Stereoview of enormous stone building, much like a fort or castle: Anamosa Penitentiary. A single-file row of prisoners snakes around the building to a far part of the building in the distance. verso says, in part: “M.M. Mott’s New Excelsior...
photo shows a stone quarry with railroad tracks and large machinery and groups of men working in the distance. Under the photo “F.C.H.” wrote: “Looks pretty hard.” back: the postcard is stamped from Anamosa, Iowa and the message is sent...
Stereoview shows workers, race undetermined, working outside the penitentiary. Someone has written In pen on the back: “South Wing Bell” and the last word is hard to decipher. Below this is a stamped drawing of a large man riding in...
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