[Early photographic view of Washington, D.C. from Capitol Hill, lookin...
Northwest view with 1st, B, C, D streets, and Indiana Ave. in the foreground; view includes the Washington Jail, Aldrich's Wholesale Flour, Grain & Feed Warehouse, Dyers American House, Shamokin & Lykins Valley... More
Extraordinary and expensive engagement of Hardeen the king of handcuff...
At head of title: Grand Opera House, Radcliffe, Monday, May 21, 1906 and during the week." Created by "Ellis & Sons Printers, Market Place, Chorley." Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Divis... 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
Torreon rurales outside of jail [i.e., street railway depot]
Photo shows the "carroceria," the street railway depot, in Torreón, State of Coahuila, México. The rurales are facing south, towards Federal Army Headquarters, located in Ramos Arizpe Street between Allende and... More
Taking Becker to Sing Sing - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows "Charles Becker, the ex-Police Lieutenant and convicted murderer of Herman Rosenthal, who will be sentenced to death this morning by Justice Goff" on way to Sing Sing prison, Ossining, New York. (So... More
Miss Lucy Ewing, Chicago, Ill[inois].
Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Lucy Ewing of Chicago, wearing v-neck blouse with necklace and wide-brimmed straw hat with ribbon. Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from item.... More
French gardener, Prison camp, Zossen
Photograph shows a French prisoner working on a flower display outside a building at Zossen prisoner of war camp, Wünsdorf, Zossen, Germany, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
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
Catherine Flanagan, Gertrude Crocker [or Mrs. William Upton (Madeleine...
Summary: Catherine Flanagan (Left) and Gertrude Crocker [or Mrs. William Upton (Madeleine) Watson?] (Right) being placed under arrest as they picket with banners before the White House East Gate. Arresting poli... More
Lucy Branham during World War I
Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, full-length, Lucy Branham, facing forward, standing in front of a building and holding a sign, "We Demand That The American Government Gi... More
Line of returning Italian prisoners in ARC kitchen. Serving food in th...
On caption card: At Trieste, the A.R.C. maintains a canteen where food is served to Italian soldiers who occupied that city after the signing of the armistice, at this canteen Italian prisoners returning form A... 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.
Radio in the jail - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More
Silverton Historic District, Jail, West Fifteenth & Green Streets, Sil...
Survey number: HABS CO-53-K National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000255
Jail, Hornitos, Mariposa County, CA
Survey number: HABS CA-1522 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Manchester jail, Willon and Valley Street, Amoskeag, Manchester, New H...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A black and white photo of a train yard, New Hamshire. Farm Security O...
Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Senator McAdoo asks pardon for Townsend. Washington, D.C., April 15. S...
A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington, Yakima. The famed stockade. Used as jail for striking farm...
Public domain photograph of farm, farmer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jail, Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia
Public domain photograph of Georgia in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. "African" house, probably sto...
Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Convicts from the Greene County prison camp at the funeral of their wa...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Free all political prisoners - American Art Poster
Photos shows red vertical line with text at base. Date of publication supplied by Library staff. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. J41. 197- Gift; NMAA.
Jailhouse cells, made of narrow-gauge-railroad ties, behind the 1882 f...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Remote Ridgway was an early railroad town that declined alarmingly in the 1980s after plans were afoot to flood the little town to mak... More
Dreary hallway in the abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary, which oper...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Eastern State Penitentiary is a former American prison located at 2027...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The prison was operational from 1829 until 1971. When t... More
Horseshoes at the blacksmith shop of the Buffalo Gap Historic Village ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum showcases fifteen outdoor structures and West Texas artifacts that reach back to the late 19th century and the early 20th ... More
A.G. Gaston Motel, Birmingham, Alabama
A.G. Gaston, the millionaire black businessman, bailed Martin Luther King, Jr., out of a Birmingham jail in 1963. Reverend King stayed at the A.G. Gaston Motel during his visits to plan the Civil Rights protest... More
Old New-Gate Prison in East Granby, Connecticut
Old Newgate Prison was a Colonial American prison. The prison was originally a copper mine, opened in 1705. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lande... More
Lifesize bronze sculpture, "Granite Sun," by sculptor Jesus B. Morales...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Just about every New York City adult, and millions more nationwide who...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-2) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More
Petersburg, Virginia. Buildings. American Civil War glass negative.
Caption from negative sleeve: Petersburg, Va., April 1865. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3041A) and right (LC-B811-3041B) halves of a stereograph pair. Caption on file print: Prison Yard of Castle Thunder, Rich... More
500 prisoners in court of jail, San Juan, Porto Rico
19072 D U.S. Copyright Office. No. 10274. Copyright by B.L. Singley.
Photograph album, World War I, Palestine and Sinai
Green cloth and black leather spine bound photograph album containing 296 captioned prints depicting events, troop movements, and military activities during World War I, with emphasis on Ottoman, German, and A... More
Crestline City Hall, Bucyrus & Thoman Streets, Crestline, Crawford Cou...
Significance: The Crestline City Hall has stood as a monument to the small central Ohio town's civic pride for 101 years. Built at the height of the City's heyday as a bustling railroad center, the structure wa... More
Crestline City Hall, Bucyrus & Thoman Streets, Crestline, Crawford Cou...
Significance: The Crestline City Hall has stood as a monument to the small central Ohio town's civic pride for 101 years. Built at the height of the City's heyday as a bustling railroad center, the structure wa... More
Old Jail Building, First & Mississippi Streets, Jonesboro, Union Count...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-62,FN-63, FN-66, FN-67 Survey number: HABS IL-233 Building/structure dates: 1872 Initial Construction
County Jail, 115 Market Street, Knoxville, Knox County, IL
Survey number: HABS IL-248-B Building/structure dates: 1874 Initial Construction
Charles Williams House, South Avenue & Fourth Street (moved to), Nicod...
See HABS No. KS-49 for list of structures that are contributing to the historic district & fieldnotes. Significance: Northeast room in house was run as post office by Williams' wife, Elizabeth, in 1930's. Fami... More
Caroline County Jail, Sheriff's House, 101 Gay Street, Denton, Carolin...
Significance: One of the oldest in the State of Maryland, the Caroline County Jail and Sheriff's House has been in continuous use as a jail since 1907 when it was built during a period of marked cultural, comme... More
Chewacla Limeworks, Limekiln Road, Chewacla, Lee County, AL
Survey number: HABS AL-509 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chewacla Limeworks, Limekiln Road, Chewacla, Lee County, AL
Survey number: HABS AL-509 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...
Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More
Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...
Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More
Fort McDowell, Post Exchange, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, M...
Significance: The Post Exchange at Fort McDowell was part of a major building campaign during 1910-14 to create permanent improved facilities at the Depot of recruits and Casuals, later known as the East Garris... More
Fort McDowell, Post Exchange, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, M...
Significance: The Post Exchange at Fort McDowell was part of a major building campaign during 1910-14 to create permanent improved facilities at the Depot of recruits and Casuals, later known as the East Garris... More
Fort McDowell, Post Exchange, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, M...
Significance: The Post Exchange at Fort McDowell was part of a major building campaign during 1910-14 to create permanent improved facilities at the Depot of recruits and Casuals, later known as the East Garris... More
Fort McDowell, Post Exchange, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, M...
Significance: The Post Exchange at Fort McDowell was part of a major building campaign during 1910-14 to create permanent improved facilities at the Depot of recruits and Casuals, later known as the East Garris... More
Old Jail, State Route 6A & Old Jail Lane, Barnstable, Barnstable Count...
Survey number: HABS MA-976 Public domain photograph of a chamber, vaults, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Courthouse & Post Office, Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, VT
Significance: This cast-iron frame building was designed by Ammi B. Young, Supervising Architect, Office of Construction, Treasury Department, 1852-1862, and built 1856-1859. The building is maintained in exce... More
Courthouse & Post Office, Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, VT
Significance: This cast-iron frame building was designed by Ammi B. Young, Supervising Architect, Office of Construction, Treasury Department, 1852-1862, and built 1856-1859. The building is maintained in exce... More
Courthouse & Post Office, Main Street, Windsor, Windsor County, VT
Significance: This cast-iron frame building was designed by Ammi B. Young, Supervising Architect, Office of Construction, Treasury Department, 1852-1862, and built 1856-1859. The building is maintained in exce... More
Fort Lawton, Guard House, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA
Significance: The only non-residential building on the post that was always used for its original purpose. Architecturally intact. Demonstrates the most extensive use of embossed metal that remains on the pos... More
Castle Thunder Prison, Petersburg [i.e. Richmond] (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows soldiers in courtyard, Castle Thunder Prison, Richmond, Virginia. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating pape... More
Wood County Jail, Market Street, Parkersburg, Wood County, WV
Survey number: HABS WV-225 Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction
Montgomery County Jail, Washington & Spring Streets, Crawfordsville, M...
Significance: The Montgomery County Jail, the first of six rotary jails built in the Midwest during the second half of the nineteenth century, represents a significant attempt to answer the problem of human inc... More
Montgomery County Jail, Washington & Spring Streets, Crawfordsville, M...
Significance: The Montgomery County Jail, the first of six rotary jails built in the Midwest during the second half of the nineteenth century, represents a significant attempt to answer the problem of human inc... More
Chester County Prison, 235 West Market Street, West Chester, Chester C...
Significance: This building is a good example of prison architecture of the middle third of the nineteenth century and was built in the best possible manner from the design of Thomas U. Walter. Survey number:... More
Old Oakville Jail, Talley Street, Oakville, Live Oak County, TX
2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The old jail building at Oakville, Texas is all that remains of a town that once served as the seat of Live Oak County. Because the site is above the fl... More
Fluvanna County Jail, Palmyra, Fluvanna County, Virginia
1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Located in the County Seat of Fluvanna, the Fluvanna County Jail stands proudly as a memorial to the unprecedented construction and growth in Virginia during... More
Baltimore City Jail, 801 Van Buren & East Madison Streets, Baltimore, ...
Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Richmond, Virginia. Castle Thunder. (Cary Street) (Converted tobacco w...
Public domain photograph of building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Wasatch County Jail, Center Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT
Significance: This is part of the only remaining original Mormon Town Square in Utah. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS UT-26 Building/structure dates: ca. ... More
Oakland City Hall, Fourteenth & Washington Streets, Oakland, Alameda C...
Significance: Done by a nationally prominent architectural firm, who won this commission and two others for city halls in competitions, Oakland city hall is a blending of Beaux Arts planning and contemporary sk... More
Fort Buford, Old Headquarters Site, Buford, Williams County, ND
Significance: This was a very important place in the history of the West, not only as a place where prisoners from the Confederate Army were put on duty fighting Indians, but in later years the place where Sitt... More
Jefferson County Jail & Sheriff's Office, Courthouse Square, Madison, ...
Significance: The Jefferson County Jail and Sheriff's House was built in 1848-50 and survives virtually unaltered. The temple-like form of brick and heavy masonry encloses the utilitarian jail block with the S... More
New Haven City Hall & Courthouse, Church Street, between Court & Elm S...
Significance: The City Hall is one of the earliest examples of polychromatic Italian Gothic Revival style in the United States. The Courthouse, adjoining City Hall, was built 10 years later in the same style. ... More
Old York County Gaol, Lindsay Road, York Village, York County, ME
Significance: Traditionally built in 1653 and reputedly the oldest public building in English America, the Gaol, although evidently an 18th century construction, is nevertheless of major significance as a very ... More
Castle Thunder, Richmond, on Carey, (i.e. Cary) from 19th street
Stereograph showing exterior of a building used by the Confederacy to detain Union soldiers and spies. No. 897. Part of series: Photographic Incidents of the War. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection... More
Ferry Tavern & Jail, Greenwich, Cumberland County, NJ
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-379 Survey number: HABS NJ-268 Building/structure dates: 1686 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1760 Subsequent Work
Ferry Tavern & Jail, Greenwich, Cumberland County, NJ
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-379 Survey number: HABS NJ-268 Building/structure dates: 1686 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1760 Subsequent Work
Debtor's Prison, Eastville Court house, Eastville, Northampton County,...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic courthouse building, court, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
City Hall & Opera House, Rouse Avenue & East Main Street, Bozeman, Gal...
Significance: In May 1887 a special election was held to decide the issue of building a new city hall and opera house. The issue passed on a vote of 98 to 22. The building, which required three years to compl... More
Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL
Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More
Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL
Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More
U.S. Naval Air Station, Brig-Correctional Center, 528 South Avenue, Pe...
Significance: Constructed in 1943 as a brig, Building No. 710 currently houses administrative offices for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Building No. 710 was one of several buildings erected at Nava... More
Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary, North side of State Route 130, West ...
Survey number: HABS WY-76
Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary, North side of State Route 130, West ...
Survey number: HABS WY-76
Eli Whitney Armory, Barn, Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT
Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Eli Whitney Armory, Barn, Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT
Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kent County Courthouse, Jail, Cross Street, Chestertown, Kent County, ...
Survey number: HABS MD-968-A Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tennessee State Penitentiary, Main Prison, West End, Centennial Avenue...
Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 90, East Avenue between North Avenue...
Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five on each side of the island's majo... More
Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...
Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More
Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...
Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More
Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...
Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More
Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...
Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More
New Jersey State Prison, Second & Federal Streets, Trenton, Mercer Cou...
Significance: Built between 1833 and 1836, the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton was an extremely significant work of English architect John Haviland, who was known for his designs of prisons. This New Jersey ... More
Camp Tulelake, Mess Hall, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of Sta...
Survey number: HABS CA-2683-A Building/structure dates: 1935 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002176
Philadelphia County Prison, Debtors' Wing, Reed Street & Passyunk Aven...
Significance: The Debtors' Wing was one of the finest examples of Egyptian Revival architecture in America. It was modeled after the Temple of Amenophis III, on the Isle D' Elephantine on the Nile. It was desig... More
Old Market House, North Commerce & Troy Streets, Galena, Jo Daviess Co...
Survey number: HABS IL-149 Building/structure dates: 1846 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1933 Subsequent Work
Old Market House, North Commerce & Troy Streets, Galena, Jo Daviess Co...
Survey number: HABS IL-149 Building/structure dates: 1846 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1933 Subsequent Work
The last moments of John Brown (leaving the jail on the morning of his...
Print shows John Brown, under heavy guard, kissing a young African American child, as he leaves a jail on his way to the gallows. Includes a remarque of Abraham Lincoln, bust portrait, facing left. Q17090 U.S. ... More
Old Country Jail, Village Green, Paris, Oxford County, ME
Suggested address, Village Green, is not verifiable in documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS ME-37 Building/structure dates: 1822- 1828 Initial... More
Old Jail, Watkins & Elbert Street, Augusta, Richmond County, GA
Survey number: HABS GA-264 Building/structure dates: 1740 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1819 Subsequent Work
Debtor's Prison, State Route 764, Accomac, Accomack County, Virginia
Significance: Originally built about 1785 as a residence for the jailor. Used for confinement of debtors in 1824, and continued as debtors' prison until 1849. Survey number: HABS VA-623 Building/structure da... More
[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
Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...
Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More
Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...
Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More
Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...
Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More