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Working on a Chain-Gang

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Description: African American prison inmates working on a road chain-gang in Florida or Georgia.
Photograph

Prison Industries

Date: 1961
Description: Punch press equipment at one of the Wisconsin prisons used for the manufacture of license plates and traffic signs. This photograph appeared in a 1961 publ...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Out for Air

Date: 1923
Description: Two police officers holding rifles escort two prisoners into a paddywagon. Lining the road is a long, perspective view of an outdoor prison. Red text impri...
Photograph

Ralph O'Dell Murder Case

Date: 11 1957
Description: The defendant, Ralph O'Dell, is shown holding his 17-month-old son Timmie and saying goodbye, after receiving a life sentence for killing Joseph Knock duri...

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