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Prisoner Edward Pendergast

Date: 01 20 1940
Description: Prison mug shot of Edward Pendergast, inmate number 25367, an Irish mill wright who was convicted of arson.
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Prisoner Harvey Wiles

Date: 01 22 1940
Description: Prisoner photograph of Harvey Wiles, inmate number 25371, who was a clerk convicted on three counts of embezzlement.
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Prisoner Lyle Tadder

Date: 02 09 1940
Description: Prison photograph of Lyle Tadder, inmate number 25409, a painter who was convicted of larceny of auto.
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Prisoner Wilfred Leigh Mills

Date: 07 08 1940
Description: Prisoner photograph of Wilfred Leigh Mills, inmate number 25714, an English truck driver convicted of larceny.
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Prisoner William Joseph Hogan

Date: 02 11 1946
Description: Prisoner William Joseph Hogan, inmate 28820, a truck driver convicted on two counts of assault with intent to rob.
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Prisoner Gustave Pete Sharlow

Date: 02 15 1946
Description: Prisoner Gustave Pete Sharlow, inmate number 28827, an Indian tailor convicted of larceny.
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Prisoner Virgil Valorous Ishmael

Date: 02 11 1946
Description: Prisoner photograph of Virgil Valorous Ishmael, inmate number 28858, a truck driver convicted of issuing worthless checks.
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Prisoner Salvatore "Cono" Librizzi

Date: 04 03 1946
Description: Prisoner photograph of Salvatore "Cono" Librizzi, inmate number 28898, a laborer who was convicted of burglary.
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Prisoner Henry G. Baxter

Date: 11 08 1951
Description: Prison photograph of Henry G. Baxter, inmate number 32394, a tavern and restaurant keeper convicted of selling mortgaged property.
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Capture of Joshua Glover

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Description: Drawing showing escaped slave Joshua Glover being seized at Racine.
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Chain Gang On a Highway

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Description: View of a chain gang from the front window of a car.
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Carl Braden

Date: 1955
Description: Prison identification photograph of Carl Braden after his conviction for sedition.
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Illustration of An Angolian Prisoner

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Description: View of an Angolian prisoner with hands and feet bound in a wooden brace. Caption reads, "These methods were used to capture and hold the prisoners which w...
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Prisoner Joseph Young

Date: 02 13 1940
Description: Prison photographs (two quarter-length, one full-length) of Joseph Young, inmate number 25417, a bookkeeper and switchboard operator.
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Waupun State Prison Band

Date: 1898
Description: String band consisting of seven inmates at Waupun State Prison. Three seated men hold guitars, three others hold violins and one standing man holds a cello...
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Frame 13: Working on the Chain Gang

Date: 1964
Description: A group of correctional inmates work in a trench, while a man with a firearm watches from above.
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Mug Shot of Nick Bongiovanni

Date: 1933
Description: A mug shot of Nick Bongiovanni, prisoner #467, charged with murder.
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"Riot in Cell Block 11" Production Still

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Description: Actor Neville Brand, on the left, and another actor in the center with a knife in his belt, talk with director Don Siegel, far right. They are on the set o...
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"Riot in Cell Block 11" Production Still

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Description: Leo Gordon, Neville Brand and Joel Fluellen stand in front of Robert Osterloh, sitting, who is holding a pencil in one hand and a cigarette in the other. A...
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"Riot in Cell Block 11" Production Still

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Description: A fight scene from the film "Riot in Cell Block 11."

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