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MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

Clara Barton Papers: Subject File, 1861-1952; Women's Reformatory Prison, Sherborn, Mass.; Prisoners, 1883-1884, undated

Clara Barton Papers: Subject File, 1861-1952; Women's Reformatory Pris...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...

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

Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fort tower, stone walls, fortification, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...

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Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...

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Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Eastern State Penitentiary, 2125 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Phila...

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

Roosevelt Base, Administration & Brig Building, Bounded by Nevada & Colorado Streets, Reeves & Richardson Avenues, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Roosevelt Base, Administration & Brig Building, Bounded by Nevada & Co...

Significance: The Roosevelt Base Historic District, constructed in 1940-1943, consists of 11 buildings designed in the International Style with Mediterranean Revival detailing, five structures, and extensive hi... More

Roosevelt Base, Administration & Brig Building, Bounded by Nevada & Colorado Streets, Reeves & Richardson Avenues, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Roosevelt Base, Administration & Brig Building, Bounded by Nevada & Co...

Significance: The Roosevelt Base Historic District, constructed in 1940-1943, consists of 11 buildings designed in the International Style with Mediterranean Revival detailing, five structures, and extensive hi... More

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-second Street, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-second Street, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-second Street, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-second Street, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-second Street, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-second Street, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More

Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: Ellis Island is significant as the primary port of entry into the United States for immigrants during the period 1892-1954. The Ellis Island facility is located in New York Harbor on three small ... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Marine Prison, Suisun Avenue, west side between Mesa Road & San Pablo, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Marine Prison, Suisun Avenue, west side be...

Significance: Building 84 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 84 is significant historically and architecturally. Historically, the building served as the Marine Prison, o... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Marine Prison, Suisun Avenue, west side between Mesa Road & San Pablo, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Marine Prison, Suisun Avenue, west side be...

Significance: Building 84 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 84 is significant historically and architecturally. Historically, the building served as the Marine Prison, o... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Marine Prison, Suisun Avenue, west side between Mesa Road & San Pablo, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Marine Prison, Suisun Avenue, west side be...

Significance: Building 84 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 84 is significant historically and architecturally. Historically, the building served as the Marine Prison, o... More

The wife of John Bunyan, interceding for his release from prison

The wife of John Bunyan, interceding for his release from prison

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Illman.

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

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.

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a 19th-century costume, fashion, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Taking Becker to Sing Sing - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Burial of French Officer in German Prison camp

Burial of French Officer in German Prison camp

Photograph shows soldiers carrying dead French officer on a litter at a German prison camp during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

French gardener, Prison camp, Zossen

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)

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

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

Photograph shows prisoner band in courtyard, Bilibid Prison, Manila, Philippines.

Vida Milholland [in jail cell]. National Woman Party

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

Line of returning Italian prisoners in ARC kitchen. Serving food in the American Red Cross Kitchen at Trieste

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 window boarded up.

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.

Via Dolorosa. The Prison of the Antonia. The dungeon showing supposed method of torture.

Via Dolorosa. The Prison of the Antonia. The dungeon showing supposed ...

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

W.J. Snook, new Warden of Atlanta Prison

W.J. Snook, new Warden of Atlanta Prison

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

Silverton Historic District, Jail, West Fifteenth & Green Streets, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Silverton Historic District, Jail, West Fifteenth & Green Streets, Sil...

Survey number: HABS CO-53-K National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000255

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

Convicts from the Greene County prison camp at the funeral of their warden who was killed in an automobile accident, Georgia

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

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.

Dreary hallway in the abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary, which operated between 1829 and 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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 Fairmount Avenue between Corinthian Avenue and North 22nd Street in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

Old New-Gate Prison in East Granby, Connecticut

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

Old New-Gate Prison in East Granby, Connecticut

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

Petersburg, Virginia. Buildings. American Civil War glass negative.

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

Photograph album, World War I, Palestine and Sinai

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

Chewacla Limeworks, Limekiln Road, Chewacla, Lee County, AL

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

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 Whetstone Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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 Whetstone Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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, Marin County, CA

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, Marin County, CA

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, Marin County, CA

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, Marin County, CA

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

Group of convicts ready to embark on a prison barge, Tiumin [i.e., T i umen]̦

Group of convicts ready to embark on a prison barge, Tiumin [i.e., T i...

A group of convicts waiting to depart from a T i umen ̦forwarding prison to a prison barge. Convicts destined for Eastern Siberia were transported from T i umen ̦to Tomsk and other destinations on prison barges... More

Grounds at Andersonville, Georgia, where are buried fourteen thousand Union soldiers, who died in Andersonville Prison / sketched by I.C. Schotel.

Grounds at Andersonville, Georgia, where are buried fourteen thousand ...

Includes Clara Barton raising the national flag, August 17, 1865, in far background. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1865 Oct., p. 633. Exhibited in: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005.

Fort Lawton, Guard House, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

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)

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

Stone walls and chains do not make a prison --- for Houdini

Stone walls and chains do not make a prison --- for Houdini

Created by "Famous Players - Lasky Corporation." Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Houdini followed his performance in "The master mystery" with the "Grim game," the first o... More

Chester County Prison, 235 West Market Street, West Chester, Chester County, PA

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

Baltimore City Jail, 801 Van Buren & East Madison Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

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 warehouse for political prisoners)

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.

Fort Buford, Old Headquarters Site, Buford, Williams County, ND

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

Castle Thunder, Richmond, on Carey, (i.e. Cary) from 19th street

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

[African American convicts working with axes, Reed Camp, South Carolina]

[African American convicts working with axes, Reed Camp, South Carolin...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Reed Camp, S.C., Dec. 1934; 78-647." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musician... More

Debtor's Prison, Eastville Court house, Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia

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.

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

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, 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, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

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 Laramie, Albany County, WY
Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary, North side of State Route 130, West Laramie, Albany County, WY
Eli Whitney Armory, Barn, Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

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

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

Tennessee State Penitentiary, Main Prison, West End, Centennial Avenue, Nashville, Davidson County, TN

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 & King Drive, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

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

Passmore Williamson, in Moyamensing Prison for alledged contempt of court / on stone by E[mil] Luders ; lith. of A[ugust] Kollner, Philadelphia.

Passmore Williamson, in Moyamensing Prison for alledged contempt of co...

An unusual informal portrait of the secretary of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, seated in a prison cell. Williamson was sentenced on July 22, 1855, to imprisonment for his "false return" (i.e., evasive tes... More

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

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 County, FL

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 County, FL

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 County, FL

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 County, NJ

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

New Jersey State Prison, Second & Federal Streets, Trenton, Mercer County, NJ

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 State Highway 161, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, CA

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 Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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

Debtor's Prison, State Route 764, Accomac, Accomack County, Virginia

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, 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

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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 Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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 Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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

Camp Tulelake, Shop-Storage Building, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles South of State Highway 161, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, CA

Camp Tulelake, Shop-Storage Building, West Side of Hill Road, 2 miles ...

Survey number: HABS CA-2683-C Building/structure dates: 1935 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1938 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002176

["Lightnin'" Washington, an African American prisoner, singing with his group in the woodyard at Darrington State Farm, Texas]

["Lightnin'" Washington, an African American prisoner, singing with hi...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Typed on back: "1. Lightning and his group singing in the woodyard, Darrington State Farm, April, 1934. See A-8, 182 H." Handwr... More

Richmond, Virginia. libby prison, North side

Richmond, Virginia. libby prison, North side

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin, Marin County, CA

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin, Marin County, CA

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

Public domain photograph of window, architectural element, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin, Marin County, CA

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin, Marin County, CA

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin, Marin County, CA

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

Public domain photograph of window, architectural element, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin, Marin County, CA

San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin,...

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San Quentin State Prison, Building 22, Point San Quentin, San Quentin, Marin County, CA

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