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Criminals condemned to death in the prison at Mukden, Manchuria

H43200 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1904 by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Bridge of Sighs, New York - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

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Mrs. Walters (Rogers) going to jail

Photograph shows Ida Sniffen Walters, the central figure in a case in which she poisoned her two children and attempted to kill herself in December, 1912 in New York. She married Lorlys E. Rogers while in priso... More

Entrance to the federal penitentiary, Atlanta

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Ga. Atlanta; Prisoners... Ga. Atlanta 1910; Prisons; Geogr.; Shelf.

Will I have to go to prison? - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Janey Dabbles in High Finance" by Inez Haynes Gillmore, Success, 14:17 (June 1911).

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

Lieut. Chas. Becker at Sing-Sing, Sheriff Harburger

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

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

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

Interior dining room D.C. prison

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ARC reserve storehouse at Lausanne where supplies for 5,000 men for si...

Title and notes from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Prisoners Relief. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the American... More

Interior, Lausanne storehouse. Here is another view of the American Re...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: American Red Cross Comm. to Switzerland. Group title: Prisoner's Relief. Gift; Am... More

Where American released prisoners were fed at Basle, Switzerland by th...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Switzerland. Used in: Magazine Bureau. 1919. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the American National Red ... More

Via Dolorosa. The Prison of the Antonia. Spurious stock.

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Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. Military prison, Alcatraz Island...

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Eugene V. Debs, 5 times Socialist candidate for President, set free fr...

Closeup as he left the Federal Peniteniary at Atlanta, Ga.; head and shoulders, facing right. Photoprint copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. S/282,151/FC. This record contains unverified data from caption... More

A black and white photo of a group of people, Georgia. Farm Security A...

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Interior of German underground factory, run by slave laborers for Nazi...

Women working in armament factory. No. 5145-HQ(Copy) 32766. Photograph by Cannon, U.S. Army 165 Cannon.

Former prison guard standing on balcony, inside Alcatraz Penitentiary,...

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

A remnant of Camp Douglas in Douglas, Wyoming

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It was the American officers' club at an internment camp for Prisoners of War during World War II, which, between January 1943 and Feb... 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

Washington, D.C. Clerks in front of office of Commissary General of Pr...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0739 Title fr... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Canteen & Brig, Railroad Avenue near Eight...

Significance: Building 934, built in 1943, is considered significant for its association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west coast. Porti... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Brig, Neville Way near Ninth Street at ...

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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 Leavenworth, Building No. 433, l0-12 Riverside Avenue, Leavenwort...

Significance: Building #433 is an elegant version of the frame center-gable cottage, popular in the latter quarter of the nineteenth century. This double residence has retained its stylish embellishments, incl... More

Returned Federal prisoners from Andersonville (i.e. Belle Isle) prison

Photograph shows Pvt. William M. Smith, Co. D, 8th Kentucky Vols. at U.S. General Hospital, Div. No. 1, Annapolis, Maryland, June 1, 1864. Source: U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, 2013. No. 5525. Erron... More

Thebes Courthouse, Thebes, Alexander County, IL

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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

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

Baltimore City Jail, 801 Van Buren & East Madison Streets, Baltimore, ...

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Baltimore City Jail, 801 Van Buren & East Madison Streets, Baltimore, ...

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[Libby Prison] - 19th century Virginia. Stereoscope card.

Stereograph showing a group of people including soldiers standing outside Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. Part of series: Views of Richmond and Vicinity, and Mountain Scenery of Virginia and West Va. Forms... More

[Prison cell block, man playing organ, prisoners sitting on bench behi...

Title devised by cataloger. No accession number. No publication information. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). BAR updated record 1989-1994.

Minidoka Relocation Center Warehouse, 111 South Fir Street, Shoshone, ...

Significance: This warehouse was one of six hundred buildings constructed at the Minidoka Relocation Camp for the internment of people of Japanese descent after the bombing of Pearl Harbor brought the United St... More

Minidoka Relocation Center Warehouse, 111 South Fir Street, Shoshone, ...

Significance: This warehouse was one of six hundred buildings constructed at the Minidoka Relocation Camp for the internment of people of Japanese descent after the bombing of Pearl Harbor brought the United St... More

Fort Brown, Commissary & Guard House, May Street & Gorgas Drive vicini...

Significance: Building 88 was constructed around 1903 as a commissary. After the Battle of Matamoros in June 1913 the building was used to hold Mexican insurgents as prisoners. It has a long history of adaptive... More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2305, Approximately 700' West of Building T...

Significance: This structure is the only Prisoners and Guards Mess that was built at Fort McCoy (then known as Camp McCoy) as a result of the mobilization effort that was undertaken by the United States during ... More

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2305, Approximately 700' West of Building T...

Significance: This structure is the only Prisoners and Guards Mess that was built at Fort McCoy (then known as Camp McCoy) as a result of the mobilization effort that was undertaken by the United States during ... More

View of the Provost buildings, Hilton Head, S.C. Discription: Built on...

On verso: For sale by E.D. Doolittle, Army, Navy Printing & Photographs, No. 83 Grand St., N.Y. Neg. no. B8184-10378.

[Richmond, Virginia Front and side view of Libby Prison]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

[Charlotte Corday in prison] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Cherokee National Penitentiary, 124 East Choctaw Street, Tahlequah, Ch...

Significance: The third and final addition to the permanent buildings of the Cherokee National Government, the structure served until statehood as the center of law enforcement in the Nation. As such it is an ... 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

Major Andre House (Prison), Main Street, Tappan, Rockland County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-31, FN-46, FN-48 Survey number: HABS NY-4-18 Building/structure dates: ca. 1755 Initial Construction

Eli Whitney Armory, Barn, Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

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Eli Whitney Armory, Barn, Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

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Eli Whitney Armory, Barn, Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT

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Workhouse, 1360 South Avenue, Rochester, Monroe County, NY

Significance: Completed in 1854, the Workhouse, with its 92 cells, cooperage, barrel store, and shoe shops, sought to prepare its inmates for a productive re-entry into society. At the time of its demolition in... More

Front of "slave pen," Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing a Union army guard and other men in front of a building designated Price, Birch & Co., dealers in slaves, at 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, VA. Before that, the premises were owned by the slave-... More

Front of "slave pen," Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing a Union army guard and other men in front of a building designated Price, Birch & Co., dealers in slaves, at 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, VA. Before that, the premises were owned by the slave-... More

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

[Richmond, Virginia Side view of Libby Prison]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

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

Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2307, Approximately 300' West of Building T...

Significance: This structure is one of four Type PBP-81 buildings constructed at Fort McCoy (then known as Camp McCoy) as a result of the mobilization effort that was undertaken by the United States during Worl... 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

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 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 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

Libby prison - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Eagle Lithographing Co.

Chanute Air Force Base, Fire & Guard House, Curtiss Street at Galaxy S...

Significance: In response to massive pre-World War II mobilization, the Fire and Guard House was built in 1940 to house two fire trucks, an ambulance, a crash truck, 44 prisoners, 10 firemen, and 11 guards. The... More

Chanute Air Force Base, Fire & Guard House, Curtiss Street at Galaxy S...

Significance: In response to massive pre-World War II mobilization, the Fire and Guard House was built in 1940 to house two fire trucks, an ambulance, a crash truck, 44 prisoners, 10 firemen, and 11 guards. The... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Brig, South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County...

Significance: Built in 1908, the small building with a corbeled brick cornice served as a prison until circa 1964. It is now a minimum security correctional center. // Constructed in 1908 as the Brig, Building... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Brig, South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County...

Significance: Built in 1908, the small building with a corbeled brick cornice served as a prison until circa 1964. It is now a minimum security correctional center. // Constructed in 1908 as the Brig, Building... 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

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

Henderson County Court House, First & Main Streets, Henderson, Henders...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-18 Survey number: HABS KY-20-18 Building/structure dates: 1843 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1858 Subsequent Work Building/stru... More

Fort Union, Company Quarters, Prison & Laundresses' Quarters, State Hi...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N867 Survey number: HABS NM-164-N Building/structure dates: 1867-1868 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1875-1876 Subsequent Work

Pestal or prison waltz - Public domain American sheet music

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,...

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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,...

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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,...

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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,...

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MacDill Air Force Base, Fire & Guard House, 2709 Florida Keys Avenue, ...

Significance: The Fire and Guard House, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, forms an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic character.... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Fire & Guard House, 2709 Florida Keys Avenue, ...

Significance: The Fire and Guard House, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, forms an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic character.... More

Lunatic Asylum, Bull Street & Elmwood Avenue, Columbia, Richland Count...

Significance: This institution was the first to give recognition to the fact that mental illness could be treated. Patients were placed in pleasant surroundings for treatment not kept as prisoners or animals. R... More

Old Beaufort Jail, Courthouse Square on Cedar Street, Beaufort, Carter...

Significance: Built in 1836 by Elijah White Hurst, located on the northeast side of the courthouse square. The long porch which originally existed on the front of the building has since been removed. There was ... More

Louisiana State Prison Store, 703 Laurel Street, Baton Rouge, East Bat...

Significance: The Prison Store is the only remaining building of the state penitentiary complex, located in Baton Rouge from the late 1830s to the early 1900s. Survey number: HABS LA-1140 Building/structure d... More

Louisiana State Prison Store, 703 Laurel Street, Baton Rouge, East Bat...

Significance: The Prison Store is the only remaining building of the state penitentiary complex, located in Baton Rouge from the late 1830s to the early 1900s. Survey number: HABS LA-1140 Building/structure d... More

The jail, Philada. / Malcolm delt. et sc.

Print shows an exterior view of the Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Fort Frederica, Barracks (Ruins), Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, G...

Significance: This building served as barracks for General Oglethorpe's regiment during the fight of the English Colonies against the Spanish. The barracks also used as a hospital and as a prison for Spanish so... More

Fort Frederica, Barracks (Ruins), Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, G...

Significance: This building served as barracks for General Oglethorpe's regiment during the fight of the English Colonies against the Spanish. The barracks also used as a hospital and as a prison for Spanish so... More

Cahokia Courthouse, Jackson Park, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Nitrate negatives. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-36 Survey number: HABS IL-26-31-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1716- ca. 1790 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ... More

[Stockade at Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia] / Photograp...

Date from Andersonville Civil War Prison / Robert Scott Davis. Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010, p. 121. Purchase; Russell Norton; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012: 069).

Federal Officer's Prison, 180 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...

Survey number: HABS SC-561 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Federal Officer's Prison, 180 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston Cou...

Survey number: HABS SC-561 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Leavenworth, Building No. 357, 20-22 Riverside Avenue, Leavenwort...

Significance: This building was one of a small complex of warehouses which comprised the Fort's Quartermaster Depot. From its founding through the 1870's, Fort Leavenworth served as the Quartermaster Depot for ... More

Fort Leavenworth, Building No. 357, 20-22 Riverside Avenue, Leavenwort...

Significance: This building was one of a small complex of warehouses which comprised the Fort's Quartermaster Depot. From its founding through the 1870's, Fort Leavenworth served as the Quartermaster Depot for ... More

Charles Street Jail Complex, Jail, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk...

Significance: "The Suffolk County Jail has major national architectural significance as the prime institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th century. The design was executed by one of th... More

Charles Street Jail Complex, Jail, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk...

Significance: "The Suffolk County Jail has major national architectural significance as the prime institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th century. The design was executed by one of th... More

Charles Street Jail Complex, Jail, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk...

Significance: "The Suffolk County Jail has major national architectural significance as the prime institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th century. The design was executed by one of th... More

Charles Street Jail Complex, Jail, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk...

Significance: "The Suffolk County Jail has major national architectural significance as the prime institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th century. The design was executed by one of th... More

Charles Street Jail Complex, Jail, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk...

Significance: "The Suffolk County Jail has major national architectural significance as the prime institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th century. The design was executed by one of th... More