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Title
San Quentin Prison Yard with prisoners, Marin County, California, 1871 [photograph]
Creator
unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1871
Publication Information
Marin County Free Library. Anne T. Kent California Room
Contributing Institution
Marin County Free Library
Collection
San Quentin Prison – Dr. Leo Stanley Collection – Miscellaneous, c.1910-1951
Rights Information
unknown
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Description
One of the earliest known photographs of San Quentin Prison, showing the prisoners lining up in front of the mess hall, 1871. The San Francisco Bay is in the distance.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print, b&w ; 18 x 22 cm.
Identifier
csrcl_255
ark:/13030/kt6489r0zq
http://contentdm.marinlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/stanleymisc/id/0
Language
English
Subject
California State Prison at San Quentin
Prisoners 1870-1880
Place
Marin County (Calif.)
San Quentin (Calif.)
Relation
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt0q2nc5z2
http://marinlibrary.org/californiaroom

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