Title:

Discharged prisoners from Folsom & San Quentin

Creator/Contributor:

Folsom Prison, creator, creator.

Creator/Contributor:

California State Prison at San Quentin, creator.

Album containing identification photographs (i.e. mug shots) of prisoners, taken upon their discharge from Folsom Prison and the California State Prison at San Quentin. Earlier photographs are portraits of prisoners with prison identification numbers appearing on mug shot boards positioned beneath their faces; adjacent to the prints are brief captions written on the paper leaves that include prisoner's name, crime, county of crime and discharge date. The particular prison associated with each of these early photographs is not specified. Later records include prisoner portrait and more elaborate typescript information, all captured in the photographic print; descriptions include name, nationality, age, occupation, prison location and classification, arrival and discharge dates, noteworthy physical characteristics, crime, county of crime, etc. The later records all pertain to prisoners at Folsom. Album includes a substantial number of records, many contained in a separate section of the album, for recidivist offenders.

Date:

1911 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca

Folsom Prison.

California State Prison at San Quentin.

Prisoners -- California -- Folsom -- Photographs

Prisoners -- California -- San Quentin -- Photographs

Recidivism -- California

Title on typescript label adhered to front cover.

Photographers unknown.

Discharged prisoners from Folsom & San Quentin, BANC PIC 2018.084, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

graphic

Identification photographs.

Photograph albums.

photoprint

approximately 930 photographs in 1 volume : gelatin silver prints mounted on album leaves ; sheets 14 x 9 cm or smaller, album 31 zx 26 cm

English

Origin:

California