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Prisoner portraits.
BANC PIC 1957.022--PICLOCAL
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Title:
Prisoner portraitsCreator/Contributor:
Vollmer, August, 1876-1955, creatorAbstract:
Stereographic mug shot portraits of thieves and murderers, many of whom were executed at San Quentin Prison. Each subject
and his crime is identified within the photograph or on a printed label. Includes one view of the exterior of the "Condemned
Cells" building at San Quentin.
Date:
approximately 1895-1900 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caCriminals -- California -- Photographs
Prisoners -- California -- Photographs
Murderers -- California -- Photographs
Criminels -- Californie -- Photographies
Prisonniers -- Californie -- Photographies
Meurtriers -- Californie -- Photographies
Criminals
Murderers
Prisoners
California
California State Prison at San Quentin -- Pictorial works
California State Prison at San Quentin.
Note:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographers unknown. Collected by Berkeley professor of police administration August Vollmer.
Transferred from the August Vollmer papers (BANC MSS C-B 403).
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Pictorial works.
Identification photographs.
Stereographs.
Portraits.
Physical Description:
photoprint
27 photographic prints : black and white, stereograph ; 9 x 18 cm
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1957.022--PICLOCAL