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This photograph shows inmates J. Penticost, prisoner number 8947, and J.W. Shaw, prisoner number 9075. J. Penticost, also known as Joe Pentecost, was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on June 4, 1899 from Payne County, Oklahoma for manslaughter. Inmate J.W. Shaw was received at the penitentiary on October 15, 1899 from Woodson County, Kansas for assault with intent to kill.
Creator: Kansas. Dept. of Corrections
Date: January 23, 1901
Item Number: 225674
Call Number: Kansas State Penitentiary, Prison Glass Negatives, #30
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225674
Collections - Photograph - Kansas State Penitentiary
Date - 1900s - 1901
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Intention (Kill)
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Manslaughter
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Prisoners
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Corrections, Department of
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Dry plate glass negatives
People - Criminals
Places - Cities and towns - Lansing
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Woodson
Places - Other States - Oklahoma
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Dry plate glass negatives
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