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| Date: | 11 16 1906 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Penitentiary, Waupun, Wis." An elevated view of Gothic Revival buildings at the prison, built in 1854 of limestone, with ornate t... |
| Date: | 1983 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Waupun Correctional Institution." On reverse: "Waupun Correctional Institution. Located two blocks from Main Street on Madison Street... |
| Date: | 08 06 1930 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Female Prison, Wisconsin State Penitentiary, Waupun, Wis." A building that housed female prisoners surrounded by trees, fences and ga... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Wisconsin State Prison, Waupun, Wis." Gothic Revival buildings at the prison, built in 1854 of limestone, with ornate towers. A lawn,... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Wisconsin State Prison, Waupun, Wis." Gothic Revival buildings at the prison, built in 1854 of limestone, with a lawn and trees. The ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Entrance to Prison, Waupun, Wis." Main entrance of the Waupun State Prison, built in 1854. Beyond the prison gates is the tower of th... |
| Date: | 03 15 1978 |
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| Description: | Patrick J. Lucey, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, visiting U.S. prisoners being held at Jalisco State Penitentiary in Mexico. |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | Three men standing guard in front of a building which is part of a prison camp in France. A sign on the building reads: "Post de Police." Caption reads: "E... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Two Viet Cong prisoners seen through a window covered in barbed wire in a structure built of bamboo and grass. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Wisconsin State Prison, manufacturers of binder twine, with the profile of a badger standing on top of stacked rolls of binder twine; the... |
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| Description: | A couple walks outside the gates of the Waupun State Prison, built in 1854. The tower of the central building can be seen beyond the gates. |
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| Description: | Exterior view across lawn of Waupun State Prison, built in 1854. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | String band consisting of seven inmates at Waupun State Prison. Three seated men hold guitars, three others hold violins and one standing man holds a cello... |
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| Description: | Aerial view includes farm and orchards, surrounded by neighborhoods. A water tower is on the upper left half. |
| Date: | 11 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster created by SDS (Students for a Democratic Society), advocating support of prison rebellions, and the abolishment of alleged racist prison terror. Fe... |
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| Description: | African American prison inmates working on a road chain-gang in Florida or Georgia. |
| Date: | 03 26 1968 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of prison cooks preparing dinner for inmates. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Punch press equipment at one of the Wisconsin prisons used for the manufacture of license plates and traffic signs. This photograph appeared in a 1961 publ... |
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| Description: | Map covering most of Georgia and South Carolina, showing defenses along the seacoast and around the principal towns, Confederate prisons at Andersonville a... |
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