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Prison Cook Preparing Food

Date: 03 26 1968
Description: Slightly elevated view of prison cooks preparing dinner for inmates.
Photograph

Houdini in Chains

Date: 1919
Description: Harry Houdini in a scene from the silent motion picture, "The Grim Game."
Photograph

"The Broken Coin" Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: Kitty Gray (played by Grace Cunard) sits forlornly on the straw in a dungeon in the kingdom of Grahaffen in a scene still from Episode 7 "Between Two Fires...
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Walter Wanger

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Description: Walter Wanger gets his hand stamped by a prison guard. He is wearing a suit and sunglasses and holds a binder.
Poster

"The Flaming Crisis" Poster

Date: 1924
Description: Poster for the film "The Flaming Crisis." A is man laying on a cot in a jail with his hand raised to protect himself. Standing near the cot is a ghost wear...
Photograph

Prison Scene from "The Man in the Iron Mask"

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Description: Director James Whale filming a scene from the 1939 film "The Man in the Iron Mask." An unidentified actor, possibly Louis Hayward, is wearing the iron mask...
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Scene from "Alibi"

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Description: Eleanor Griffith is looking into the eyes of Chester Morris, while Harry Stubbs and Mae Busch are looking on. They are standing outside a prison gate in a ...
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Scene from "Alibi"

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Description: Long shot of Eleanor Griffith, Chester Morris, Harry Stubbs and Mae Busch standing on the steps in front of a prison gate in a scene from the 1929 film "Al...

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