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Image: The West Virginia State Penitentiary, a retired, gothic-style prison in Moundsville, West Virginia, that operated from 1876 to 1995 LCCN2015631907

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Description: Title: The West Virginia State Penitentiary, a retired, gothic-style prison in Moundsville, West Virginia, that operated from 1876 to 1995 Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color. Notes: Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:055).; Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.; Forms part of: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.; Currently (as of 2015) the huge stone structure that housed hundreds of inmates is maintained as a tourist attraction and training facility.
Title: The West Virginia State Penitentiary, a retired, gothic-style prison in Moundsville, West Virginia, that operated from 1876 to 1995 LCCN2015631907
Credit: Library of Congress Catalog: http://lccn.loc.gov/2015631907 Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/highsm/31800/31832a.tif Original url: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.31832
Author: Carol M. Highsmith
Permission: This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID highsm.31832. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
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License: Public domain
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