Prison Cemetery, 1899

Item

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The materials within this collection are mainly made up of black and white mounted photographs, along with letter correspondence, print-out email correspondence, and a photocopy of a newspaper article.

Dates

Creation: 1899

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 Photographic Prints (Within a clear archival sleeve.) : Black and white, rectangular photograph. The photograph is mounted. The mount is grey and rectangular with cut edges. Handwritten captions in black ink and pencil.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Physical Description

The black and white, rectangular photograph is a view of the Texas Penitentiary Prison Cemetery. The photograph is mounted on a grey, rectangular mount with cut edges. The mount has 2 punched holes on its right side. The mount has a slight half circle and wavy line border. "Prison Cemetery -1899-" is handwritten in black ink on the bottom of the mount. On the back of the mount, handwritten in cursive and pencil, "Convict Cemetery '99."