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Collection Summary
Collection: B - B Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0716-00019
Title: North Dakota State Penitentiary, Bismarck (N.D.)
Date: Circa 1930
Inscription/Marks: [front-written] 90090 "State Penitentiary" Bismarck, N.D.
Summary: The prison cell blocks stretch from the main building on the left to the right edge of the photograph. There is a person walking a path in front of the prison. The tower on the main building is visible, as is the smokestack. Trees and grass are in the foreground. Land was appropriated for a territorial penitentiary to be located in Bismarck in 1881. The penitentiary opened for its first prisoners near Bismarck in 1885. The smokestack belongs to the North Dakota State Penitentiary Twine and Cordage plant.
Red ID: PH_I_90774 Image ID: 49612 Image Notes: B0716-00019

Collection: B Digitized Images from Collection
Title: B Collection
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