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Description
Photograph of the Arizona Territorial Prison on Prison Hill, Yuma, Arizona, ca.1930. The outside yard and cell blocks are pictured. Barred doors can be seen on the cells, and the foundations of several buildings can be seen at center. Utility poles are visible in the background at right. A sign to the extreme right reads, "Old Prison Ru[ins] / Veterans of Foreign W[ars] / Clubhouse-Riverview / Visiting Invit[ed] No Camping". The prison, constructed by convict labor in 1876, was used until 1909.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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