The Utah Department of Corrections Photograph Collection, ca. 1900

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Summary Description
Repository:Utah State Historical Society
Call number:Mss C 689
Creator:
Title:Utah Department of Corrections Photograph Collection, ca. 1900
Quantity:1 fd. (14 photographs)
Abstract: Includes photographs of law enforcement officers, prison officials, prisoners, and cages at the Sugar House Penitentiary, Salt Lake City (Utah).

Topics:
Peace officers -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Photographs.
Prisoners -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Photographs.
Prisons -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- Photographs.

Organizations:
Sugar House Penitentiary (Salt Lake City, Utah) -- Photographs.
Utah. -- Photographs.
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Background

Background Note

No information available.
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Scope and Content

Includes photographs of law enforcement officers, prison officials, prisoners, and cages at the Sugar House Penitentiary, Salt Lake City (Utah).
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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation:

Utah Department of Corrections Photograph Collection, ca. 1900, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Donated by the Utah Department of Corrections, 1994

Restrictions on Use

The Utah Department of Corrections Photograph Collection is the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information:

Collection processed by Susan Whetstone, 1999

Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone, 1999

Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000

Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 1999 (RLIN ID: UTSX99-A131).

Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000.

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Container list

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Sugar House Penitentiary
1. Law enforcement officers
2. Posse
3. Unidentified prison official
4. Prisoner handcuffed to wall
5-6. Prison cell
7. Early prisoner in striped jacket
8. Sugar House Penitentiary
9. Unidentified prison official
10. Unidentified prison officials
11. Sugar House Penitentiary
12. Ramp to gallows?
13-14. Unidentified prisoner