Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the County Jail in Knight's Ferry, Stanilaus County, ca.1940 (ca.1930?). The jail's two tall iron doors are bolted into thick iron walls of the jail that stands center on a light, dusty ground with little plant life Each door has a large lock as well as one small, square window towards the top. A circular light hangs from the raised ceiling through a wide opening in the center of the jail, while wood paneling can be seen on either side. Photo file card reads "County jail built while this town was the county seat between 1862 and 1872. Made of one quarter inch boiler plate iron. Four cells with two bunks each and partitions of iron. For ventilation -- ceiling of one inch scrap iron grating, covered with a raised tin roof".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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