Punishing Free “Negroes”
This newspaper states that it is ‘published every morning, by Joseph B. Morss and Wm H. Brewster at No. 11, Cornhill,” consists largely of ads for eduction such as schools for young ladies. An article on p. 2 titled “Free...
Harper’s Weekly article steamboat riot in Iowa, Black workers killed
Harper’s Weekly article and illustration, Harper’s Weekly Journal of Civilization, August 28, 1869, Vol. XIII, no. 661, p.548 The caption reads “Steamboat Riot on the “Dubuque, Above Davenport, Iowa, July 29, 1863 — sketched by H.H. Henderson.” The article in full:...
Three people soliciting money for welfare sent to Grand Jury
“3 Bound to Grand Jury in Welfare Dinner Row” — this article discusses that three of the people who solicited money for welfare mothers at a banquet for the Iowa Welfare Association and were arrested are now chatged with interfering...
Police overreact to Civil Rights Activists in Iowa
the article is titled: “Maximum Force, Minimum Reason.” It covers the event at a banquet where people were arrested. The opening paragraph begins: “If there is one lesson which should have been learned by everyone in recent years, it is...
Welfare Mothers tell of disturbance at Welfare Association Banquet in Iowa
The article in full states “Mrs. Katherine Bryson, president of Mothers for Dignity and Justice, a group of welfare mothers, Friday, told how she and Mrs. Pat Auch were arrested at Hotel Savery Thursday night during a welfare banquet. Mrs....
Anamosa Prison and prisoners, two different stereoviews
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...
John William Smith and the 1967 Newark NJ riots
The caption on the front below the photograph reads: “Newark New Jersey July 16 Sunday in riot plagued Newark. A little girl in her Sunday dress passes a National Guard roadblock on her way to church on the edge of...
17 photos of Black Panther Party “Disturbance in Good Park,” Des Moines, Iowa
collection of 17 snapshot photographs showing the incident “Disturbance in Good Park,” April 13, 1969. “North Side Revolutionaries in the Civil Rights Struggle” by Bruce Fehn and Robert Jefferson The Annals of Iowa 69 (Winter 2010) Excerpt: “During fall 1968...
Transcript of The City of Des Moines vs. various citizens, Black Panther Party, Good Park Disturbance
p. 1 states “Plaintiff vs. Freddie Lee Hughes, Richard Deane Matlock, Erwin Leroy Taylor, Edward Charles Smith, Kenneth Ray Collins, Melvin Dennis Wade, Mary Ann Smith or Rhem, Clive Lisbon De Patten, Evelyn Naomi De Patton, Edward De Patten Jr.,...
City of Des Moines vs. Charles Knox, Black Panther Trial
A transcript of the document, page 3 states: “Pleadings. The Appellee on April 13, 1969 filed its Information. The defendant is accused of the crime of disturbing the peace and the quiet on the 13th day of April, 1969 at...
Good Park Disturbance Court Transcript 1969
a transcript of the trial for an alleged “riot” in Des Moines, Iowa, involving members of the Black Panther Party of Des Moines. Defendants: Freddie Lee Hughes, Richard Deane Matlock, Erwin Leroy Taylor, Edward Charles Smith, Kenneth Ray Collins, Melvin...
Stone quarry at Anamosa Iowa reformatory, men working at a distance
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...
Black Panther Party Newspaper “lonnie McLucas” “Another Fascist Attempt to Destroy the Party”
“Another Fascist Attempt to Destroy the Party” A photo on p. 1 shows the police forced disrobing of the Black Panthers in Philadelphia. A double page spread describes “The ‘Attacks on the Philadelphia Offices Brought Forth the Staccato of Revolutionary...
Confederate Prisoners Being Conducted from Jonesborough + Atlanta, Georgia
This print is from Harper’s Pictorial History of the Great Rebellion – Part Second – 1868 Confederate Prisoners Being Conducted from Jonesborough to Atlanta. The line of prisoners extends into the far distance. A family looks on as they pass...
Anamosa state penitentiary, Iowa
Looking southwest at the Administration Building, built in Romanesque, Gothic Revival. The institution was established in 1872. It is Iowa’s largest prison. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Back: blank, undivided {a second similar postcard has been addressed...
Clarence Springsteel mug shot, Ft.Madison, Iowa prison
1922 mug shot image of Clarence Springsteel. The front shows three different images of Springsteel with the number 11807 across his shoulder in the middle picture. The back has a form saying “Wanted-$50.00 Reward” “This is a good likeness of...
Albert Abe mug shot, Ft.Madison, Iowa, prison
Mug shot with three images of Albert Abe who was a prisoner at the penitentiary in Ft. Madison, Iowa. He was assigned #11253, seen across his shoulder in the middle image. Under the images someone wrote “524” in pen. The...
Anamosa penitentiary prisoners working outside of the prison
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...