Mugshot of a Russian Convict Serving a Life Sentence Working in a Mine in Siberia, Russia (1901)

Mugshot of a Russian convict serving a life sentence working in a mine in Siberia, c. 1901. From an issue of Black and White Budget.

Carte De Visite Portrait of an Unidentified Inmate Sitting in a Restraint Chair Said to Be Taken at Wakefield Prison in New York (1869)

Carte de visite portrait of an unidentified inmate sitting in a restraint chair said to be taken at Wakefield Prison in New York, c. 1869. By Henry Clarke.

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Daguerreotype Portrait of Frederick Warren, City Marshal of Worcester, Massachusetts, Posing with an Unidentified Handcuffed Prisoner (1850)

Daguerreotype portrait of Frederick Warren, city marshal of Worcester, Massachusetts, posing with an unidentified handcuffed prisoner, c. 1850. By Moses Sanford Chapin.

Daguerreotype Portrait of Abolitionist Passmore Williamson Photographed in His Prison Cell in Moyamensing Prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1855)

Daguerreotype portrait of abolitionist Passmore Williamson photographed in his prison cell in Moyamensing Prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1855. He was imprisoned for 100 days for giving evasive testimony about the role he played in helping to free three African American slaves owned by United States Minister to Nicaragua John H. Wheeler. By John Steck.

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