General exterior view, State Penitentiary, Lincoln
Description
This 6-1/2" x 4" black and white plate shows the front facade of the penitentiary at an angle from one end. Trees line the front of the two-story brick building that fronts the penitentiary yard. A curved brick wall extends from the building to a guard tower. A smoke stack rises behind the building.
Contributors
Nebraska. Board of Commissioners of State Institutions
Excerpted from: "Twenty-fourth Biennial Report of the Warden of the State Penitentiary, Lincoln, Nebraska" In Second Biennial Report of the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions to the Governor and Legislature of the State of Nebraska for the Biennium Ending November 30, 1916 (Lincoln: Nebraska Board of Commissioners of State Institutions, 1914), plate between pp. 352-353.
Historical Notes
The penitentiary had 300 cells but over 400 prisoners as of November 30, 1916.
