Series II. Subseries B. Photographs and Negatives, 1906-1961, 1965-1966.

Containers:

Box 19-349, 694-696., Volume 127.

Scope and content:

This subseries is housed in 334 boxes and contains 1 volume. The Photographs subseries is further divided into: B.I. Inmate Photographs, 1906-1914, 1934-1940 and 1965-1966; B.II. Photographs of Escaped Inmates, 1908, 1910, 1912-1935'; and B.III. Inmate Negatives, 1906-1914, 1934-1961. Additional photographs of inmates may be located within the Execution Files subseries and the Superintendent's Correspondence series. The photographs and negatives are arranged by inmate number. The Prisoner Registers and Indexes can serve as an index to this collection. Please note that not all prisoner photographs and negatives are extant. The Virginia Penitentiary began photographing new and existing inmates around 1906. There is a twenty year gap in the collection (1914 to 1934). This series contains approximately 50,000 inmate negatives; however, at this time, there are photographs for only approximately 12,000 inmates.

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