PhotographsAmerican19th-20th century

Crime, Prisons: United States. New Hampshire. Portsmouth. Rockingham County Jail; Concord. Merrimac County Jail; Exeter. Rockingham County Jail; Dover. Strafford County Jail: New Hampshire State Charitable and Correctional Institutions.

c. 1903

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Classification

Photographs

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Medium

Gelatin silver prints and printed and typewritten labels mounted to board

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Photographs

Dimensions

mount: 72 x 57 cm (28 3/8 x 22 7/16 in.)

Provenance

New Hampshire State Board of Charities and Correction; acquired for the Social Museum, Harvard University by David C. Rogers through correspondence with Lilian C. Streeter, September 1905 [1]. 1. See correspondence between D.C. Rogers and Lilian Streeter, 17 August 1904 to 25 September 1905, Harvard University Archives.