Crime, Prisons: United States. New York. Blackwell's Island. Workhouse: Department of Correction, New York City: The Warden. Workhouse, Blackwell's Island.

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 3.2002.1284
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Crime, Prisons: United States. New York. Blackwell's Island. Workhouse: Department of Correction, New York City: The Warden. Workhouse, Blackwell's Island.
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Social Museum Collection
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: c. 1900
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, New York City
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/153857

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 18.3 x 23.7 cm (7 3/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Social Museum Collection
Accession Year: 2011
Object Number: 3.2002.1284
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Makeda Best, Louisiana Medley: Photographs by Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick, exh. cat., ed. Kathryn E. Delmez, First Center for Visual Arts, Nashville (Nashville, 2018), p. 33, fig. 3, ill. (color)

Subjects and Contexts

The Social Museum Collection

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