Arizona Territorial Prison on Prison Hill, Yuma, Arizona, ca.1930

Description

Photograph of the Arizona Territorial Prison on Prison Hill, Yuma, Arizona, ca.1930. The outside yard and cell blocks are pictured. Barred doors can be seen on the cells, and the foundations of several buildings can be seen at center. Utility poles are visible in the background at right. A sign to the extreme right reads, "Old Prison Ru[ins] / Veterans of Foreign W[ars] / Clubhouse-Riverview / Visiting Invit[ed] No Camping". The prison, constructed by convict labor in 1876, was used until 1909.

Title:

Record ID:

chs-m7551

Names & Dates

Created:

[circa] 1930

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Prisons -- Design and construction , Building, Adobe , Arizona Territorial Prison , [file heading] Arizona -- Yuma , correctional facilities

Coverage:

[circa] 1930

Place:

[cities] Yuma
[counties] Yuma
[states/provinces] Arizona
[countries] USA

Relationships

Part Of:

[collection] Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
[project] USC

Physical

Type:

images

Format:

negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
photographs

Access

Rights:

California Historical Society

Repository:

USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu

Ordering:

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Identifiers

Record ID:

chs-m7551

Source:

[record id] USC-1-1-1-7678
[accession no] 6285
[call no] CHS-6285
[microfiche no] 1-219-