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	North Dakota State Penitentiary, Bismarck, N.D. Title North Dakota State Penitentiary, Bismarck, N.D. Date of Original between 1900 and 1920 Description View of the prison from the outside. There is a tall gray wall with a guard tower on the right. On the left and behind the wall are the earliest facilities, constructed of red brick. In the background there is a large smokestack. Grass and a shed stand in the foreground. An unpaved road leads to the gate. Ordering Information http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html General Subject Law Subject (LCTGM) Prisons Sheds Lawns Smokestacks Walls Guardhouses Towers Roads Gates Postcards Subject (LCSH) Building, Brick Organization Name North Dakota State Penitentiary Location Bismarck (N.D.) Decade 1900-1909 1910-1919 Item Number B0716-14 Format of Original Color postcards Publisher of Original American Import Co. Place of Publication Minneapolis (Minn.) Transcription "State Penitentiary, Bismarck, N. Dak."--Printed on front of postcard. Notes Photographer unknown. Title created by staff. Biography/History Land was appropriated for a territorial penitentiary to be located in Bismarck in 1881. The penitentiary opened for its first prisoners near Bismarck in 1885. The large smokestack is from the North Dakota State Penitentiary Twine and Cordage plant built in 1899. Repository Institution State Historical Society of North Dakota Repository Collection State Historical Society of North Dakota Photograph Collection B Credit Line State Historical Society of North Dakota (B0716-14) Rights Management Copyright status unknown. Digital ID shB0716-14
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