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This photograph shows inmates, Albert Myatt, prisoner #9326 and Sherman Johnson, prisoner #9124. Albert Myatt was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on April 21, 1900 from Cherokee County, Kansas for robbery. Inmate Sherman Johnson was received at the penitentiary on November 25, 1899 from Oklahoma for larceny. Aliases for him includes Walter Coles.
Creator: Kansas State Penitentiary
Date: February 1, 1901
Item Number: 311442
Call Number: Kansas State Penitentiary, Prison Glass Negatives, #217
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 311442
Collections - Photograph - Kansas State Penitentiary
Date - 1900s - 1901
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Larceny
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Robbery
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 - African Americans
People - Criminals
Places - Counties - Cherokee
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Other States - Oklahoma
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Dry plate glass negatives
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