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Eastern State Penitentiary,American Prison,2027 Fairmount Avenue,Philadelphia,PA

Title: The Eastern State Penitentiary is a former American prison located on 2027 Farimount Avenue between Corinthian Avenue and North 22nd Street in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Creator(s): Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Date Created/Published: [between 1980 and 2006]
Notes:
The penitentiary was operational from 1829 until 1971. Notorious criminals such as bank robber Willie Sutton and Al Capone were held inside its unique wagon wheel design. When the building was erected it was the largest and most expensive public structure ever constructed, quickly becoming a model for more than 300 prisons worldwide.
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.
Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:124).
Forms part of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Subjects:
United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Al Capone.
America.
Eastern State Penitentiary.
Transparencies--Color--1980-2010.
Bookmark /2011631287/
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