Photograph file [picture], ca. 1880-1941.

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Photograph file [picture], ca. 1880-1941.

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File contains black-and-white photographs of inmates printed from glass negatives made in 1912. Seventeen negatives were in too poor condition to make prints. Additional black-and-white photographs (ca. 1880-1941) of institutional buildings and activities (e.g., farm work; shoe shop; sewing room) are included along with job applicant and nursing school graduation photographs.

986 photographs.

Illinois State Archive

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SNAC Resource ID: 7387891

Illinois State Archive

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