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Inmate Carving Figure

Collection: Long Island Daily Press Photograph Morgue Collection
Date: November 16, 1972; 1972-11-16 Material: gelatin silver prints Dimension: 9 x 7 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Creator: Long Island Daily Press Identifier: aql:32248 ldp-002501 ldp-002501.tif

Description: Inmate Wayne Shelton works on a wood carving in the library at the Long Island City House of Detention. The photo was taken for an article about conditions at the jail two years after a riot by inmates.

Collection : aql:16495

Creator : Long Island Daily Press

Date : November 16, 1972; 1972-11-16

Summary/Description : Inmate Wayne Shelton works on a wood carving in the library at the Long Island City House of Detention. The photo was taken for an article about conditions at the jail two years after a riot by inmates.

Subject : Queensboro Correctional Facility; Male prisoners; Wood-carving

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : 47-04 Van Dam Street, Long Island City, NY Long Island City (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : black and white print; digital image

Format : gelatin silver prints; 9 x 7 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:32248 ldp-002501 ldp-002501.tif

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Subject:
Queensboro Correctional Facility; Male prisoners; Wood-carving
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