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Title
Directors
of the
Connecticut
State
Prison
,
Wethersfield
.
Place
Wethersfield (Conn.)
Topic
Prison wardens
Prisons
Topic-Person
Cheney, Frank Woodbridge 1832-1909
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Connecticut State Prison (Wethersfield, Conn.)
Theme
Infrastructure
Description
Eight
men
pose
on the
steps
of a
stone
building
,
presumably
part
of the
Connecticut
State
Prison
.
All
of the
men
wear
suits
.
Some
wear
vests
or
bow
ties
.
Some
men
have
mustaches
.
Vines
grow
on the
walls
of the
building
. A
paved
sidewalk
is
in
front
of
it
. A
grassy
lawn
is
in the
foreground
.
Notes
Inscribed
on
back
: "
Directors
of
Conn
.
State
Prison
/
From
left
of
right
/
Mr
.
James
W
.
Cheney
/
Edward
A.
Fuller
/
Willis
O
.
[?]
/
Reynolds
/
Salmon
/
Welles
/
Frank
C
.
Sumner
/
Seated
/
Warden
Albert
Garvin.
"
Frank
Woodbridge
Cheney
(1832-1909)
was a
member
of the
silk
manufacturing
family
of
Manchester
.
Albert
Garvin
was
warden
of The
Connecticut
State
Prison
from
1899-1911
. The
Connecticut
State
Prison
in
Wethersfield
opened
in
1827
and
closed
in
1963
. The
buildings
were
demolished
in
1965
.
Date created
1899-1909
Physical format
1
photographic
print
;
17.78
x
22.86
cm
.
Digital format
Image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1970.29.3
File
name
:
chs_1970_29_3.jpg
Source
The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Graphics
Collection
, The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
,
Hartford
.
Sub-collection
Photographs
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