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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Front Yard Wis State Prison." Landscaped yard with plants in urns on the lawn near a path in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Front Yard Wis State Prison Waupun Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the south end of the new dining room in the Wisconsin State Prison. A man is standing next to a long table filled with plants. Large windows are al... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the guards' room in the Wisconsin State Prison. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the chapel in the Wisconsin State Prison. In the foreground are chairs, and in front of the stage is a piano. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the then recently completed cell block of the Wisconsin State Prison. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Front Yard Wisconsin State Prison Waupun." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a then recently completed cell block at the State Prison. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | The dormitory building of the Taycheedah Industrial Home for Women. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Cemetery surrounded by trees. There is a fence and field in the distance. |
| Date: | 11 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster created by SDS (Students for a Democratic Society), advocating support of prison rebellions, and the abolishment of alleged racist prison terror. Fe... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View across river toward the exterior of the prison, with the central tower and wings. A boat sits at the dock on the far shoreline, and a large smokestack... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Harry Houdini in a scene from the silent motion picture, "The Grim Game." |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | Three men standing guard in front of a building which is part of a prison camp in France. A sign on the building reads: "Post de Police." Caption reads: "E... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 03 15 1978 |
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| Description: | Patrick J. Lucey, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, visiting U.S. prisoners being held at Jalisco State Penitentiary in Mexico. |
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