Borowitz True Crime Digital Collection

Postcard: Texas: Huntsville, State Prison

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Postcard: Texas: Huntsville, State Prison

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Title Postcard: Texas: Huntsville, State Prison
Publisher E. C. Kropp Co.
Date 1951
Time Period 20th century
Description Postcard featuring images of the New Administration Building, Old Administration Building, and Texas State Prison in Huntsville, Texas. Caption: "Headquarters, Texas Prison System, where all "convicts" are checked in. The new administration building shown was inmate-constructed with inmate-manufactured materials. This "headquarters", where all prisoners are conditioned before distribution to one of the various units of the prison system, houses executive offices, Bureau of Records, educational units, hospital, and various shops where products of many descriptions are made by the prisoners."
General Subject Area Crime
Extent 1 postcard
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. Texas

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