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Title

Parchman (Mississippi State Penitentiary) Photograph Booklet, Item 18; undated

Archival Description

Recovering Hospital

Detailed Description

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Parchman (Mississippi State Penitentiary) Photograph Booklet (1695). Black-and-white photograph of men in either dark- or light-colored shirts and striped pants stripping, cleaning, and replacing the roof of a brick building. Several men are using hammers or scrapers, one man is sweeping with a broom. One man in striped clothing stands on a scaffold next to the building and is facing the building.

Creator

Unknown

Date

Undated

Identifier

1695-18

Rights

NO COPYRIGHT; https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/

Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives & History