Title:
Folsom State Prison (Folsom, Calif.) photograph album
Creator/Contributor:
Rose, J. P., creator
Abstract:
Album includes photographs of prisoners, prison grounds, guards and other personnel of Folsom State Prison (Folsom, Calif.).
Activities depicted include prisoner entertainment and recreation, quarrying, and guard duties, as well as leisure time activities
of prison personnel and their families. Includes 2 copies of a photograph of a prison guard posing with a Gatling gun. Also
includes photographs of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, depicting views of the city and scenes
of refugee living conditions.
Date:
ca. 1905-ca. 1910 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca
Rose, J. P -- Pictorial works
Folsom Prison -- Pictorial works
Prisons -- California -- Folsom -- Photographs
Prisoners -- California -- Folsom -- Photographs
Prisons -- California -- Officials and employees -- Photographs
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Photographs
Note:
Compiled by J.P. Rose. Various photographers, unknown.
Inscribed inside front cover in pencil: J.P. Rose / Guard F.S.P. / 4-6-1905-12.
Ms. captions in pencil throughout album.
Title devised by cataloger.
Purchase; 2008.
Type:
graphic
Photograph albums.
Physical Description:
graphic
photoprint
1 album (ca. 95 photographic prints) : 15 x 20 cm
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 2008.096--ALB
Origin:
California