiers in Andersonville prison / The rebel leader, Jeff Davis,...

Published by King & Baird, Printers, Philadelphia. Signed in block: Th. Nast. Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress) Exhibited in: ... More

[Two unidentified convicts, one of whom is playing the guitar and looks like Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter)]

[Two unidentified convicts, one of whom is playing the guitar and look...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "poss. Leadbelly"; Angola, Louisiana, July, 1934; "Huddie Leadbetter". Forms part of: Lomax collection of ph... More

Bône. Prisoniers Kroumirs á la Casbah / ND.

Bône. Prisoniers Kroumirs á la Casbah / ND.

Five prisoners (possibly Berbers) in courtyard, Annaba (Bône), Algeria. No. 189?

The capture of General August Willich at Stone's River Tennessee, 1862

The capture of General August Willich at Stone's River Tennessee, 1862

Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. "N.61" upper left corner of sheet. Code on mat (source unverified): III-59. Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection at the Library of Congre... More

[Prisoners in the woodyard, Darrington State Farm, Texas; A Baptist congregation at Alma Plantation, False River, Louisiana; Portrait of Reverend Haynes at Eatonville, Florida; A Methodist church; Portrait of an African American child]

[Prisoners in the woodyard, Darrington State Farm, Texas; A Baptist co...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "N106: Negro child, singer for singing game. Eatonville, Fla. June, 1935"; "N298: poss. Florida"; "... More

Chief of the Yavapai Apaches at Date Creek - Ahoochy Kahmah Group of Apache tonto & Yavapai prisoners of United States at Camp Verdi - 3 men & 2 women.

Chief of the Yavapai Apaches at Date Creek - Ahoochy Kahmah Group of A...

Ahoochy Kahmah, Chief of the Yavapai Apaches, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, wearing uniform; group of prisoners. In album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizon... More

Rangoon prisoners - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Rangoon prisoners - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Photograph shows five male prisoners squatting with hands pressed together amidst a fibrous material in Rangoon, Burma. In album: China, Singapore, Burmah, India, Aden, Suez, Egypt, Palestine, 1910-20(?). Copy... More

[Prisoners breaking up rocks at a prison camp or road construction site]

[Prisoners breaking up rocks at a prison camp or road construction sit...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "R." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the sout... More