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Title: First jail in Santa Clara County
Creator: Peter Riley
Date Created and/or Issued: 1922-01-12
Publication Information: Santa Clara University Library, Archives & Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Santa Clara University
Collection: Santa Clara University Archives ClaraVision Photograph Collection
Rights Information: Permission to copy or publish any portion of SCU Archives materials must be given by Santa Clara University Library, Archives & Special Collections.
Description: This was the oldest jail in California built on the old Gardner property after the second Mission Santa Clara site was erected near the present Santa Clara depot in 1818. The structure was razed on January 12, 1922. This image was taken as workmen were advancing to demolish the sturcture. The jail was a two-room adobe structure where one room was the prison proper, the other room was used as the kitchen.
Type: image
Format: image
Identifier: msc.jail.tif
http://content.scu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/claravision/id/102
Language: English
Subject: Santa Clara University (Calif.)
Jails
Santa Clara (Calif.)
Adobe buildings
Source: msc.11.14
Relation: SCU General Photograph Collection - Mission Santa Clara, Third Mission Site

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