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Postcard: Illinois: Joliet, Illinois State Penitentiary at Stateville

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Postcard: Illinois: Joliet, Illinois State Penitentiary at Stateville

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Item Information

Title Postcard: Illinois: Joliet, Illinois State Penitentiary at Stateville
Publisher Curteich-Chicago
Date 1952
Time Period 20th century
Description Two copies of a postcard featuring the interior view of a cell house with a guard tower in the center. Front Caption: "Interior view of Cell House, Illinois State Penitentiary at Stateville, near Joliet, Ill." Back Caption: "The cell houses are circular in form and all cells radiate toward and face the central point, where a guard's tower and observation point afford constant supervision by one officer, who also controls the locking and lighting systems. From this tower the cell doors are locked and unlocked by means of hydraulic pressure. The rays of the sun shine directly into every cell for at least two hours each day the sun shines."
General Subject Area Crime
Extent 2 postcards
Institution Kent State University
Repository Special Collections and Archives
Finding aid title Finding Aid for the Prison Postcards collection
Access Rights This digital object is owned by Kent State University and may be protected by U.S. Copyright law (Title 17, USC). Please include proper citation and credit for use of this item. Use in publications or productions is prohibited without written permission from Kent State University. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives for more information.
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Format of Original postcard
Subject Jails, Prisons
Provenance Prison Postcards collection
Genre/Format postcards
Geographical Location United States. Illinois

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