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photo albums 54,58,60,61,62
GUSN-191830
This album contains 44 2 x 4 inch snapshots of buildings at the Norris G. Osborn Prison Farm in Enfield, Connecticut, formerly a Shaker community. Each view is carefully annotated with notes regarding construction and interior conveniences. Two letters are included from the donor at Aetna Insurance Company discussing the ownership of the property and sale to the state of Connecticut. There is also an index to album pages.
prisons (buildings)
Shaker (Christian sect)
photograph albums
black-and-white prints (photographs)
album number 54
1 photograph album; 10 x 11 1/2 inches
PC009
Photograph albums collection
1934
PC009.054
Gift
Enfield (Hartford county, Connecticut)
photograph albums
black-and-white prints (photographs)
Norris G. Osborn Prison Farm
Enfield, CT
Prisons
Shakers
Item
photo albums 54,58,60,61,62
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