Pamphlet of identification photographs depicting escaped convicts and parole violators from the Nebraska State Penitentiary, Lancaster, Nebraska, ca. 1906. Details of each individual appear below their portrait, including their name, height, weight, ...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Nebraska.
Subject (Topic):
Crime, Criminals, Escapes, Identification photographs, Prisons, and Prisoners
Holograph manuscript, corrected, of a memoir by a young African-American, circa 1858. The memoir documents the major events in Reed's life leading up to and including incarcerations in the New York House of Refuge, the first juvenile reformatory in th...
Description:
Austin Reed, born circa 1823 in Rochester, New York, wrote under the pseudonym "Rob. Reed."
Subject (Geographic):
United States., New York (State)., and New York (State)
Subject (Name):
Reed, Austin, 1823?-., Auburn Correctional Facility., and House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
African American authors, American literature, Authors, American, Juvenile detention homes, Prisoners' writings, American, and Prisons
"Portrait caricature of the murderer Thomas Simmons, a young man in shackles; whole length, standing in prison yard in profile to right, hand in pocket of coat; five prisoners standing, sitting and conversing in front of cells behind; after a drawing ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
T. Rowlandson
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Simmons, Thomas, -1808 and Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Prisons, Murder, Criminals, Prisoners, and Shackles
