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This photograph shows inmates, B. B. Comer, prisoner #9478 and George Scott, prisoner #9508. B.B. Comer was received at the Kansas State Penitentiary on October 2, 1900 from Chatauqua County, Kansas for murder. Inmate George Scott was received at the penitentiary on October 27, 1900 from Oklahoma for larceny.
Creator: Kansas State Penitentiary
Date: March 20, 1901
Item Number: 311728
Call Number: Kansas State Penitentiary, Prison Glass Negatives, #498
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 311728
Collections - Photograph - Kansas State Penitentiary
Date - 1900s - 1901
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime
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 - Cities and towns - Lansing
Places - Counties - Chautauqua
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Other States - Oklahoma
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Dry plate glass negatives
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