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Kentucky Penitentiary Abandoned

Title

Kentucky Penitentiary Abandoned

Description

Flood waters forced evacuation of the inmates of the Kentucky State Prison at Frankfort, but not before prisoners rioted. Here guards are patrolling the prison camp set up in tents outside the prison.

Creator

unknown

Source

Associated Press Photographs

Date

Jan, 1937

Format

photograph

Type

image

Identifier

2012A021-002

Location

f.1

Collection

Press Photographs

Tags

floods, prisons

Other Media

2012a021-02.jpg - image/jpeg

Citation

unknown, “Kentucky Penitentiary Abandoned,” Digital Collections, accessed June 25, 2022, https://digitalcollections.eku.edu/items/show/3507.

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