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Prisoners Marching to Dinner (Taken Instantaneously while Marching.) Iowa State Penitentiary - Fort Madison, Iowa.

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Prisoners walking in line with a hand on the shoulder of the prisoner in front of them from one building into another. "Officers: Col. Geo. W. Crosely, warden. J. Townsend, Deputy Warden. J.G. Berstler, clerk. Rev. W.C. Gunn, Chaplain. A.W. Hoffmeister, M.D. physician. Wm. Moore, hospital steward. Allen Davidson, Turnkey. First prisoners received September 22d, 1849. Walls 400 feet on each side, 22 feet high. General number of prisoners, about 400."

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Title
Prisoners Marching to Dinner (Taken Instantaneously while Marching.) Iowa State Penitentiary - Fort Madison, Iowa.
Subject
Prisoners
Prisons
Contributor
Tewksbury, J. R. (photographer)
Type
StillImage
photograph
cabinet photographs
Format
electronic
image/tiff
Identifier
ku-kscoll:94
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kscoll/94
Relation
RH PH P254
Coverage
Iowa--Fort Madison
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