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Collection Summary
Collection: C - C Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0108-00001
Title: Brickyard, State Penitentiary, Bismarck (N.D.)
Date: 1900-1930
Summary: Several men walk in the yard of the brick yard at the North Dakota State Penitentiary in Bismarck. A guard tower looks down over the brickyard. Other prison buildings, including the barn are visible in the distance.||The State Penitentiary opened a brick yard on the west side of Bismarck. Prisoners usually contributed to the work of the prison including the dairy, laundry, and the brick yard. Later a suitable supply of clay was located closer to the penitentiary grounds. Eventually citizens complained about the state competing in business. The penitentiary’s free labor made the cost of bricks far lower than the cost of bricks produced in private enterprise.
Red ID: PH_I_90274 Image ID: 41716 Image Notes: C0108-00001

Collection: C Digitized Images from Collection
Title: C Collection
Date: ca. 1836-1960

Summary: At some point in time the State Historical Society separated photographs into collections by size. The A collection consists of items 4 X 5” or less, the B collection consists of items 5 X 7” or less, the C collection consists of items 8 X 10” or less, the D collection consists of items 11 X 14” or less, and the E collection consists of items larger than 11 X 14”.

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