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Title: East Gate and Warden’s Mansion at Folsom State Prison
Date Created and/or Issued: 1920
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Photographs
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: This circa 1920 photograph shows the Warden’s Mansion, located next to Folsom Prison’s East Gate. Completed in 1915, the structure eventually became home to prison personnel and business services offices. Standing in front of the East Gate is a prison guard. A large American flag hangs from a pole in front of the residence. Looming above the mansion – on China Hill – is a guard tower.
Type: image
Identifier: 2210c
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/2818
Subject: Prisons
Folsom, California
Source: Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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