Borowitz True Crime Digital Collection

Postcard: Virginia: Richmond, State Penitentiary

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Postcard: Virginia: Richmond, State Penitentiary

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Title Postcard: Virginia: Richmond, State Penitentiary
Publisher Southern Bargain House
Time Period 20th century
Description Undated postcard featuring an image of the State Penitentiary in Richmond, Virginia. Caption: "Beautiful and Historical Richmond, VA. Series. No. 39, State Penitentiary, Richmond, Va. View from Gambles Hill Park. The original buildings erected on this site were burned to the ground in 1829, the convicts being rescued with great difficulty. At the evacuation its doors were opened and all its inmates liberated. The present buildings and grounds embrace an area of 16 acres and it confines about 1700 prisoners. Extensive work shops are contained within its walls; the shoe shop turning out about 6000 pairs of shoes per day. All condemned malefactors are here electrocuted."
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 Capital Punishment
Jails, Prisons
Provenance Prison Postcards collection
Genre/Format postcards
Geographical Location United States. Virginia

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