Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Views of San Quentin Prison and Events, ca. 1925-1935
BANC PIC 1905.11240--ALB
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Collection Title: Views of San Quentin Prison and Events
Date: ca. 1925-1935
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1905.11240--ALB
Collector:
Mooney, Thomas J.
Extent:
No. of photographs: 355 photographic prints, all measuring 10 x 14.5 cm.; collected in album measuring 28.5 x 38.5 cm.
355 digital objects
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Collection stored off-site. Advance notice required for use.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted
in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must
also be obtained by the reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted
to research and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Views of San Quentin Prison and Events, ca. 1925-1935, BANC PIC 1905.11240--ALB, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley
Digital Representations Available
Digital representations of selected original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below. Digital image
files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were copied onto
35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and the Photo CD
files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.
Title: Thomas J. Mooney Papers, 1906-1942,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS C-B 410
The Views of San Quentin Prison and Events album was transferred from the Thomas J. Mooney Papers, 1906-1942, BANC MSS C-B
410.
The Views of San Quentin Prison and Events album contains 355 photographic prints taken circa 1925-1935. The album features
views and scenes of the the prison grounds, interiors of many of the structures, and various recreational acitivities. Besides
general grounds views, the album contains views of the large garden; scenes from the prisoners' yards; several guard stations;
and exterior views of the cell blocks, officer residences, guard quarters, and the dairy and ranch. Interior views feature
prisoners' cells, factories, shops, dining halls and guard quarters. Prisoner activities pictured in the album include entertainment
events--featuring musicians, dancers, clowns, and female impersonators among the performers--and athletics. Also pictured
in the album are views of the surrounding Marin County vicinty and scenes of the San Quentin Prison Quarry.
The album may have been compiled, if not photographed, by Tom Mooney, though this is not verified. The diversity of subjects
pictured in the album suggest that the photographer had great access to many areas of the prison, while the caption information
suggests a strong familiarity with everyday prison life.
Photographs of womens' cell blocks indicate that at least some of the photographs were taken prior to 1927, the last year
women were housed at the prison.