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This photograph shows inmates, Anthony Hamilton, prisoner #8409 and William Ross, prisoner #6191. Anthony Hamilton was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on January 8, 1898 from Shawnee County, Kansas for larceny. Inmate William Ross was received at the penitentiary on May 7, 1892 from Ellsworth County, Kansas for murder.
Creator: Kansas State Penitentiary
Date: February 1, 1901
Item Number: 311444
Call Number: Kansas State Penitentiary, Prison Glass Negatives, #219
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 311444
Collections - Photograph - Kansas State Penitentiary
Date - 1900s - 1901
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Larceny
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Murder
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 - Ellsworth
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Dry plate glass negatives
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